Veteran director accuses A Place To Call Home writer Bevan Lee of being part of ‘the sickness that prevails’

Michael Thornhill

Michael Thornhill | Supplied by ADG

The newest lifetime member of the Australian Directors Guild, Michael Thornhill, used his acceptance speech to attack Packed to the Rafters and A Place to Call Home creator Bevan Lee for disrespecting the director’s craft.

Thornhill was best known for a slew of films in the 70s and 80, including The F.J Holden and Hoodwink.

During his acceptance speech on Friday night, Thornhill made pointed remarks about an interview that writer Lee gave to The Age about A Place to Call Home last month. In it, Lee revealed that he used a box set of 1950s Douglas Sirk movies to explain to the show’s director what he had in mind. He told The Age: “I went in with the box set of his movies to the director of the first episode. I love Douglas Sirk movies and I said, ”OK, apart from anything else there’s the colour palette.'”

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