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Hal and Jim McElroy were born in 1946 in Melbourne. As twins, they were always inseparable and had identical interests, school activities and friends. They entered the film industry together in 1966, moving to Sydney to work on productions such as Age of Consent (1969) and Ned Kelly (1970).
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff Green adapted the novel into a screenplay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver.
Feb 23, 2022 · At Southern Star, Hal McElroy went on to make three of the most successful TV series ever — Blue Heelers, Water Rats and Murder Call. Sadly, the parting with Southern Star, especially for Hal ...
Everything Begins and Ends. 30m. This documentary, produced in 2014, features interviews with PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK producers Hal and Jim McElroy, executive producer Patricia Lovell, cinematographer Russell Boyd, and actors Helen Morse and Anne Louise Lambert. The interviews were conducted in 2003. Share with friends. Facebook Twitter Email.
Hal and James "Jim" McElroy (born 6 April 1946) are Australian twin film and television producers. They are best known for three films they produced jointly in the 1970s, all directed by Peter Weir at the start of his career: The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), and The Last Wave (1977).
In 1971 Jim joined forces with his twin brother Hal to set up McElroy and…
A Feature Length Documentary On The Making Of The Film Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Peter Weir, Hal & Jim Mcelroy, Patricia Lovell and much more
