Summary Accidental Hero: Introduced by Caroline Jones, this is the amazing story of Josh Yeldham, the young Sydney film maker and painter who, at the age of 23, picked up an Emmy award and an Oscar nomination for his very first film. Josh, the son of two prominent Sydney business people, based that successful first film Frailejon on his own real life experiences in the mountains of Venezuela when only the intervention of a hermit saved him from probable death. He made Frailejon on a tiny budget by persuading twenty friends to pay their own expenses to fly to South America and film the movie. Somewhat disconcerted by the instant acclaim that followed, Josh took off, alone in a combi van and headed into outback New South Wales. He ended up bogged and stranded with water supplies fast running out. Once again, only the intervention of chance passers by saved him. He was befriended by people in the district and took up residence in an abandoned double decker bus where he started thinking through ideas for his next film ... a project involving acclaimed young actor, Claudia Karvan. Some of his elaborate storyboards for the movie made their way into a Sydney art gallery where they promptly sold like hotcakes as works of art in their own right. Of his propensity for turning accidents into successful art, Josh says, "If you travel, you're ultimately an observer until you have an accident or a collision or a situation that just throws you into other people's lives." Actor Chris Johnson who played Josh in Frailejon says "I think Josh has a touch of craziness about him.. good craziness or eccentricity. I mean he's a stable member of society but he's touched by something that is exciting, the kind of thing that was able to take twenty people up a mountain." But at the heart of this moving and beautifully photographed story is a father-son relationship. Josh's father, Tony founded Sydney's successful Squire Shops. When Josh was young he was very tied up with his business. Mr Yeldham recounts his own strong reaction to Frailejon which he interpreted as "a son saying to his father, hey here I am and where were you. What were you doing when I needed you. "And I was really rocked. Every father thinks he's great and doing the right thing so when it dawns on you that you've been neglectful in many areas ...it was a huge shock to me. I could hardly leave my seat in the theatre." PLUS: A Girl Like Alice: A short story about Alice Bennett, a young woman who shares her father's passion for photography.

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