Fred Schepisi (born December 26, 1939) - pronounced "skep-see" - is an Australian director, part of the Australian New Wave that included Gillian Armstrong and Peter Weir. He started out at an agency before moving on to Cinesound, a film production house. He directed TV commercials and documentaries before making his first feature-length film, The Devil's Playground (1975), which won a number of Australian film awards. Schepisi's follow-up film, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith earned him acclaim throughout the rest of the world, and like other members of the Australian New Wave, he went on to Hollywood, where he directed films such as Roxanne, Mr. Baseball, and Six Degrees of Separation.
Films directed by Schepisi found on this site:
- The Devil's Playground (1976)
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
- Iceman (1984)
- Roxanne (1987)
- Evil Angels (1988) (known outside Australia and New Zealand as A Cry in the Dark)
- The Russia House (1990)
- Mr. Baseball (1992)
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- Fierce Creatures (1997) (credited as co-director with Robert Young)
- Last Orders (2001)
- Empire Falls (2005) - an HBO miniseries
