Interview with David Noakes

David Noakes has been involved in the Australian Film Industry at just about every level. And we’re pleased to say his film journey started here in Fremantle!

These days, David is a Production Executive with FACB – First Australian Completion Bond Company. He has previously worked as a producer, film and TV business analyst, and film Investment Manager.

In his younger days around Freo, David also made films, including the award winning How The West Was Lost, which has now been digitally restored and remastered ready to screen in contemporary cinemas around the country at a time when Australians are to vote in a referendum that proposes a Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The film, about the remarkable courage of hundreds of Pilbara Aboriginal workers who went on strike in 1946. The film was first released at the 1987 Festival of Perth at the Windsor Cinema to sell out audiences and went on to be nominated for five AFI Awards.

Our editor, Michael Barker, was very pleased to meet David Noakes to make this podcast discussing the making of How The West Was Lost, David’s career in film, and where Australian film is today. 

You can read the full story on Fremantle Shipping News here.