Bob Connolly

[1] He trained as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), where he worked for almost a decade as a foreign correspondent, current affairs reporter, and documentary filmmaker.

The couple developed an acclaimed professional partnership which included the award-winning Highlands trilogy of documentaries about Papua New Guinea, which saw First Contact receive an Academy Award Nomination.

[4] In 1986, following training in 16mm cinematography and sound recording at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), they returned to the Highlands to make Joe Leahy's Neighbours (1989), followed by Black Harvest (1992).

[citation needed] The three PNG films are still widely distributed around the world as The Highlands Trilogy and have together won more than 30 national and international awards.

[citation needed] Connolly's films have also won an Academy Award nomination, and Grand Prix at the Cinéma du Réel Festival.