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Cherie Nowlan (born Singleton, New South Wales, Australia) THE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS CHERIE NOWLAN, INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS , Wednesday, 4 July 2007, Filmmaker Magazine.com is an Australian film director and television director, best known for the 2007 film Clubland (a.k.a. Introducing the Dwights) RGM Artists Cherie Nowlan. Retrieved 14 March 2015. and the 1997 film Thank God He Met Lizzie, starring Cate Blanchett and Frances O'Connor, her feature film directorial debut.
Nowlan's first film was a documentary entitled God's Girls (1991), Ronin Films GOD'S GIRLS: Stories from an Australian Convent. Retrieved 15 March 2015. Australian Screen God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent. Retrieved 15 March 2015. Artfilms God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent. Retrieved 15 March 2015. about the nuns who taught in her former high school. The film won the Best Documentary prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards. The ABC/BBC co-production was described by The Guardian in the UK as 'much more gripping than the fictional Brides of Christ '. It was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award and was a finalist in the Sydney Film Festival's Dendy Short Film Competition.
Nowlan studied scriptwriting at the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1993.
Clubland, which starred Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn and rising star Emma Booth, sold to Warner Independent Pictures for $4.1 million, Urban Cinephile "NOWLAN, CHERIE - CLUBLAND". (28 June 2007) Retrieved 14 March 2015. after debuting at Sundance Film Festival. The film generated standing ovations at Sundance, and was nominated for eleven AACTA Awards, including Best Director and Best Actress.
In 1995, she wrote and directed the short film Lucinda 31, which was screened in film festivals in New York City and Brisbane, where it was voted Most Popular Film at the 1995 Brisbane Exposure Festival. The script was an adaptation of a short story by Alexandra Long.
She has also had a career in television, directing episodes of The Secret Life of Us, All Saints, Dance Academy, Packed to the Rafters and the American series Life Unexpected and 90210. As well as the television films Marking Time (2003), Small Claims (2004), The Alice (2005), (2007), (2011) and (2011).
| 1991 | God's Girls | |
| 1992 | Everyman | |
| 1995 | Lucinda 31 | Short film |
| 1997 | Thank God He Met Lizzie | |
| 2004 | Small Claims | |
| 2005 | ||
| 2007 | Introducing the Dwights (aka) Clubland | |
| 2013 | Murder in Manhattan | |
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Us | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Marking Time | Miniseries |
| 2008–2009 | All Saints | 2 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Packed to the Rafters | 6 episodes |
| 2010 | Life Unexpected | Episode: "Thanks Ungiven" |
| Dance Academy | 8 episodes | |
| 2011 | Gossip Girl | Episode: "All the Pretty Sources" |
| 2 episodes | ||
| Crownies | 2 episodes | |
| 2011–2013 | 90210 | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Grey's Anatomy | 2 episodes |
| Mistresses | 2 episodes | |
| 2014, 2016–2017 | Suits | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Rake | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | The Messengers | Episode: "Path to Paradise" |
| 2015–2016 | The Mysteries of Laura | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | How to Get Away with Murder | 4 episodes |
| 2017–2019 | Animal Kingdom | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Dynasty | Episode: "Company Slut" |
| 2018 | The Good Doctor | Episode: "Islands Part Two" |
| Riverdale | Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Four: Judgment Night" | |
| 2018–2019 | Instinct | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Claws | Episode: "Crossroads" |
| 2018–2022 | The Rookie | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Reprisal | 2 episodes |
| You | Episode: "Have a Good Wellkend, Joe!" | |
| 2020 | Outer Banks | 2 episodes |
| Helstrom | Episode: "Underneath" | |
| The Wilds | Episode: "Day Six" | |
| 2021, 2023–2024 | La Brea | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Young Rock | 3 episodes |
| Episode: "Countdown" | ||
| 2025 | The Irrational | Episode: "Conversation Games" |
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