Nadia Tass mostly makes films with her writer-producer husband David Parker, through their production company Cascade Films.
23 Facts About Nadia Tass
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Nadia Tass had her first acting role aged 14, in the police drama series Division 4.
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Nadia Tass studied psychology at the University of Melbourne, and while there became interested in theatre, including works by students at the Victorian College of the Arts.
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Nadia Tass started her career acting in the first season of television drama series Prisoner in 1979, playing Tessa Zervos, returning in 1983 to play a solicitor.
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Nadia Tass started directing works in Melbourne theatres around the same time.
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Nadia Tass has said that she loves working with actors, and her acting experience and training has informed her directing style.
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Nadia Tass has made many films with her husband and business partner, filmmaker David Parker, who has written, co-produced, and shot many of her films.
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In 1988, with the backing of United Artists in the US, Nadia Tass directed and co-produced the comedy Rikky and Pete, which was again successfully around the world.
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Nadia Tass directed Fatal Honeymoon, a 2012 telemovie, produced by US cable channel Lifetime, starring Harvey Keitel.
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Nadia Tass has directed films and TV series for the BBC, CBS, Disney, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros.
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Nadia Tass had been friends with Vidov in the US, and owing to her Slavic heritage felt some connection to Russian culture, and both wanted to show some of the richness of that culture, but the "criminals" who led the USSR.
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Nadia Tass has said about the process of filmmaking with her husband:.
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Nadia Tass has an extensive history of successful theatre direction with a diverse range of works, including both classical and contemporary theatre at La Mama, the Pram Factory, Playbox, the Melbourne Theatre Company, and the Open Stage Theatre at the University of Melbourne.
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In later work, Nadia Tass directed This Effing Lady by Maureen Sherlock at the Brunswick Ballroom and Wicked Sisters by Alma De Groen for Griffin Theatre in Sydney.
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In 2016, Nadia Tass directed the Ensemble Theatre production of Jane Cafarella's e-baby for its Sydney premiere.
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Nadia Tass directed Fern Hill by Michael Tucker for New Jersey Rep in 2018 and 2019 in Philadelphia and New York City.
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Nadia Tass regularly lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts, and at Deakin University, where she is an adjunct professor, and has taught at Beijing Normal University, Yunnan University, Wuhan University, Chongqing University, and Beijing Film Academy.
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Nadia Tass has been a member of the board of the Australian Directors' Guild, and is a member of several professional associations, including the Directors Guild of America; the Screen Producers Association of Australia; the Australian Film Institute; and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.
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Nadia Tass has been appointed to the juries of many film festival juries, including:.
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Nadia Tass' films have earned over 70 international awards and 23 Australian Film Institute nominations, while garnering nine wins including Best Film and Best Director.
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In 1986 Nadia Tass was the second female director, after Gillian Armstrong in 1979, to win the AFI Award for Best Director.
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Nadia Tass has been honoured with several personal awards, including:.
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Nadia Tass has had the breadth of her film work presented internationally as retrospective events, including:.