Executive producer Julian Morrow regards 'The Letdown' as Australian TV's first comedy to deal with a young mothers’ group, and is surprised it’s taken so long to tackle the subject.
Producers Jason Byrne, Clayton Jacobson and Tait Brady went to the Australian International Movie Convention last year to “sell” 'Sibling Rivalry', a black comedy co-starring Clayton and his brother Shane Jacobson, to cinema owners.
Foxtel has proposed stripping away Screen Australia’s funding for drama and documentary and using the money to cover the costs of raising the Location and TV Producer Offsets.
Screen Australia investment manager Mike Cowap is leaving the agency for production company Princess Pictures, where he will be a senior producer across both scripted and unscripted.
Alethea Jones’ first reaction when she was informed she was among the winners of this year’s Screen Australia Breakthrough Award from Australians in Film could not have been more self-effacing.
Production has kicked off on digital series 'Patricia Moore' from Sydney-based Cobbstar Productions and France's Black Sheep Films.
Production is set to begin early next year in the UK on Ben Lewin’s 'Falling for Figaro', an official Australian-UK co-production.