Ballad Films is on a quest to get hold of the 150 extras who were involved in the filming of The Ballad of Betty & Joe in December 2004.
In December 2004, you may have walked in front of the camera during the filming of The Ballad of Betty & Joe in Central Railway's Devonshire Street Tunnel and made it into the film.
The book by Martha Ansara will be published in June
A much anticipated history of cinematography in Australia was launched last night in Sydney.
The ABC's rebuff of a campaign led by the producers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Sophia Turkiewicz's documentary Once My Mother has drawn the ire of filmmaker Martha Ansara.
Veteran producer-director Martha Ansara warns that deregulating the system of approving visas for foreign actors and crews would endanger Australian cultural content.
The challenges of making observational documentaries in Australia can be so daunting that some filmmakers may be afraid of tackling that genre.
After 45 years as a documentary filmmaker, Pat Fiske has some simple advice for aspiring practitioners: "Have many strings to your bow if you want to survive."