Margaret Fink (born Margaret Elliott on March 3, 1933)[1] is an Australian film producer, noted for her important role in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s.

She was educated at Sydney Girls High School, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney Teachers College and the Sydney Conservatorium. She worked as an art teacher at various high schools in Sydney from 1956 to 1961.

Her productions include The Removalists (1975), My Brilliant Career (1979), For Love Alone (1986), Edens Lost (1988) (for TV), and Candy (2006).[1]

She was a member of the Sydney Push, a Sydney bohemian group of the 1950s and 1960s that boasted among its membership Lillian Roxon, Germaine Greer, Clive James, and Frank Moorhouse.[2] While still known as Margaret Elliott, she published Harry Hooton's last book, It Is Great To Be Alive.[3][4] Her former husband, Leon Fink, is a prominent Sydney businessman and property developer.[5] They married in 1961 and had three children together: Hannah, John and Ben. She has also had relationships with Barry Humphries, Jim McNeil and Bill Harding. Her daughter, Hannah Fink, is a writer.[6] John Fink is a restaurateur and filmmaker. Ben Fink was the lead vocalist/guitarist and song writer of funk band King Clam, and a member of the band The Whitlams.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Margaret Fink (IMDb)
  2. ↑ When the Push came to shove
  3. ↑ Hooton, Henry Arthur (1908–1961)
  4. ↑ It is great to be alive/Harry Hooton (NLA Catalogue)
  5. ↑ "Quay: Our People". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius".
  7. ↑ Margaret Fink – Her wild, wild ways
  8. ↑ Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine


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