Given the #MeToo movement and initiatives such as Screen Australia’s Gender Matters, it is astounding that female directors in Australia are still subject to workplace bullying and intimidation.
Shelly Lauman’s Birdie and Charles Williams’ All These Creatures will have their international and North American premieres respectively in the Short Cuts competition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Australian Directors’ Guild has announced the eight emerging female directors who will participate in its 2018 Commercial & Content Directing Mentorship program.
Simon Baker’s feature debut 'Breath' only hit cinemas last week, but the film has already rung up an accolade for the director, with the Australian Directors’ Guild (ADG) awarding Baker Best Direction of a Feature Film at its annual awards in Melbourne on Friday evening.
Ray Argall will be the 2018 recipient of the Australian Directors’ Guild Cecil Holmes Award, a prize designed to recognise those who have advocated for the role of the director.
All five directors nominated for the Ebsen Storm Award for Best Direction of a Children’s TV or SVOD Drama are female.
For emerging director Lucy Gaffy, the Australian Directors’ Guild's shadow directing initiative – which saw her recently helm an episode of the second season of 'Doctor Doctor' – was the perfect opportunity to bridge the difficult next step in her career.
In the wake of the numerous sexual assault, harassment and rape allegations against American producer and former studio executive Harvey Weinstein, the ADG has released a statement to its members condemning sexual harassment within the screen industry.