Professional Profile - September 2010
The 2010 ADG AWARDS
The ADG Awards celebrate the creative achievement of directors in film, television and new media platforms.
The Australian Directors Guild Awards for 2010 were presented at the Astral Restaurant Star City,Thursday September 23 in Sydney.
The awards celebrate the creative achievement of directors in film, television and new media platforms. Altogether, there were 64 nominations in 18 categories.
New categories introduced this year included documentary features, children’s TV and TV reality/light entertainment. There were also two new digital categories for cross platform interactive and original online programs.
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In addition to the peer-judged award categories, three achievement awards were presented:
- Documentary maker Bob Connolly was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for a body of work in any genre (presented by Paul Byrnes)
- Tony Tilse was presented with the Michael Carson Award for excellence in TV drama production (presented by Mark Wareham ACS)
- Chris Webb was presented with the First Assistant Directors Award (presented by Kriv Stenders)
Two key announcements were made during the evening regarding forthcoming events.
Firstly, it was announced by the NSW Minister for the Arts, Virginia Judge, that the major international television conference INPUT will be staged in Australia for the first time in 2012 when it is held in Sydney. With around 900 delegates, the conference has support from public broadcasters, screen agencies and the Australian Directors Guild.
The Australian Directors Guild also announced that it will be holding its conference in Adelaide next year for the first time, in collaboration with the BigPond Adelaide Film Festival and the Australian International Documentary Conference.
Best Direction in a Television Commercial
Tim Bullock Nothing Soft Gets In (Toyota)
Direction in an Original Online Program
Clayton Jacobson Mordy Koots
Best Direction in a Cross Platform Interactive Project
Marcus Gillezeau Storm Surfers: The Hunt for the Biggest Waves in the World
Best Direction in a Music Clip
Craig Melville Northcote - So Hungover .The Bedroom Philosopher
Highly commended:The Glue Society Misfit - Bumblebeez
Best Direction in a Student Film
Ariel Kleiman Deeper Than Yesterday
Best Direction in a Short Film
Corrie Jones Water
Best Direction in a Documentary (Stand Alone)
Jennifer Peedom / David Michôd Solo
Best Direction in a Documentary Series
Nick Torrens Liberal Rule: The Politics That Changed Australia
Best Direction in a Documentary Feature
Gillian Armstrong Love, Lust and Lies
Best Direction in an Animation Program
Jean Camden Dirtgirlworld: Treasure
Best Direction in a Television Drama Mini-Series
Steve Jodrell The Circuit Series 2, episode 1: Sorry Business
Best Direction in a TV Drama Serial
Jovita O’Shaughnessy Neighbours episode 5861
Best Direction in a TV Comedy Series
Tony Rogers Wilfred II Episode 7: Dogstar
Best Direction in a Television Reality /
Light Entertainment Program
Paul Drane Rockwiz: Episode 101
Best Direction in a Television Children’s Program
Jeffrey Walker Dance Academy: Behind Barres
Best Direction in a Television Drama Series
Stuart McDonald Tangle series 1 Episode 9
GRASS (Green awareness encouragement award)
Cate McQuillen Dirtgirlworld
Highly commended: Cathy Henkel The Burning Season
Best Direction in a Feature Film
David Michôd Animal Kingdom