The screenwriter behind films such as Shine and Mao's Last Dancer will lead the AWG
Former Australian Writers' Guild president Jan Sardi and actor Robyn Nevin were among the screen professionals to receive Queen's Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
John Jameson Productions has made three amateur scriptwriters' dreams come true by awarding them each $20,000 to develop their script into a short film.
Production company Typecast has announced the successful applicants for its inaugural Inspirit Lab initiative, which will see Indigenous filmmakers assemble for a simulated writers room.
Last year's dance epic Mao's Last Dancer will be released in the US on August 6 by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Jones' screenwriting credits include Angela’s Ashes, Possession, A Thousand Acres, Oscar and Lucinda, The Portrait of a Lady, An Angel at My Table, Hightide and Brick Lane.
The ABC's 1970s crime and political corruption drama Power Without Glory based on Frank Hardy’s classic 1950 novel is to get a remake.