HBO’s critically acclaimed 'The Leftovers' returns to Foxtel this week after shooting a large chunk of its third and final season in Australia last year.
The Australian Directors Guild is spearheading efforts to get female directors working in television drama and on commercials.
FremantleMedia’s six-parter begins shooting later this month. Amanda Brotchie ('Agony, 'This is Littleton', 'Lowdown') will direct alongside the previously announced Michael Rymer and Canadian Larysa Kondracki.
An Australian female director is set to join FremantleMedia’s 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', following on from industry criticism over the hire of a foreign director to shoot the series.
Criticism over the hire of a Canadian director to shoot the 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' mini continues to mount, with WIFT NSW and the ADG staging a joint protest in front of FremantleMedia’s office in Sydney today.
The Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) has joined the Australian Director’s Guild (ADG) in its criticism over the hire of a Canadian director to shoot the upcoming 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' miniseries.
Rymer describes 'Tremula', in which a group of international astronauts go missing on a Mars training simulation in the middle of the Australian desert, as "The Martian meets Picnic at Hanging Rock".