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AACTA Award For Best Original Screenplay
The AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "written directly and originally for the screen". Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards). It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978-1979, 1983-1987, 1989, 1993-2006, and then from 2008-present. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and screenwriters in bold and in yellow background have won are the winners. Those that are neit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the cinema of Australia, film and television in Australia, television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Cinema of Australia, Australian film and Television in Australia, television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards for the United Kingdom. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick (1978 Film)
''Patrick'' is a 1978 Australian science fiction horror film directed by Richard Franklin and written by Everett De Roche. The film popularised Ozploitation films in other territories. A remake was released in 2013. Plot Three years after murdering his parents, Patrick (Thompson) lies in a coma at the Roget Clinic, a private hospital in Melbourne. Following a job interview with Matron Cassidy (Blake), the head of the hospital, Kathy Jacquard (Penhaligon) is taken on as Patrick's new nurse. The hospital's owner, Dr. Roget (Helpmann), explains Patrick's condition to Kathy and says he is being kept alive to explore the nature of life and death. He also says that another patient, Capt. Fraser (Pym), claims that Patrick "flies in and out of the window at night." Elsewhere, Kathy deals with her ex-husband Ed (Mullinar), from whom she recently separated. Unbeknownst to the hospital staff, Patrick has psychokinetic powers and has the ability to travel out of his body. He demonst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cox (director)
Paulus Henrique Benedictus Cox (16 April 194018 June 2016), known as Paul Cox, was a Dutch-Australian filmmaker who has been recognised as "Australia's most prolific film auteur". Background Cox was born to Else (née Kuminack), a German, and father Wim Cox, on 16 April 1940, in Venlo, Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands," Cinema has been 'abused horrifically'" Matthew Hays and Martin Siberok, ''The Globe and Mail'', 4 September 2000 after his brother (also named Wim) and sister Elizabeth, and was the older sibling of sisters Jacoba, Angeline and Christa. Father, Wim Cox A documentary film producer and son of the publisher of the Catholic newspaper ''Nieuwe Venlosche Courant'', Cox senior in 1933 launched the lavishly illustrated, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Of Flowers
A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the father. Sex differentiation of the male fetus is governed by the SRY gene on the Y chromosome. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics that result in even more differences between the sexes. These include greater muscle mass, greater height, the growth of facial hair and a lower body fat composition. Male anatomy is distinguished from female anatomy by the male reproductive system, which includes the testicles, sperm ducts, prostate gland and epididymides, and penis. Secondary sex characteristics include a narrower pelvis and hips, and smaller breasts and nipples. Throughout human history, traditional gender roles have often defined men's activities and opportun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clinic (1982 Film)
''The Clinic'' is a 1982 Australian comedy film produced by Robert Le Tet and Bob Weis and directed by David Stevens. The film is a comedy/drama describing a day in a Melbourne VD clinic focusing on four doctors and their patients.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p321 It was distributed by Roadshow Film Distributors. Plot Medical student Paul Armstrong (Simon Burke) arrives at a busy Melbourne VD clinic to study the work of the specialists there. Over the course of his visit, the strait-laced Paul encounters a diverse array of patients including gay man Charlie (Geoff Parry), middle-class woman Nancy ( Veronica Lang), Carl (Martin Sharman), who has contracted a sexual disease after cheating on his fiancée, and Warwick (Ned Lander), who has lost his job due to contracting a disease. Cast *Chris Haywood as Dr. Eric Linden *Simon Burke as Paul * Gerda Nicolson as Linda * Rona McLeod as Dr. Carol Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dingwall
John Dingwall (died 3 May 2004) was an Australian writer of film and television, best known for his screenplay ''Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975). Dingwall should not be confused with the Scottish journalist of the same name. Career Dingwall was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, where he commenced his career as a journalist with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, ''The Morning Bulletin''. He then moved to Sydney, where he worked as a police reporter for ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' before going to Crawford Productions as a television writer, working on programs such as ''Homicide'' and ''Division Four''.Simpson, Roger (20 May 2004A nose for the stories that define us ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. Retrieved 19 September 2020. He moved into features with ''Sunday Too Far Away'', which was based on his brother-in-law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a producer and director. Personal life and death He died on the Gold Coast on 3 May 2004. His son Kelly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddies (1983 Film)
''Buddies'' is a 1983 Australian comedy/drama film directed by Arch Nicholson and written by John Dingwall. Dingwall won the Best Original Screenplay AFI Award for the script. The film was not a great success in 1983, as no Australian distributor wanted to release it, but Dingwall took it around the country's cinemas himself, where it was well received. Plot Young miners Mike and Johnny work in the gem fields of central Queensland around Emerald. Conflict arises when their pick-and-shovel operation is threatened by a large scale bulldozer operator. Cast *Colin Friels as Mike * Harold Hopkins as Johnny *Kris McQuade as Stella *Simon Chilvers as Alfred *Norman Kaye as George * Lisa Peers as Jennifer *Bruce Spence as Ted *Andrew Sharp as Peter * Dinah Shearing as Merle * Dennis Miller as Andy Production John Dingwall wrote the script and decided to produce it himself. He raised the money with the help of Rex Pilbeam, a former mayor of Rockhampton. Most of the money was raised in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Beach (film)
''Palm Beach'' is a 1980 Australian drama film directed by Albie Thoms. The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney during two days. Thoms was nominated for an AFI award for Best Original Screenplay for the film. Thoms had made a large number of experimental films but this was his first traditional feature.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980, p. 280 Cast *Kenneth Brown as Joe Ryan *Nat Young as Nick Naylor *Amanda Berry as Leilani Adams *Bryan Brown as Paul Kite * Julie McGregor as Kate O'Brien *John Flaus as Larry Kent *Bronwyn Steven-Jones as Wendy Naylor *David Lourie as Zane Green *Peter Wright as Rupert Robert * John Clayton as Eric Tailor * Lyn Collingwood Lyn Collingwood (born 6 September 1936 in Sydney), credited also as Lynn Collingwood, is an Australian actress, writer and historian. Collingwood was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and started her early career as an English, drama and hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Miller (filmmaker)
George Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max, ''Mad Max'' franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered List of films considered the best#Action, two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned List of awards and nominations received by George Miller, numerous accolades including an Academy Award from six nominations in five different categories. His directing career started in Australia with the first three ''Mad Max'' films between 1979 and 1985 with his friend and producing partner Byron Kennedy, after which he transitioned to Hollywood with ''The Witches of Eastwick (film), The Witches of Eastwick'' (1987). His family drama ''Lorenzo's Oil'' (1992) earned him his first Academy Award nomination after which he produced and co-wrote ''Babe (film), Babe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Max (film)
''Mad Max'' is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with James McCausland, based on a story by Miller and Byron Kennedy. Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse. Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns and Roger Ward also appear in supporting roles. Principal photography for ''Mad Max'' took place in and around Melbourne and lasted for six weeks. The film initially received a polarized reception upon its release in April 1979, although it won four AACTA Awards. Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than US$100 million worldwide in gross revenue and set a ''Guinness'' record for most profitable film. The success of ''Mad Max'' has been credited for further opening the global market to Australian New Wave films. ''Mad Max'' became the first in the series, g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Aronson
Linda Aronson (born 20 March 1950) is a British-born Australian screenwriter, educator and author. She wrote the AACTA-nominated drama '' Kostas'' and several television series, such as '' Something in the Air'' and '' G.P.'' Born in London, Aronson moved out to Essex at a young age. She studied at Ulster University, then did late nineteenth century fiction at Oxford University, but abandoned it to pursue a career as a writer. Her first paid writing job was a 1973 radio adaptation of her own stage play A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging ..., ''Closing Down'' for ABC. This was followed by ''Cafe in a Side Street'' in 1975, and ''The Fall Guy'' in 1976. The latter success lead to her writing ''Kostas''. ''The 21st Century Screenplay'' Aronson is also a prolific author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas (film)
''Kostas'' is a 1979 film directed by Paul Cox about a Greek taxi driver. Premise A Greek immigrant to Australia has a relationship with an Australian woman, Carol. Cast * Takis Emmanuel as Kostas * Wendy Hughes as Carol * Kris McQuade as Jenny * Maurie Fields as Taxi Driver * Norman Kaye as Passenger Production The film was shot over four weeks in March 1979. $100,000 of the budget came from the Victorian Film Corporation. Release Post-production Post-production, also known simply as post, is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording indivi ... on the film was rushed so Cox could ready it in time for the Melbourne Film Festival, which he later said was a mistake. However, it was the best-received of all Cox's features to that point. The film opened the Melbourne International Film Festival in 1979. The ''Canberra Times'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
