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  • Jennifer Kent: musings on pre, production, post & beyond

    The Nightingale writer/director Jennifer Kent on ideas that demand to be told and distribution for independent cinema.

    29 Aug 2019
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Jessica Hobbs: takeaways from directing on season 4 of The Crown

    Director Jessica Hobbs on how the Australian television industry prepared her for working on hit Netflix series The Crown.

    08 Dec 2020
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Jessica Mauboy talks The Secret Daughter season 2

    ARIA and AACTA Award-winner Jessica Mauboy on season 2 of The Secret Daughter, why she loves working in TV and how it’s different to film.

    02 Nov 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Jo Porter: selling Aussie TV overseas

    In an increasingly crowded marketplace Picnic at Hanging Rock producer Jo Porter is looking for ideas that are bold enough to cut through.

    26 Apr 2018
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Joel Edgerton: juggling roles, and spare shoes

    Boy Erased writer/producer/actor/director Joel Edgerton on how his passion for this true story led to a whirlwind turnaround from page to screen.

    16 Oct 2018
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Jonathan Teplitzky: a director's vision

    How director Jonathan Teplitzky’s love of photography led him into cinema and creating the likes of Churchill, The Railway Man and Gettin’ Square.

    31 May 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Kate Dennis: Emmys, Handmaid’s and Glow

    The Handmaid’s Tale Emmy-nominated director Kate Dennis on how carving out a career in Australia gave her an edge in the States.

    04 Oct 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Kebab Kings: A celebration of Australia

    Behind the counters of ubiquitous Australian kebab shops, a treasure trove of drama and heart was just waiting to be discovered for SBS doco Kebab Kings.

    25 Nov 2015
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Keeping Australia Alive a “patchwork quilt”

    Every day across the country people are making life-changing decisions. We talk to executive producer Karen Dewey about Keeping Australia Alive.

    23 Mar 2016
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Leah Purcell and The Drover’s Wife

    After a year of scooping up all available awards, Purcell is turning her play into a film, TV series and a novel.

    31 Jan 2018
    By Pip Bulbeck
  • Little J & Big Cuz: Ground breaking TV

    Little J & Big Cuz designer/director Tony Thorne on creating something he never had growing up – a contemporary animated children’s show starring young Indigenous characters.

    03 May 2017
    By Caris Bizzaca
  • Location, location, location

    The landscape has a starring role in Foxtel’s new drama series The Kettering Incident. Shot entirely in southern Tasmania, the eight part series is described by producers as a mystery with otherworldly tones which fits right in with the Modern Gothic genre associated with the island’s haunting beauty. Early glimpses of the show suggest it has a look similar to the empty majestic landscapes that were such a strong element in Top of the Lake.

    14 Jun 2016
    By Caroline Baum