Ray Argall will be the 2018 recipient of the Australian Directors’ Guild Cecil Holmes Award, a prize designed to recognise those who have advocated for the role of the director.
Female directors have dominated the Documentary Feature category of the 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards, whilst Home & Away has muscled out any other competition for TV Drama Serial.
Television commercials are a well-worn path for directors wanting to get runs on board but it is not known as a level playing field for men and women. IF speaks with directors and screen guilds about what progress still needs to be made.
Weir will present the Best Direction in a Feature Film award at the awards in Melbourne.
Screen industry groups have welcomed a new parliamentary inquiry into the growth and sustainability of Australian film and TV as an opportunity to address “long-term systemic issues.â€
For emerging director Samuel Rodwell, the transition from commercial work to films didn't happen overnight: it took more than three years, during which time he captured one of Australia's worst natural disasters in living memory.
The Make it Australian campaign is heading back to Canberra for the first time since the federal election, restating its case for local content requirements to be placed on digital platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime.
The Australian Directors Guild and Screen Australia are inviting emerging filmmakers to apply for a director’s attachment placement on Ridley Scott’s upcoming feature Alien: Covenant.