Al Clark was born in Huelva, Spain, and educated at two Scottish boarding schools and one English university. Once a journalist at Time Out magazine, then publicity director of Virgin Records in London, he has written three books, produced 20 feature films including Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Blessed and Red Hill and been on the juries of several international film festivals. Elected to the boards of the Australian Film Commission (1989-1992) and later Screen Australia (2014-2017), he was the recipient of the 2013 AACTA Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement. He lives in Sydney.