Film director FRED SCHEPISI hails from Australia. Along with directors Peter Weir and Bruce Beresford he was considered one of the leaders of the "Australian New Wave." His film, "The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith," was the first Australian film ever accepted in competition in the Cannes Film Festival, and his first film distributed in the U.S. (in 1980). SCHEPISI went on to direct "Plenty," "Roxanne," "A Cry in the Dark," "The Russia House," and "Six Degrees of Seperation." His latest film "I.Q." stars Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, and Walter Matthau
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