The casting directors behind 'Nitram', 'The Dry', 'High Ground', and 'The Furnace' will battle it out in the feature film category of the Casting Guild of Australia Awards to be held this month.
ABC head of scripted production Sally Riley sheds light on her latest commissions, explains how the broadcaster is coping with the drama production shutdown and gives an update on her development slate.
Tanya Phegan has quit Easy Tiger to join Guesswork Television as head of scripted, overseeing the development and production of its scripted slate.
The screen industry needs to stop cutting writers' fees and to do a lot better in providing career paths for writers, according to Guesswork Television MD Kevin Whyte.
Netflix is signalling a bigger commitment to commissioning Australian productions by hiring Que Minh Luu as director, local originals for Australia.
The ABC’s 2020 slate is packed with new documentaries and factual series - but there is a distinct air of déjà vu in the categories of drama and comedy.
“When I was growing up I did not see people like me on TV.”
In six-and-a-half years as head of comedy at the ABC, Rick Kalowski oversaw a number of series which he believes could have found homes at the commercial free-to-air networks – if they had been offered to them.