During the In Memoriam section, a photo of Australian producer Jan Chapman ('The Piano', 'Love Serenade', 'Lantana', 'The Babadook') was shown next to the name of late costume designer Janet Patterson, with whom Chapman worked on several Jane Campion film
Warwick Thornton, Rachael Perkins, Craig Gillespie, Elizabeth Debicki and producers Bridget Ikin and Melanie Coombs are among the 928 screen practitioners who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ten Australian screen performers and practitioners have been recognised with nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards.
"I would have not been able to do 'Dune' without Greig. He was my strongest ally on the set."
INSIDEFILM speaks to London-based VFX house, Double Negative, about its work on Inception, which has been short-listed for an Oscar
Australia has two hopes in the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short category next week: 'Red, White and Blue', produced by the US-based Sara McFarlane and 'The After', produced by the UK-based Nicky Bentham. Both producer chat to IF.
Australia might just be in for an Academy Award win come Monday, with 'Love and Monsters' tipped as a dark horse in this year's race for the Visual Effects Oscar.
The Australian sound industry is in mourning today after the news respected sound supervisor, Andrew Plain, has this morning lost his battle with cancer.