Jack The Ripper: Australia’s Killer
Australian Scientists may hold the key to solving one of history's most gruesome unsolved crimes: who was Jack the Ripper?
Synopsis
The story of Jack The Ripper is one of the most gruesome and infamous unsolved crimes in history. An horrific killing spree, which exposed the darkest recesses of Victorian London, leaving a city gripped in terror. More than 120 years later, modern science may just hold the key to cracking the case. On the other side of the world, Australian scientists have made a major breakthrough – they’ve extracted DNA from a 122-year-old skull believed to be that of Australia’s first known serial killer and a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. Now former Scotland Yard Detective, Robin Napper, leads a cutting edge investigation into the case. His mission, to find out: Could an Australian killer be Jack the Ripper?
Developed and Post Produced in Western Australia
on the Traditional Country of the Noongar Whadjuk peoples
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Production Information
Writer & Director
Franco Di Chiera
Producers
Ed Punchard
Julia Redwood
Assistant Producer
Eliot Buchan
Cinematography
Simon Smith
Presenter
Dennis Cometti
Development Writer
John McCourt
Development Coordinator
Laura Stevens
Editor
Roland Smith
Sound Recording
Ash Charlton
Music
Ash Gibson Greig
Sound Post Production
Ric Curtin
Art Director
Murray Edwards
Costume Designer
Gail Pether
Hair and Makeup
Liddy Reynolds
First Assistant Director
Brad Holyoak
Production Manager
Susie Cocks
Production Coordinator
Freya Brueschke
Grading and Online
David Langlands
Prospero Head of Production
Kirstin Dryburgh
Production Accountancy
Lesley Hinde
Legals
Joan Peters
Edit Assistants
Will Faulkner
John Sullivan
The Directors Statement
“The “Jack the Ripper” project came about because of Ed and Julia’s involvement in another documentary…”
“…titled, “Ned’s Head” in which a skull, purportedly belonging to famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, was found to be that of one likely candidate – Australia’s first serial killer Frederick Bailey Deeming.”
– Franco Di Chiera, Director
Photo credit Prospero Productions
Photo credit Prospero ProductionsAbout the DOP
Simon is an award-winning cinematographer based in Sydney.
He shoots observational and dramatised documentaries, drama, commercials and music videos.
His work has taken him to all parts of the globe. From his first job out of film school, a documentary in Cambodia soon after its terrible period of genocide, he has marvelled at the power of the camera to capture essential truths about people and events.
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