Australian Cinematographer Ben Nott has won the coveted American Society of Cinematographers award for excellence for Best Mini Series for his work on The Company for producers Ridley & Tony Scott.
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As the sun set at the OPTUS ONE80PROJECT festival in Sydney?s Harmony Park, OPTUS, MTV Networks Australia and Samsung Mobile announced the winners of their search to find a new one hour TV drama to be shown on MTV and Optus ZOO.
Gregory King?s psychological drama, A Song of Good, will have its world premiere this week in front of a capacity audience at the 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival, a leading European showcase of independent, innovative and experimental cinema.
Film and TV sales, finance and production house, High Point Media Group, have announced the appointment of producer and writer, Adam Bowen, to head up its Sydney based operation, sourcing Australian and New Zealand projects.
Seasoned television producer Denise Eriksen has been appointed Manager, Commissioned Content at SBS.
The high tech thriller Wasted, will receive $750,000 in funding from ScreenWest, the Western Australian film and television funding agency, as the third project to benefit from the West Coast Visions low budget feature film initiative.
The Melbourne International Film Festival?s Premiere Fund has announced the four projects in receipt of offers from its second funding round.
Cate Blanchett isn't the only Australian nominated for this year's Oscars. Former Melbourne producer now based in New York, Eva Orner has been nominated as producer in the category of Best Feature Documentary for the film Taxi to the Dark Side, directed b