Screening of short segment of the film, featuring Dunera Boy, Mike Sondheim at Dunera Luncheon 2014. Photo by June Orford.
It was with great pleasure and a touch of sadness that A Life Unexpected Director, Sally McLean, accepted the invitation to … Continue Reading ››
Producers Ben Steel, Sally McLean & Bobby Galinsky
Things are continuing to be busy behind the scenes here at A Life Unexpected, with redrafting of treatments, continuing research and more work on budgeting and scheduling for our next … Continue Reading ››
In the early hours of Tuesday morning last week, our director, Sally McLean wandered into the ABC Southbank Studios in Melbourne to spend half an hour in studio on air with Overnights host Trevor Chappell taking about Franz Stampfl and A Life Unexpected.
The … Continue Reading ››
Director Sally McLean walks along a pier with her mother Marg Woodlock in the Behind The Scenes segment "Mum's An Olympian"
We have been quietly releasing a few sneak peeks of our Behind The Scenes footage, directed by Ben Steel. Subscribers to our Continue Reading ››
Queen Elizabeth's School Magazine Cover from the 1940's (Photo courtesy of Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet)
In our search for Franz Stampfl's full story, we have come across many people and organizations around … Continue Reading ››
It is early on Monday morning here in Melbourne and I am still at my desk after working through the night on the ongoing collation of all the archive material we have collected and sourced over the time this film has been in the idea stage, … Continue Reading ››
So far A Life Unexpected has travelled to London, Oxford, Dublin, Vienna and Melbourne to interview a plethora of eminent and entertaining individuals, including Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Christopher Chataway, Ulick O'Connor, John Landy, Ralph Doubell and others about the intriguing personality, life and legacy of Franz Stampfl.
We have … Continue Reading ››
Filming has been continuing with a new group of fascinating people taking their place in front of the camera to talk about their experiences of the man Franz Stampfl.
It was an early, slightly chilly May morning when the A Life Unexpected crew arrived at Melbourne Girls Grammar School … Continue Reading ››
Roger Bannister crosses the finish line at the Iffley Road Track, Oxford on May 6, 1954 - the first man to run a sub-four minute mile - coached by Franz Stampfl
In honour of the 60th Anniversary of the breaking of the Four Minute … Continue Reading ››
A Life Unexpected Gaffer, Saraj Alkemade, coffee in hand at one of our Oxford shoot days
After a break of a couple of weeks, … Continue Reading ››
A documentary about the extraordinary life of Franz Stampfl – Austrian Art student turned greatest Athletics Coach of the 20th Century and the man who trained Roger Bannister to break the 4 Minute Mile
In the early hours of Tuesday morning last week, our director, Sally McLean wandered into the ABC Southbank Studios in Melbourne to spend half an hour in studio on air with Overnights host Trevor Chappell taking about Franz Stampfl and A Life Unexpected.
The … Continue Reading ›› 
It is early on Monday morning here in Melbourne and I am still at my desk after working through the night on the ongoing collation of all the archive material we have collected and sourced over the time this film has been in the idea stage, … Continue Reading ›› 
So far A Life Unexpected has travelled to London, Oxford, Dublin, Vienna and Melbourne to interview a plethora of eminent and entertaining individuals, including Sir Roger Bannister, Sir Christopher Chataway, Ulick O'Connor, John Landy, Ralph Doubell and others about the intriguing personality, life and legacy of Franz Stampfl.
We have … Continue Reading ›› 
Filming has been continuing with a new group of fascinating people taking their place in front of the camera to talk about their experiences of the man Franz Stampfl.
It was an early, slightly chilly May morning when the A Life Unexpected crew arrived at Melbourne Girls Grammar School … Continue Reading ›› 
