Internationally acclaimed Australian director Fred Schepisi will deliver the Keynote Address at the 2013 Australian Directors Guild Conference.
"I've just realised this conference is about the digital age."
And so legendary filmmaker Fred Schepisi, AO, began his keynote address at the Australian Director Guild Conference: Directing in the Digital Age this morning.
The NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) has welcomed the news that one of Australia's most important screen industry events - the Australian Director's Guild Conference and annual Awards - will be in Sydney.
The return of the SPAA conference and X|Media|Lab to Sydney in 2009, has been welcomed by Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts Virginia Judge and by NSW Film and Television Office (FTO) Chief Executive Tania Chambers.
Australian directors Gillian Armstrong, Rowan Woods, Greg McLean, Peter Andrikidis and Rachel Ward has been announced as speakers at the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Conference in September.
The rhetorical question addressed by a panel at the Australian Directors Guild conference in Sydney on Thursday was: Do We Really Need Directors?
The single documentary is an endangered species in Australia but there are a number of solutions to address the crisis in the documentary industry.
Australian documentary makers today launched a campaign to boost the ailing numbers of single docs commissioned by the ABC and SBS and for more investment from Screen Australia.