Directing

Amanda Brotchie

Born February 20, 1964 · Melbourne, Australia

Died December 19, 2025 · aged 61

Amanda Brotchie, born in Melbourne, Victoria, was an Australian director known for Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018), Mr Black (2019), Girlboss (2017), and Lowdown (2010–2012). She was also a writer, producer and linguist.

Known For

The Agony of the MindThe Agony of the Mind · 2014
The Agony of the Mind
2014
MovieComedyDocumentary
Our Agony Aunts and Uncles are back, and this time around they're sharing their mental wellness tips and techniques for overcoming stress and challenges.
Doctor WhoDoctor Who · 2024
Doctor Who
★ 6.42024
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.
NeighboursNeighbours · 1985
Neighbours
★ 6.11985
SeriesSoapDrama
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. The show's storylines concern the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series primarily centres around the residents of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac, and its neighbouring areas, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, cafe, news office and park. Neighbours began with three families created by Watson – the Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes. Watson said that he wanted to show three families who are friends living in a small street. The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry.
Gentleman JackGentleman Jack · 2019
Gentleman Jack
★ 7.92019
SeriesDrama
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
The LetdownThe Letdown · 2016
The Letdown
★ 6.92016
SeriesComedy
Audrey is determined not to be defined by motherhood. In theory, this seems fairly easy. In practice, her career-focused husband, self-obsessed mother & fancy-free best friend, make it damn near impossible.
A Place to Call HomeA Place to Call Home · 2013
A Place to Call Home
★ 7.42013
SeriesDramaSoap
A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, who lives in Inverness, NSW.
GirlbossGirlboss · 2017
Girlboss
★ 6.52017
SeriesComedy
Sophia is a rebellious, broke anarchist who refuses to grow up. She stumbles upon her passion of selling vintage clothes online and becomes an unlikely businesswoman. As she builds her retail fashion empire, she realizes the value and the difficulty of being the boss of her own life.
Renegade NellRenegade Nell · 2024
Renegade Nell
★ 7.32024
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
England, 1705: Framed for murder and on the run with her sisters, Nell Jackson turns her hand to highway robbery to survive. Aided by her superpowered sidekick, a plucky little sprite called Billy Blind, Nell realizes that fate has put her on the wrong side of the law for a reason. A reason much bigger than she could have ever imagined: to defeat a magical plot against the Queen of England.

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