--- name: "Fred Schepisi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-schepisi" fi1m_id: "fred-schepisi" imdb_id: "nm0770961" tmdb_id: 64061 wikidata_id: "Q703727" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "26 December 1939" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-26T00:28:52.281462+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Fred Schepisi ## Identity Fred Schepisi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-schepisi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** fred-schepisi - **IMDb ID:** nm0770961 - **TMDB ID:** 64061 - **Wikidata ID:** Q703727 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schepisi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64061 Producer and director. Born 26 December 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 26 December 1939, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schepisi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0770961/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64061 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith*](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Fred Schepisi is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. Born Frederic Alan Schepisi in Melbourne on 26 December 1939, he began his career in advertising before founding The Film House, where he directed commercials and documentaries. His first feature was *The Devil's Playground* (1976). Schepisi achieved international recognition with *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), which he directed, wrote and produced. He subsequently worked in the United States on films including *Barbarosa* (1982), *Iceman* (1984), *Plenty* (1985), *Roxanne* (1987), *A Cry in the Dark* (1988), *The Russia House* (1990) and *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993). He has also directed *Last Orders* (2001) and the miniseries *Empire Falls* (2005). Schepisi was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to the film industry. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Words and Pictures* (2014), Director, Producer - *The Eye of the Storm* (2011), Director, Producer - *Empire Falls* (2005), series, Executive Producer, Director - *It Runs in the Family* (2003), Director - *Levity* (2003), Executive Producer - *Last Orders* (2001), Director, Screenplay - *Mallboy* (2001), Thanks - *Fierce Creatures* (1997), Director - *That Eye, the Sky* (1995), Executive Producer - *I.Q.* (1994), Director, Producer - *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), Director, Producer - *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Producer, Director - *The Russia House* (1990), Director, Producer - *Evil Angels* (1988), Director, Screenplay - *Roxanne* (1987), Director - *Dogs in Space* (1986), Thanks - *Plenty* (1985), Director - *Iceman* (1984), Director - *Barbarosa* (1982), Director - *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) - *The Devil's Playground* (1977), Writer, Director, Producer - *Libido* (1973), Director - *A Hundred-Odd Years from Now* (1969), Director ## Gallery - ![AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia It's the hottest ticket in town - the who's who of the Australian film and television industry are here at the AACTA awards. The (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3921884/gallery-608cf451cf08.jpg) AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia It's the hottest ticket in town - the who's who of the Australian film and television industry are here at the AACTA awards. The (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Fred_Schepisi_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia It's the hottest ticket in town - the who's who of the Australian film and television industry are here at the AACTA awards. The (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3921884/gallery-c4a12cffdde1.jpg) AACTA Awards Sydney, Australia It's the hottest ticket in town - the who's who of the Australian film and television industry are here at the AACTA awards. The (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Fred_Schepisi_%286795395691%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Frederic Alan "Fred" Schepisi, AO (born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. (1984)](https://film.one/media/person/3921884/gallery-6bb71a83d93d.jpg) Frederic Alan "Fred" Schepisi, AO (born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. (1984) — Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Fred_Schepisi_promoting_his_film_Iceman_in_San_Francisco%2C_California_1984.jpg/1280px-Fred_Schepisi_promoting_his_film_Iceman_in_San_Francisco%2C_California_1984.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![AACTA Awards Results From Sydney, Australia The highly anticipated inaugural Samsung Australian Academy of Cinema and Televisions Arts (AACTA) Awards commenced (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/3921884/gallery-6cdfc74ff8e1.jpg) AACTA Awards Results From Sydney, Australia The highly anticipated inaugural Samsung Australian Academy of Cinema and Televisions Arts (AACTA) Awards commenced (2012) — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Fred_Schepisi_and_Alexandra_chepisi_%286699474273%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Fred Schepisi](https://film.one/media/person/3921884/gallery-0454158f8b71.jpg) Fred Schepisi — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Officer of the Order of Australia 2004: Officer of the Order of Australia (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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