Cherie Nowlan (born Singleton, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian film and television director.She is best known for directing the 1997 film Thank God He Met Lizzie starring Cate Blanchett and Frances O'Connor, her feature film directorial debut. As well as directing the 2007 film Clubland (internationally known as Introducing the Dwights).Nowlan's first film was a documentary entitled God's Girls (1991), about the nuns who taught in her former high school. The film won the Best Documentary prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards. In 1995, she wrote and directed the short film Lucinda 31, which was screened in film festivals in New York and Brisbane. 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), Small Claims: White Wedding (2007), Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away (2011) and Underbelly: Razor (2011).
Grew up in the country town of Singleton, Australia.
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After working briefly as a journalist, began a career in film and television, working as a production assistant, researcher, and writer for various production companies, including Kennedy Miller, as well as in commercial television.
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1993: Studied scriptwriting at the Australian Film and Radio School.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chicago P.D.
2017
TV Series 1 episode
Legends of Tomorrow
2016
TV Series 1 episode
Rosewood
2016
TV Series 1 episode
Suits
2014-2016
TV Series 4 episodes
The Mysteries of Laura
2015-2016
TV Series 4 episodes
Blood & Oil
2015
TV Series 1 episode
Satisfaction
2015
TV Series 1 episode
The Messengers
2015
TV Series 1 episode
Rake
2014
TV Series 2 episodes
Grey's Anatomy
2013
TV Series 2 episodes
Mistresses
2013
TV Series 2 episodes
90210
2011-2013
TV Series 4 episodes
Murder in Manhattan
2013
TV Movie
Gossip Girl
2011
TV Series 1 episode
Underbelly
2011
TV Series 2 episodes
Crownies
2011
TV Series 2 episodes
Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away
2011
TV Movie
Life Unexpected
2010
TV Series 1 episode
Packed to the Rafters
2009-2010
TV Series 6 episodes
Dance Academy
2010
TV Series 8 episodes
All Saints
2008-2009
TV Series 2 episodes
Introducing the Dwights
2007
Small Claims: White Wedding
2005
TV Movie
The Alice
2005
TV Series 2 episodes
Small Claims
2004
TV Movie
Marking Time
2003
TV Movie
The Secret Life of Us
2002
TV Series 2 episodes
Thank God He Met Lizzie
1997
Lucinda, 31
1995
Short
Everyman
1992
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lucinda, 31
1995
Short written by
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Out
1995
Short co-producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Scene 16
2013
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
2007
TV Series
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Audience Award
Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes