Which film director is best known for the movie "Alvin Purple", Mark Robson or Tim Burstall?
Tim Burstall Timothy "Tim" Burstall AM (20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie "Alvin Purple" (1973) and its sequel "Alvin Rides Again".
The Jealous God (film) The Jealous God (2005) is a 1960s set feature film by British writer-director Steven Woodcock. It is based on the novel by John Braine. The opening scenes were filmed in the grammar school in Bradford where Braine was once a pupil. Braine became famous in 1957 for his classic "Room at the Top", a book that shocked when first published because of how it exploded British class and sexual mores of the time. There’s a clip from the Oscar-winning 1958 film version of "Room at the Top" in "The Jealous God", when Vincent and Laura are seen sitting in a cinema. Allan Gill in his extraordinary movie debut, dazzles as inquisitive schoolboy #4.