Tag: directing

Whether it’s welcoming Bollywood crews to Australia or casting fast-bowler Brett Lee as his leading man, director Anupam Sharma has always gotten a kick out of pushing boundaries. And with his latest flick UNindian, he may have hit a six.

When Robert Connolly picked Bangarra Artistic Director Stephen Page to direct Sand – one of the episodes of the film adaptation of Tim Winton’s The Turning – he brokered a marriage between an established dance talent and another medium.

The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) and Screen Australia today announced director Beth Armstrong as the attachment to Mel Gibson, as part of the Director’s Attachment Scheme, an industry incentive program funded by Screen Australia and managed by the ADG for emerging feature film directors to develop their craft.

The Bucktin Productions production, which will begin in Perth in September.

Fragments of Friday is a new Aussie web series about three friends trying to figure out what they’d done on their Friday nights.

While novels have been a longstanding staple of screen material, this year sees an unprecedented number of stage plays translated to film by some of the most established names in theatre.

The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) and Screen Australia today announced a director’s attachment for Mel Gibson’s upcoming feature Hacksaw Ridge which will be filmed in Australia in October.

Sporting a dishevelled look of longer hair and a beard that sent his legion of admirers into a frenzy at Cannes recently, Baker shares some thoughts about his latest project Breath.

Mad Max Fury Road's reception, shorts in competition, talent on show and the marketplace abuzz: Screen Australia delegates offer a glimpse of what's happening at Cannes.

The second ADG director’s attachment for television drama is on the set of the Playmaker production with experienced TV drama director Geoff Bennett, who will direct episodes 7 and 8 of the third series.

The Australian Directors Guild and Screen Australia today announced Matthew Saville-directed A Month of Sundays will take part in the Director’s Attachment Scheme.

Screen Australia and Sydney Film Festival are pleased to present John Michael McDonagh, in a special one-off Masterclass at the Festival Hub at Lower Town Hall on Friday 6 June.