The Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) is offering up shadow directing opportunities for female directors on Australian TV dramas.
One of four recipients of the inaugural Metro Screen Fellowship, administered by the ADG, Brietta Hague travelled to Cuba in March to attend a two-week workshop with German director Werner Herzog.
The Australian Directors Guild is spearheading efforts to get female directors working in television drama and on commercials.
The nominees for best feature direction at this year’s ADG Awards are Garth Davis ('Lion'), Simon Stone ('The Daughter'), Ben Young ('Hounds of Love'), Craig Boreham ('Teenage Kicks') and Jonathan Leahy ('Skin Deep'). All are celebrated for their featur
One of four recipients of the inaugural Metro Screen Fellowship, administered by the ADG, Amanda Hood travelled to Los Angeles in April to attend The Hollywood Field Trip.
Calls by the Seven, Nine and Ten networks to scrap the quotas for children’s and pre-school programming have been roundly condemned by key screen industry groups and guilds.
Screen Australia’s revelation that it can no longer afford to support entry-level feature filmmakers has been criticised by the Australian Directors Guild and some producers, writers and directors.
Key organisations from across the screen industry have made a united and formal commitment to work towards building a more inclusive sector.