Roger Scholes

Roger Scholes (born 1950) has been an independent film and television maker since 1983. He’s worked as a producer, director, writer, script editor, cinematographer and editor in drama and documentary projects for cinema and television.

Roger graduated from the Swinburne Film and TV School, now the VCA Film School, in 1971 and worked at Fred Schepisi’s Film House in Melbourne. During the 70’s he worked in France, Switzerland, U.K. and United States. In 1982 he returned to Swinburne for the post-graduate course and awarded Best Director at his graduation.

In December 1982 he directed and edited a short film The Franklin River blockade concerning the Franklin Dam.

During the 80’s he worked with his writer/film producer partner, Katherine Scholes, on a number of documentaries before writing and directing his first feature film The Tale of Ruby Rose. The film won four critics prizes at the Venice Film Festival in 1987 including Best Actress and Best Director. In 1988 Roger and Katherine formed their production company, Edward Street Films. Together they produced numerous documentaries including THE VALLEY, THE LAST TALL FORESTS and HOME OF THE BRAVE which won First Prize at the International ITVA American Film Awards in 1993.

In 1996 Roger co-wrote and directed THE COOLBAROO CLUB, a dramatized documentary for cinema and television release. It won the 1996 Human Rights Award for Media. In 1998 he co-wrote and directed THE HUMAN JOURNEY, a 3-hour documentary series for ABC TV and Discovery Channel, which won the 2000 Eureka Prize for Science Media.

2000s Since then he has written and directed the 3 hour teleseries STORIES FROM THE STONE AGE which gained a record viewership for ABC TV, S4c and Channel4. His documentary series LAST PORT OF CALL and FUTURE SHACK gained the highest documentary rating for the ABC in 2006 with 1.2 million viewers and 2010 series THE PASSIONATE APPRENTICES gained the highest Inside Australia slot rating ever for SBS TV.

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