Schepisi Alan Frederick AO (born on 26 December 1939) is a film director and screenwriter Australian born in Melbourne, Victoria.

His works include last orders, Roxanne, Plenty, six degrees of separation, fierce creatures, House Russia, and more recently empire falls, who won the Golden Globe as best miniseries or motion picture made for television and which received a nomination for an Emmy for best director.

Filmography

* The Devil’s Playground (1976)

* The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

* Barbarossa (1982)

* Iceman (1984)

* Plenty (1985)

* Roxanne (1987)

* A cry in the dark (1988)

* Russia House (1990)

* Mr. Baseball (1992)

* Six degrees of separation (1993)

* I.Q. (1994)

* Fierce creatures (1997)

* Last Orders (2001)

* Family things (2003)

* Empire Falls (2005)

* Beast of Bataan ([Pre-production])