Theo Clark Media Documentaries
Theo Clark Media records the extraordinary things that ordinary people do. For a decade and more, we have been recording great Australian stories, from tales of the Kokoda Track and Burma Railway, to Wallaby tours of old, rugby club histories in the city and in the bush, schools histories, club histories, family histories and more.
" It was an absolute thrill to be involved with Theo and to see his diligence and passion for any project that he tackles"- GORDON BRAY AM, International Rugby & Olympic broadcaster, 7 August 2015. "It's a Jolly Good Story All The Same" is an Australian story, professionally produced" - JIM DAVIS, Rugby News, 25 & 26 Aug 2012. "The View from 62" is a breakthrough. A commemorative film that is also utterly professional and historically sharp and enlightening. - GERARD WINDSOR, author, critic, historian, 2012. "What you've achieved is remarkable... a unique memoir... compliments on a major achievement" - MEL MORROW, Popinjay Productions, 2012. I thought it was terrific... especially the bit about me!!!!"- BOB CONNOLLY, multi-award winning, Oscar Nominated (First Contact, 1983) producer/director, 2012. |
Bravo!! Bravo!! "From an Ace to a Puma" is a masterpiece. Professional, revealing and as close to the real thing as you can get!- JJ NOONAN 2014 President of the Warren Rugby Club. |
Video Samples:
"We Had to Bloody Win": Kokoda, Remembered by Fred Westphal.For ANZAC 2019, I'd like to share this remarkable account of Australia's Kokoda campaign, told by Fred Westphal of the AIF, who died before Christmas 2018, at the age of 99. It's an incredible story of "courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice", that was a privilege to record.
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Vale John ThornettA tribute to John Thornett and the "Thornett Era" of Australian rugby (1962-1967), when the Wallabies "arrived" as a force in the global game. This is an extended version of the tribute video by Theo Clark Media produced for Thornett's memorial service at the SCG on 17 January, 2019. The memorial service video and eulogies can be purchased here.
Extended version of tribute film shown at the Memorial Service for John Thornett MBE. |
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Sometimes the Best Ever: The Story of the 1966/7 WallabiesThe epic story of the 5th Wallaby tour of the British Isles, France and Canada, featuring rare footage and interviews with the men who built Australian rugby, including the last interview with the late great Ken Catchpole.
This three part documenary shows all the drama and excitement of a Wallaby tour in rugby’s amateur heyday, and tells how a generation of players lit up the world stage with their football, forged life-long friendships, and then helped mastermind Australian rugby success for decades to come. Includes interviews with Rob Heming, Dick Marks, Johnny Brass and the 5th Wallabies, as well as commentary by Alan Jones, Bob Dwyer, Gerald Davies, Walter Spanghero and more. Purchase full documentary here "A fine documentary" - Greg Growden, ESPN. |
Directed and written by: Theo Clark
Filmed & edited by: Theo Clark Narrator: Gordon Bray Produced for the 50th anniversary of the 1966/7 Wallaby tour of the British Isles, France and Canada. |
The Day the All Blacks went OutbackIn 1957, the famous New Zealand All Blacks went to play at Warren, a sheep farming centre in western NSW. A special scene from the 2014 DVD "From an Ace to a Puma" featuring commentary by Gordon Bray and Jon White.
Purchase full documentary here. An excerpt from "From an Ace to a Puma: 60 Years of Warren Rugby" |
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Greg Storer sings 'Get the Gong'
This is an extended scene from my 2014 documentary, 'From an Ace to a Puma', featuring the original song 'Get the Gong' by country music singer-song writer, Greg Storer.
Purchase full documentary here. Filmed, edited and directed by Theo Clark Song by Greg Storer. |
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"Skiing Kiandra"
This mini-doco was made for the Kiandra Project and was shown as part of the Kiandra exhibitions for Easter 2013, and featured on smh.tv
Kiandra is the ghost town in the Snowy Mountains where skiing in Australia began during the goldrush in 1861. Playwright Justin Fleming recalls his boyhood experiences in the town and talks about its place in Australian literature. Skip to navigationSkip to contentRate this epis Featured Australia-wide on Fairfax Digital Director: Theo Clark
Narrated by: Justin Fleming Filmed & Edited by: Theo Clark |
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"It's A Jolly Good Story All The Same"
A history of the Lane Cove Rugby Club
A social history of the Lane Cove Rugby Club with a foreword by Gordon Bray and including interviews with Wallaby greats Ken Yanz and Saxon White and Kangaroo Greg Florimo.
From the 1950s, Lane Cove rose to produce Kentwell Cup winning sides, along the way collecting everything from garbos to doctors and forging them together as lifelong friends. The film was a showpiece for the rich social history of Australian rugby – from the 1953 Wallaby tour of Apartheid South Africa; to a diplomatic incident at Buckingham Palace in 1958; and an examination of the down-the-pub training regime of John “Singo” Singleton’s 1977 Judd Cup winning side (dubbed by Rugby League Week “The team that set rugby union back 30 years”). "A fantastic DVD" - HOLDINGS BITS, NSW Suburban Rugby Union newsletter, August 2012. "Thank you... The love of sport draws people together in a wondrous way". - Dame MARIE BASHIR, Governor of New South Wales, Aug 2012. "Great production and great production values" - JOHNNY BAY, Baypond Productions & ex-NSW Waratah. |
Director: Theo Clark
Producer: Rob Sinclair Foreword: Gordon Bray Camera: Theo Clark Post Production: Theo Clark Research: Rob Sinclair and Theo Clark Interviews: Rob Sinclair and Theo Clark |
"The View from 62"
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Director: Theo Clark
Camera: Theo Clark Post Production: Theo Clark Interviews: Theo Clark Funded by: Riverview's Class of 1962 and the Old Ignatians' Union at the instigation of Paul Keighery and the Class of 62 Reunion Planning Group Committee. |