The Australian Directors Guild is spearheading efforts to get female directors working in television drama and on commercials.
ASIG consists of the Australian Directors Guild (ADG), Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), Australia Screen Editors (ASE), Australian Writers Guild (AWG), Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), Australian Production Designers Guild (APDG), Au
Mairi Cameron will shadow direct an episode of Hoodlum Entertainment's 'Harrow' with Geoff Bennett as part of the Australian Directors' Guild's (ADG) ongoing shadow directing program for female directors.
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 Senate inquiry into the economic and cultural value of Australian content on broadcast TV, streaming services and radio is motivated partly by fears the government could ditch local content quotas without parliament’s approval.
A post card campaign has been launched against Senator Stephen Conroy's proposed changes to local Australian sub quota content on television.
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.
Diana Burnett, the incoming executive director of the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG), cites supporting female and other under-represented directors and helping directors to get more work internationally as among her objectives.