Northern Pictures was crowned Production Business of the Year at Wednesday evening's Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, while also taking home further gongs for 'See What You Made Do' and 'Love on the Spectrum'.
Screentime executive chairman Bob Campbell has retired from the production company he co-founded with Des Monaghan 23 years ago.
The Screentime co-founder replaces Rosemary Blight
Screentime will produce 'Pine Gap', a six-part political thriller set in and around the US/Australian spy satellite base in the Northern Territory for the ABC and Netflix.
French-based entertainment giant Banijay's takeover of the Endemol Shine Group will create the world's biggest independent production and distribution company with a catalogue of nearly 100,000 hours.
Bob Campbell and Maureen Barron have been appointed to the NSW Government's new creative industries taskforce
Screentime co-founder Bob Campbell is set to be recognised for his rich contribution to the screen industry, named as the 2022 SPA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.
With two parallel yet overlapping inquiries under way into the Australian screen sector, what can the industry realistically hope will be the outcome?