Anthony Buckley AO (born 27 July 1937) is an Australian film producer and editor.

Career

On leaving school, Buckley went to work for Cinesound Productions as a projectionist and assistant editor. He worked in Canada and Britain before returning to Australia in 1965. He went to work at Ajax Films and moved into producing.^[1]

He edited Michael Powell's Age of Consent.^[2]

In 1974 he produced the train film A Steam Train Passes.^[3] 24 years later he produced another two train films, Savannahlander and Gulflander. He produced the mini-series The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange.^[4]

Honours and awards

• 1977 Order of Australia^[5]
• Raymond Longford Award Lifetime Achievement Award
• Ken G. Hall Award

Partial filmography

As editor

• The Stowaway (1958) (assistant)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Adam's Woman (1970)
• Wake in Fright (1971)
• Don Quixote (1973)

As producer

• Forgotten Cinema (1967) – documentary
• Snow, Sand and Savages
• Caddie (1976)
• A Steam Train Passes (1974)
• The Night the Prowler (1978)
• The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
• Bliss (1985)
• The Harp in the South (1986)
• Poor Man's Orange (1987)
• The Heroes (1989) – mini-series
• Roads Without Wheels. Man on the Rim: The Peopling of the Pacific. Landmark Media. 1989.^[6]
• More Winners – Mr Edmond (1990)
• Heroes II: The Return (1991) – mini-series
• Nazi Supergrass (1993)
• Bedevil (1993)
• The Celluloid Heroes (1995) - documentary series
• Yum Cha Cha (2001)
• Oyster Farmer (2004)
• Savannahlander (2008)
• Gulflander (2010)
• At the Coliseum Deluxe (2019)