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Simon Target

Australian film director

PersonAge 64humanQ7519865

Born: January 22, 1962
Birthplace: Tonbridge
Citizenship: Australia
Occupation: film director
, screenwriter

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Simon Target is a British-Australian filmmaker. He is best known for a series of television documentaries he made for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which include King's School, Flight for Life, The Academy, and Rough Justice. Uni, his study of a group of dissolute arts students at Sydney University, featured Charles Firth, Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen, who formed the comedy group The Chaser. Hansen later satirised Target in CNNNN, where he played the network's British correspondent who was also called Simon Target.

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Penguin Island2010 · 2010 Australian, nature, documentary, drama television series

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Given name: Simon
Sex or gender: male
Family name: Target

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