Nigel Buesst
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Nigel Buesst (30 April 1938 – 27 December 2024) was an Australian filmmaker from Melbourne.[1] After graduating B.Com in 1960 from Melbourne University he headed overseas to London and worked as an assistant editor at Shepparton Studios.[2]
On returning to Melbourne in 1962 he worked for some months at the ABC's Ripponlea newsroom,[1] and freelanced as a cameraman on various productions. He also started directing his own films, beginning with “Fun Radio” in 1963.
After the success of his film "Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor"[3] he began teaching at the Swinburne University of Technology (1970-1984)[2] while continuing to make films on a diverse range of subjects.
He was also a co-founder and the artistic director of the St Kilda Film Festival from 1986 to 1990.[4]
Buesst has been described as "a living legend of Melbourne's film scene"[5] and was a figure in the "Carlton wave" of Australian filmmaking.[6] He died in December 2024, at the age of 86.[7]
