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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Australian film industry legend dies after long battle with brain tumour
The Australian film industry is in mourning after legendary sound recordist Paul 'Salty' Brincat died last month, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. The beloved sound recordist died in late May in New South Wales, after a long battle with illness. He was one of the country's most respected film identities, and worked on many Australian-filmed Hollywood blockbusters. Paul's family has set up a GoFundMe page which has a target of $10,000, to help with the funeral costs, and has currently raised over half its goal. 'It's hard to understate the profound impact that Paul Brincat has had upon the Australian Film Industry,' the page reads. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'For decades Salty was at the cutting edge of sound, recording dialogue for Hollywood Blockbusters and independent Australian feature films alike. 'So it is with no surprise that so many of our extended film family are travelling from far and wide, to Murwillumbah, to pay homage to the great man himself. 'With so many wonderful people in attendance, we have put together a small fundraiser, to help alleviate his family of some of the Behind the Scenes costs of the memorial.' Across his career, he worked on the 2002 Steve Irwin movie Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, The Invisible Man and many other acclaimed productions. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999 for his sound work on the Sean Penn film The Thin Red Line. Paul also won an Emmy Award in 1996 for Outstanding Sound Mixing on the short-lived US series Flipper, featuring Neighbours star Alan Dale. Heartbroken colleagues took to social media to pay tribute to Paul. 'I was greatly saddened to hear of the passing of one of our longstanding members. He was much loved,' wrote industry body the Australian Screen Sound Guild. 'Vale Paul. Despite his formidable resume, I found that Salty was an extremely humble man, devoid of ego,' added fellow sound recordist Josh O'Donnell. 'I can honestly say that I would not be the man I am today without Salty.' 'We have lost a legend,' Aussie cameraman Jason Binnie chipped in. Paul worked in the industry for four decades, from the early '80s until last year. His final work was on the 2024 Australian film The Nut Farm, featuring Madeleine West and Arj Barker. Paul's funeral will be held on Saturday, June 14 in his home town of Murwillumbah, regional NSW.
The Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
King's birthday honours list 2025: from broadcasting luminary Phillip Adams to a PM and a film-making couple
The broadcasting luminary Phillip Adams has been appointed a companion of the Order of Australia on the King's birthday honours roll, where he is joined by the former prime minister Scott Morrison and film-making couple Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin. Adams was made a member of the order in 1987, then an officer in 1992. At the age of 85, he can now add the suffix AC – denoting Australia's highest civilian honour – to his name. 'It's good, isn't it, given I left school at 15,' he said. 'If they waited any longer, it would have been posthumous.' Adams started writing at the age of 16 for the communist newspaper the Workers' Weekly Guardian and today writes for The Australian, earning 'a penny from Rupert, who keeps me on, as I often say, to give the illusion of pluralism'. He said his nomination was 'interesting' in that it involved two ex-prime ministers from different sides of the political fence: Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull. He is most proud of his roadmap – and subsequent securing of funding – for the Australian film industry, his early alerts to climate change and work on refugee justice and the voice referendum – even if, by his measure, some of those campaigns have been 'fizzes'. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email But his most enjoyable role was his 33 years at the helm of Radio National's Late Night Live, 'pumping out an infinite number of interviews', he told Guardian Australia. Morrison, the prime minister from August 2018 until May 2022, is also among the 14 people appointed companion of the order, with his leadership in Australia's contribution to Aukus singled out for mention by the council overseeing the honours. The former Liberal leader said he was 'honoured and grateful' to have been appointed and that his time as the country's 30th PM was an 'immense privilege'. His tenure faced 'unrelenting' natural disasters and a global pandemic, through which, he said in a statement, 'Australia proudly prevailed'. He thanked the Australian people and his former colleagues, in particular Josh Frydenberg and Michael McCormack, as well as the Liberal party 'and the people of Cook in southern Sydney for the honour of representing them in the Australian parliament'. 'Above all, I am exceedingly grateful to my wife Jenny, daughters Abbey and Lily, my mother Marion and late father John, and all my family and friends,' he said. Luhrmann, the writer and director of Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet, and his artistic collaborator and partner, Martin, have also been appointed to the order as companions. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion Martin won four Academy Awards for her costume and production design on The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge!, adding a Bafta for her costume design in 2022's Elvis. She and Luhrmann have 20 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards between them. Prof Graeme Stephens, a co-director at Nasa's climate sciences centre, the Sydney businesswoman and author Wendy McCarthy and South African-Australian author JM Coetzee have become companions of the order, adding the honour to a long list of previous accolades, including Coetzee's Nobel prize in literature. As the ambassador to the Holy See from 2012 until 2016, John McCarthy worked closely with the late cardinal George Pell. The Catholic church lawyer, involved in the controversial Towards Healing church-run compensation scheme, becomes a member of the order. The former Vogue Australia editor Kirstie Clements receives a medal of the order of Australia, as does the skin cancer awareness ambassador and former Australian Women's Weekly editor Deborah Hutton. A meritorious award goes to the ACT's Dr Bridget Gilmour-Walsh, an architect of new federal vaping legislation. This year's King's birthday honours roll recognises 830 Australians across general and military divisions. The youngest recipient, Scott Guerini, 19, is recognised for his charitable fundraising, while the oldest, South Australian resident Henry Young, is honoured at the age of 101 for his service to veterans and tennis.
