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David Bradbury (film maker) David Bradbury (film maker) David Bradbury is an Australian film maker who began his career in 1972 as an ABC radio journalist, and has since produced 21 documentary films, including many that tackle difficult political issues and highlight the plight of the disadvantaged. Bradbury has won many international film festival prizes, received five Australian Film Industry awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He graduated from the Australian National University with a degree in political science. Bradbury's first film was "Front Line", a portrait of Australian news cameraman Neil Davis in Vietnam. The film received an Academy Award nomination and also