Brian McFarlane (writer)

Brian Campbell McFarlane (born 1934) is an Australian writer, film historian, and educator.

He spent his final ten years of full-time work at Monash University in Melbourne.

Brian Campbell McFarlane[1] was born in 1934[2][3] and grew up in the Wimmera district of Victoria, Australia, before World War II.

He enjoyed considerable success as a high school teacher and administrator,[4] teaching in Australia, England, and the United States.

For 15 years before ending his teaching career, he taught at Trinity Grammar School in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.

[5] He spent his final decade of work in the English department at Monash University, teaching literature and film, with a focus on British cinema and literary adaptations.

[20] He was a longtime friend of actress Googie Withers, and upon her death in July 2011, wrote an obituary for her in The Sydney Morning Herald.