During a three month placement as an observing director at the Juilliard School of Drama in New York last year Lucy Gaffy learned a valuable lesson about how to work with actors.
Jennifer Kent’s 'The Nightingale' won the special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival while the Marcello Mastroianni award for best new young performer went to star Baykali Ganambarr.
Jane Campion, Nicole Kidman, and Kodi Smit-McPhee have will carry local hopes in the film categories at January's Golden Globes, while Sarah Snook and producer Tony McNamara will fly the flag in the television awards.
Shaun Grant, Tony McNamara, Jacquelin Perke, Andrew Knight, Kate Mulvany and Jan Sardi were among the recipients of the 52nd annual AWGIE Awards presented in Sydney on Thursday night.
Explorations of evil and entrapment took top honours at Thursday's AWGIE Awards, with Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes' 'Late Night with the Devil' and Kitty Green's 'The Royal Hotel' winning the original and adapted feature prizes, respectively.
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
Australian talent has been recognised in the television categories for this year’s Golden Globes, with Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and' The Great', created by Tony McNamara, all earning nominations.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite won seven prizes at the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday, including original screenplay for Tony McNamara and Deborah Davis, and production design for Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton.