Sophie Harper will be the next executive director of the Australian Directors’ Guild, succeeding Alaric McAusland.
The Australian Directors' Guild has named filmmaker and visual artist Samantha Lang as the next recipient of the Cecil Holmes Award.
Australian Directors’ Guild executive director Alaric McAusland will step down in January after two years in the role.
Directors working in the streaming landscape and alongside showrunners must take a “humility pill” or “move to the exit”, according to Rachel Ward, who opened the Australian Directors' Guild conference.
The Australian Director’s Guild will hold a one-day conference in Sydney next month for directors and industry members.
AFTRS head of directing Rowan Woods has been voted the new president of the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) after Samantha Lang called time on her leadership of more than six years.
Jennifer Peedom and Rowan Woods will lead this year's Screenworks Directing Intensive, a two-day workshop to be held in late July.
After portraying a succession of dastardly or less than noble characters in films and TV series, Benedict Hardie welcomed the chance to play someone with at least a few redeeming qualities in Judy & Punch.