Historical information

Jan Sardi is a screenwriter living in Eltham. Before becoming a screenwriter, he taught at Eltham College for five years.

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Newspaper article: "Shining star"; Diamond Valley News, 30 November 1996. Jan Sardi won best original screen-play for 'Shine" about David Helfgott, Australian Film Institute awards 1996.
Newspaper article: "Oscar nomination"; Diamond Valley News, 19 February 1997. Jan Sardi's film Shine" about David Helfgott is nominated in several categories for Oscars.
Newspaper article: "Writer vows to tell dancer's life"; Diamond Valley Leader, 29 November 2006. Jan Sardi plans to tell, in film, the story of Chinese dancer Li Cunxin.
Newspaper article: "Eltham is where I like to be - Sardi"; Diamond Valley Leader, 26 May 2010. Jan Sardi to contribute to the Emerging Writers Festival, May 29-30.
Newspaper article: "The 'fight goes on' to tell Australian stories", The Age, 11 June 2020. Jan Sardi made an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Physical description

Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etc