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Professional Profile - July 2010

Directors Guild Awards
2010 Entries Now Closed

Nominees Announced August 23

The Australian Directors Guild Awards celebrate the creative achievement of screen directors in film, television, advertising and new media platforms.

A highlight of the 2009 awards was Geoffrey Rush presenting director Scott Hicks with the Outstanding Achievement Award for an outstanding body of work.

Six new categories have been announced for this year’s Australian Directors Guild Awards.

As well as the traditional drama, TVC and documentary categories, this year we have included a couple of new categories including Children’s TV, TV reality / Light Entertainment as well as three new interactive digital categories to reflect the constantly changing media landscape. We have also reinstated the student category.

Australian Directors Guild Awards 2010 categories:
1. Feature
2. Telemovie
3. Television mini series
4. Documentary feature. NEW
5. Documentary stand alone
6. Documentary series
7. Shorts
8. Television drama series
9. TV drama serial
10. Television comedy.
11. Television children’s NEW
12. TV reality/light entertainment. NEW
13. Animation
14. TVC
15. Interactive Branded Entertainment NEW
16. Cross Platform Interactive NEW
17. Original Online Programs NEW
18. Music Video
19. Student
20. GRASS – green awareness encouragement award encompassing either environmental themes explored within a work or methods of production employed in creating the work or both. Email team@grass.org.au to express interest. Entry is FREE as a second entry.
 

 

 

2009 Award

Best Direction in a Television Commercial:
Boags Draught:
Pure Waters 

directed by Steve Rogers

 

2009 Award

Best Directing for New Media Platforms

Continental Cup A Soup

directed by Nick Pollack

 

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2010 ADG Award Nominees Announced August 23

Winners will be announced at the Australian Directors Guild 2010 Awards dinner at the Star City Astral Room in Sydney in September. Nominees will be announced and tickets will be on sale in August.

And for the first time, the winning clips will be available online after the show. Presented by our online media partner Showreelfinder.com

All award winners will win the opportunity to put their showreel online with Showreelfinder

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