John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 – February 2016) was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist.

Power was born inMaitland, New South Wales. His older brother wasDave Power, a long-distance runner who won medals at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. After leaving school, he joined theMaitland Mercury as a cadet journalist, later moving to Sydney to work forThe Daily Telegraph andThe Daily Mirror. He was a political journalist in Canberra at the time of theAustralian Labor Party split of 1955, events which he would later cover in the documentary filmLike a Summer Storm.^[1]

Power won theAFI Award for Best Direction for the 1974 TVdocudramaBilly and Percy.

• The Other Side of Innocence (1972) (documentary) - director
• Like a Summer Storm (1972) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer
• What did you do at school today? (1974) (documentary short) - director
• Escape from Singapore (1974) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer
• Billy and Percy (1974) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer
• They Don't Clap Losers (1975) (TV movie) - director, writer, producer
• The Picture Show Man (1977) - director
• The Sound of Love (1978) (TV movie) - director, writer
• A Single Life (1986) (TV movie)
• The Dismissal (1983) (TV miniseries) - director
• The Great Gold Swindle (1984) - director
• Special Squad (1984) (TV Series) - director
• Return to Eden (1986) (TV series) - director
• A Single Life (1986) - director, writer
• Alice to Nowhere (1986) (TV miniseries) - director
• Willing and Abel (1987) (TV series) - director
• Mike Willesee's Australians (1988) (TV series) - director episode "Clyde Fenton"
• The Dirtwater Dynasty (1988) (TV miniseries) - director
• Tanamera - Lion of Singapore (1989) (TV miniseries) - director
• Father (1990) - director
• Sky Trackers (1990) (TV movie) - director
• All the Rivers Run 2 (1990) (TV miniseries) - director
• Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992) (TV movie) - director
• The Tommyknockers (1993) (TV miniseries) - director
• Someone Else's Child (1994) (TV movie) - director
• Betrayed by Love (1994) (TV movie) - director
• Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994) (TV movie) - director
• A Child is Missing (1995) (TV movie) - director
• Heart of Fire (1997) (TV movie) - director
• Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure (1998) (TV movie) - director

• John Power atIMDb

• 1930 births
• 2016 deaths
• Australian film directors
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• Australian war correspondents
• Logie Award winners
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