Venerable stage, film and TV director, actor, playwright and teacher George Whaley died on Tuesday, aged 85..
Friends and former colleagues are paying tribute to Jenny Woods, a long-time executive at Film Finances Australasia, as a consummate professional and champion of Australian films and documentaries,
John Polizer, a highly respected exhibitor and distributor who was an influential supporter of Australian films, died on Thursday after a long illness, aged 83.
The appointment of Dutch archivist Jan Müller as CEO of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), the third non-Australian to occupy the post in 12 years, has raised hackles in sections of the industry.
Producer Tony Buckley has received an award from the trust that owns Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright, the 1971 classic that starred Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty and Jack Thompson.
The National Film and Sound Archive Strategic Plan 2015-2018 sets some ambitious targets while making a strong case for additional government funding.
Producer Tony Buckley has written to Arts Minister George Brandis and NSW Premier Mike Baird urging both governments to fund a new, custom-built headquarters for the National Film and Sound Archive.
Robin Clifton, one of Australia's most respected and successful location managers, died last Friday after a long illness. She was 71.