Todd Abbott has joined Guesswork Television as director of programs and development after years of collaborating with the production company headed by Kevin Whyte.
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More than 200 screen industry figures have written an open letter to federal MPs warning that Australian story telling is at risk of being drowned out by overseas content.
Emerald Productions’ Sheila Jayadev and Lyn Norfor and writer-producer Blake Ayshford will mentor eight writers and two producers at Behind Closed Doors, a new program designed to nurture emerging storytellers from Western Sydney.
If the government were to adopt the recent House of Reps inquiry’s recommendations to level each of the offsets to 30 per cent and decouple the Location and PDV Offsets, the total value that offset-supported production adds to the Australian economy every year would grow by almost 35 per cent to $1.6 billion by 2021-22.
The Animal Logic Entertainment co-produced Peter Rabbit was the top title in Australian cinemas last weekend, easily beating Universal’s Sydney-shot Pacific Rim: Uprising.
Charlotte Best has landed the biggest role of her career - the lead in the Netflix Original series Tidelands - after starting out as a teenager playing Annie Campbell in Home and Away followed by Puberty Blues and Craig Boreham's Teenage Kicks.
Nick Hayes began his career in the cinema industry on the lowest rung on the ladder: behind the candy bar at Hoyts Cinemas in George Street Sydney.
IF Magazine #182 April-May will take a comprehensive look at production in Victoria, examining the states’ locations, infrastructure and services.