Norman Kaye

**Norman James Kaye** (17 ga Janairu 1927 - 28 ga Mayu 2007) ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne na ƙasar Ostiraliya. Ya shahara sosai saboda rawar da ya taka a fina-finan darakta Paul Cox.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Kaye a cikin mawuyacin hali a lokacin da yake ƙarami a lokacin ɓacin rai a Melbourne, yana ɗaya daga cikin yara huɗu. Mahaifinsa tsohon soja ne mai rauni, kuma talaka a yaƙin Boer, mahaifiyarsa tana fama da tabin hankali, kuma iyayen biyu suna nesa. Iyalan Norton sun ɗauke Kaye a matsayin yaro, waɗanda suka ba shi mafaka daga wahalhalun da yake ciki a gida.

Kaye ya sami tallafin karatu don yin karatu a Makarantar Grammar Geelong . Iyayensa duka sun mutu da wuri, mahaifiyarsa kuma tana asibiti a fannin tabin hankali. 

## Sana'a

### Kiɗa
AE Floyd, mai kula da organ na St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, ya lura da ƙwarewar kiɗan Kaye, wanda ya ba shi kuɗin koyarwa kyauta don gane ƙwarewarsa a matsayin mai organist.

Kaye ya yi tafiya zuwa Ingila sannan Faransa don yin karatun organ tare da Pierre Cochereau a Notre-Dame de Paris kuma ya lashe gasar Premier Prix saboda jagorantar a Nice Conservatoire. Ya koma Ostiraliya saboda jin kaɗaici da kewar gida. Da ya dawo Melbourne, ya ci gaba da neman kiɗa, ciki har da matsayin mai riƙon organ na St Paul's Cathedral.

### Koyarwa
Kaye shine shugaban mawaka kuma malamin kiɗa a Makarantar Caulfield Grammar, wata makaranta mai zaman kanta da ke Melbourne, daga 1958 zuwa 1977,  a lokacin da ya "shirya harsashin [makarantar] ... babban suna a duniyar kiɗa [kuma sha'awarsa da iliminsa mai ginawa ne suka sanya waƙar mawaka da kunna kayan kida na ƙungiyar makaɗa ta zama muhimmiyar mahimmanci ga makarantar maimakon ta gefe."  Tsaron albashin malami ne ya ba Kaye damar bincika duniyar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo. 

### Mai wasan kwaikwayo
Da sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo, Kaye ya fara aikinsa yana buga ƙananan ayyuka marasa biyan kuɗi a ƙananan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo, lokacin da talabijin har yanzu yana cikin ƙuruciya.  Duk da haka bai fara yin wasan kwaikwayo na cikakken lokaci ba sai da ya kai shekara arba'in. 

A shekarar 1967, Kaye ya haɗu da darakta Paul Cox, wanda a lokacin mai ɗaukar hoto ne, yana ɗaukar hotunan shirye-shirye a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na St Martin's . Ya fito a fina-finai 16 na Cox,  ya fara da ƙananan rawa a cikin *Illuminations* (1975)  da *Kostas* (1979), kafin ya raba jagoranci tare da Wendy Hughes a cikin fim ɗin Cox na 1982 *Lonely Hearts*  wanda ya sa aka zaɓe shi don lambar yabo ta AFI . Ya kuma taka rawa a cikin *Man of Flowers* (1983), a wannan karon ya lashe lambar yabo ta AFI . Ya fito a ƙananan rawa a cikin fina-finan Cox da yawa daga baya, ciki har da *Innocence* (2000).

Sauran fina-finan farko da Kaye ya fito sun haɗa da Mad Dog Morgan (1976) da Inside Looking Out (1977), [1] Aikin fim ɗinsa ya ci gaba a shekarun 1980 tare da rawar da ya taka a cikin fina-finan Buddies (1983) da Unfinished Business (1986). [1] A shekarar 1987, ya fito a cikin fim ɗin Frenchman's Farm tare da John Meillon da kuma barkwanci Hungry Heart tare da Nick Carrafa kafin ya fito a cikin fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na Boundaries of the Heart tare da Wendy Hughes a shekara mai zuwa. [1] Ya kuma fito a cikin shirin gaskiya na Vincent – The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh na 1988 tare da Gabi Trsek.

## Manazarta