Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' and Helium Pictures' 'Last King of the Cross' were awarded best sound for feature film and television series, respectively, at the Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards held on Saturday.
Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' has put in another solid performance, this time at the Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards on Saturday evening, winning four awards.
Some of the Australian nominees from this year's Oscars have joined Sony Pictures Entertainment EVP Stephen Basil-Jones and Madman Entertainment founder and CEO Paul Wiegard in being invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
'Elvis', 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', and 'Poker Face' have dominated the feature film categories for this year's Australian Production Design Guild Awards, set to be held in August.
The Australian Cinematographers Society named Mandy Walker cinematographer of the year at its national awards in Sydney Saturday night, marking the first time the society’s Milli Award - presented since 1968 - has ever been won by a woman.
There are only a few extended families that can lay claim to multiple Oscar nominees, but the Villa and Pashley family is one, with both editor Matt Villa and sound designer Wayne Pashley up for 'Elvis'. In this in-depth interview, the pair describe their experiences working with Baz Luhrmann, each other and their craft.
Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' has taken home four BAFTA Awards, recognising the film's casting, costume design, hair and makeup and lead actor Austin Butler, while Cate Blanchett snared the leading actress prize for 'Tár'.
Leah Purcell's 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' and Thomas M Wright's 'The Stranger' lead the nominees for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, to be announced later this month.