'My Brilliant Career' producer Margaret Fink, ACS Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Binning, Emmy-winning natural history filmmaker David Parer and Heather Croall, CEO of the Adelaide Fringe and former director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, have been recognised with Australia Day honours.
Screenwriter and playwright, Eleanor Witcombe, whose most enduring works were the adaptations of 'My Brilliant Career' and 'The Getting of Wisdom', has died in Sydney. She was 95.
John Polizer, a highly respected exhibitor and distributor who was an influential supporter of Australian films, died on Thursday after a long illness, aged 83.
'Lion' screenwriter Luke Davies lives in LA with director David Michôd, and is repped by UTA's Bec Smith. Both are former IF editors, and Davies himself used to contribute DVD reviews to the magazine. We spoke with the honorary old boy on the phone from