One of Australia’s most successful screenwriters, Craig Pearce, has bee presented the Australian Writers' Guild's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.
In a David and Goliath battle, the screenplays for Ben Young’s debut feature Hounds of Love and Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge will compete for the original feature film prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards.
Writer/directors have dominated the feature film categories for this year's AWGIE Awards, which will be presented in Sydney next month.