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October 2005
 Sally
Riley (Wiradjuri) is the manager of the Indigenous
Unit of the Australian Film Commission, which funds new productions
by Aboriginal directors, primarily short films and television
series. Riley is an advocate for Aboriginal self-representation
in the Australian film industry and policies which support the
growth of indigenous television programming and media collections.
She has directed three short films, including Confessions of
a Head Hunter, winner of Best Short Fiction Film at the 2000
Australian Film Institute Awards. Riley is a former writer-in-residence
at Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Television
in Alice Springs, and has worked as a director for the Melbourne
Theatre Company and Urban Theatre Projects. She is a member of
Indigenous Screen Australia and serves on the board of the All
Roads Film Project of National Geographic. Riley was on the advisory
board of First Nations\First Features, a world indigenous film
showcase presented in 2005. She lives in Sydney, Australia.
Screened by NMAI
Image credits: Salley
Riley
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