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Damien Peter Parer (1 August 1912 – 17 September 1944) was an Australian war photographer. He became famous for his war photography of the Second World War, and was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire at Peleliu, Palau.
Parer's War: Directed by Alister Grierson. With Matthew Le Nevez, Adelaide Clemens, Rob Carlton, Luke Ford. The story of World War II front-line cameraman Damien Parer, whose work won Australia's first Oscar, and how his desperate efforts to return to the battlefield were thwarted by his own government.
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- Drama
- Alister Grierson
- 2014-04-27
Veteran film producer Damien Parer has written a memoir that reveals how he was affected by being the son of the celebrated World War II cameraman renowned for his images of wounded Diggers on the ...
- Official War Correspondent
- Parer's Oscar Award
- Paramount Work in The Pacific
- Parer's Last Reel
In August 1940, Parer joined the Department of Information Film Unit as an official war correspondent and photographer. He was sent to the Middle East to film the Australians serving in the Second Australian Imperial Force (AIF). While he was there, Parer filmed in the Western Desert in Libya and later in Greece during the ill-fated campaign in Apr...
Parer's newsreel footage of the fighting on the Kokoda Track was used to produce the award-winning film Kokoda Front Line!. The film was edited by Terry Banks and produced by Ken Hall, the head of Cinesound productions. In 1943, Kokoda Front Line! won one of four Hollywood Academy Awards presented for wartime documentaries.
Kokoda Front Line! brought Parer international fame. However, he was dissatisfied with the conditions and rules at the Department of Information. Parer resigned from the department in August 1943 and joined Paramount News to film American troops in the Pacific. Less than a year later, he was killed 'in action' while filming US Marines. His first as...
To capture images of the faces of men in battle, Parer believed he needed to be close to the front line. Sometimes even in front of it. He was doing this when he died. With his back to the enemy, Parer filmed the marines advancing and was killed by Japanese fire. Chester Wilmot, war correspondent and friend of Parer, wrote to his widow: On 7 May 19...
Damien Parer and George Silk, photographers with the Department of Information at Tobruk Harbour, preparing to capture the next air raid. During the Greek (April) and Syrian (June-July) campaigns, as well as the Tobruk siege (April-December), Parer primarily took motion pictures with a few stills.
Parer's film 'Kokoda Front Line' was honoured with Australia's first Academy Award. This award was one of four in the best wartime documentary section. The other war documentaries to receive awards in 1943 were 'Battle of Midway', 'Moscow Strikes Back', and ' Prelude to War'.
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Damien Parer, Australian ace war correspondent, in 4 months took his cameras into the far corners of New Guinea, securing many amazing pictures. Parer was through the campaigns in Libya, Greece and Syria and has been responsible for some of the classic newsreel coverages of the war.
