Pike - Fitzpatrick Nominees Pty Ltd
Music Production in Canberra

In addition Robin championed the labor of autonomous Australian producers and directors, often maintaining relationships with filmmakers from their first concise films through to their later, internationally prosperous features. As healthy as providing promote and succor for many young filmmakers and distributing numerous Australian films, Robin was energetic as an investor in selected feature film projects and as a guarantor of others. STRICTLY BALLROOM was the fifth feature for which Robin provided a distribution guarantee for the territories of Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and it went on to be a large international success. In 1998, Robin scaled back its theatrical distribution activity to concentrate on what the film trade calls the nontheatrical market. The distribution of documentaries is an area in which Robin has developed a potent latter over the years and the company is without peer as a source of fresh educational and nonfiction material for Australian community education. Since 1982 films have been promoted to schools, tertiary institutions, government departments, community, social and solidarity groups as well as to private individuals and collectors. The criteria for selection are intrinsic quality and educational interest. Robin rarely has output deals with suppliers, and instead chooses maximum films individually according to their merit. The company is interested less in instructional films than in documentaries that explore issues of community interest in a creative and stimulating way. The collection as a whole represents a unusual cranky section of Australian social and cultural life from the 1980s to the offer day. In addition to its Australian documentaries, Robin offers a selection of feature films of educational interest, as well as tall quality documentaries from other countries, especially from self-reliant filmmakers in the USA and Japan. Andrew has also researched and written many articles on film, published in journals and newspapers and has made several short films. Andrew also served for three years as Consultant to the National Library's National Film Collection, on the acquisition of films for study purposes in schools and universities. The company has also dedicated much of its work to the marketing and promotion of Australian productions. Over these years, Electric Shadows was regarded by many as a cultural icon in Canberra. As both distributor and exhibitor, Andrew has had a long involvement with French and European Cinema. He was actively involved in the beginnings of the French Film Festival in Sydney in the 1990s, and has frequently worked with the Alliance Francoise and the French Embassy to host Festivals and other French film events at his cinemas. He has a keen interest in policy issues affecting the film industry as a total and is a frequent contributor to debates of industry issues. In 2003, he was a Founding Member and Secretary of the A.C.T. and served on the Task Force managing ScreenACT, the ACT Government's film and television office. In 199, Andrew was involved in the formation of the Friends of the National Film and Sound Archive, Inc. an association dedicated to support the Archive's labor and to urge the principles of best practice in the film archive profession. He served for several years as President of the Friends. From 200 to 2012, Andrew served on various iterations of the Board of the National Screen and Safe Archive, and subsequently remained energetic as an recommend of the Archive's work. In 2007 he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (AM) for his services to the film industry and the community, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Canberra.