While winning a Screen Music Award for 'The Portable Door' is no doubt an honour for composer Benjamin Speed, it is unlikely to top the other spoils the project has brought him - that is, his marriage and kids.
The games industry in Australia is entering a new era, with the Digital Games Tax Offset and increased
direct investment in games from Screen Australia and state screen agencies. IF examines how the support will stretch beyond developers alone to benefit visual effects and post-production companies and creatives who have traditionally worked in film and television.
Cinematographer Mandy Walker, composer Nerida Tyson-Chew and radio journalist Glenn Daniel have received honorary degrees from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
Actors Marta Dusseldorp and Sacha Horler join APRA AMCOS executive director Nicholas Pickard in being appointed to the Screen Australia board for three-year terms.
The musical partnership between composers Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos has served them well, earning them four combined nominations for year’s Screen Music Awards, to be staged jointly by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in November.
Tuesday's Screen Music Awards crowned a slew of first-time winners while honouring the work of composer Nigel Westlake, who received the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award.
Composer, orchestrator and conductor Nerida Tyson-Chew will receive the 2020 Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award at the Screen Music Awards in December.
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) will honour composer and conductor Nigel Westlake’s four decade career...