Screenwriters James Cripps and Rhianna Malezer are the winners of this year's Australian Writers’ Guild’s Monte Miller Awards, receiving $5,000 each in script development funding.
The Australian Writers' Guild has revealed the 12 successful applicants for its NSW First Break program, with a panel selecting the participants from more than 200 entries.
"There is no formal tertiary training for note-takers and script coordinators. It’s the sort of thing that people learn on the job. The problem is, how do you get that job without first gaining the skills? And when you do get the chance to be a note-taker in a writers’ room, how do you know what’s expected of you and how to deliver what is required?"
Shaun Grant, Jason Smilovic, Kai Wu, Stuart Beattie and Sarah Heyward are mentoring 14 emerging creators in Impact Australia, the offshoot of US Imagine Impact foundedby Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell.