Russel Howcroft.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeed academic Julianne Schultz in the position. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeed academic Julianne Schultz in the position. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
- 5/16/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Russel Howcroft.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeeds chair, academic Julianne Schultz. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
The Federal Government has appointed Russel Howcroft as chair of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (Aftrs) council, where he will serve for three years.
Howcroft will succeeds chair, academic Julianne Schultz. Other members of the council include Darren Dale (deputy chair), Professor Robyn Ewing, Kate Dundas, Katrina Sedgwick, Aftrs CEO Neil Peplow, David Balfour (staff representative) and Adam Boys (student representative).
Currently chief creative officer at PwC Australia and a former Egm of Network Ten, Howcroft has served on a number of boards and foundations, including the Australian Film Institute and the Screen Forever advisory board. .
The regular Gruen Transfer panellist is also a former chairman of the Advertising Federation of Australia and CEO of advertising agency George Patterson Y&R.
Howcroft was also the founding chair of Think TV, a collaborative initiative between Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcasters to promote TV.s scale and effectiveness for advertisers.
- 5/16/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
'Psychoanalysis', written and directed by Aftrs grad James Raue.
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
Aftrs is getting into the feature game, with two micro-budget features set to be directed by Masters of Screen Arts directing students.
Kyle Hedrick.s Into The Waves is a drama about two brothers who hitch-hike across Tasmania to get to their mother.s funeral, while Tom Wilson.s The Greenhouse is described as "a queer magic realist drama that documents the tale of Beth Tweedy-Bell, who has discovered a tunnel into the past."
Both features are crowd funding via the Australian Cultural Fund. ..
For Rowan Woods, director of The Boys and Aftrs' Head of Directing, it's about going beyond the short-as-calling-card.
"From web-series to TV pilots, micro features, Vr and interactive storytelling, aimed at production companies, networks, film distributors and the internet fan base," said Woods, Aftrs is looking for "screen stories that make a difference."
Masters Course...
- 2/13/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Robert Carlyle and Emma Thompson in The Legend Of Barney Thomson Robert Carlyle's directorial debut The Legend Of Barney Thomson picked up the top movie award at the Scottish BAFTAs last night.
The film, which is released on DVD today, tells the story of a hapless barber who becomes an accidental murderer. It was named best film - beating 16 Years Till Summer and What We Did On Our Holiday - and also saw Emma Thompson walk off with the prize for best actress.
Carlyle was pipped to the acting prize, however, by newcomer David Elliot, who took home the award for his portrayal of an Edinburgh soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in Kajaki: The True Story.
Glaswegian Bill Paterson - who will soon be seen in the film adaptation of Dad's Army - won a special award for outstanding contribution to film and television. David Balfour - who...
The film, which is released on DVD today, tells the story of a hapless barber who becomes an accidental murderer. It was named best film - beating 16 Years Till Summer and What We Did On Our Holiday - and also saw Emma Thompson walk off with the prize for best actress.
Carlyle was pipped to the acting prize, however, by newcomer David Elliot, who took home the award for his portrayal of an Edinburgh soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in Kajaki: The True Story.
Glaswegian Bill Paterson - who will soon be seen in the film adaptation of Dad's Army - won a special award for outstanding contribution to film and television. David Balfour - who...
- 11/16/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Read More: The Ten Biggest Surprises of the 2015 BAFTA Nominations The British Academy of Film and Television Arts in Scotland (BAFTA Scotland) has just announced the three recipients of the Outstanding Contribution awards. The British Academy Scotland Awards is one of the most important film nights for the tartan nation. On top of the three Outstanding Contribution awards, the evening will be comprised of awarding 17 trophies to this year's deserved list of films, actors and directors. Bill Paterson ("Truly Madly Deeply," "The Witches" and "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People") will receive the award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television. The Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting award will go to Dorothy Bryne (Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 and award-winning editor), while the Outstanding Contribution to Craft award will go to David Balfour ("Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
- 11/11/2015
- by Elle Leonsis
- Indiewire
American actor known for his role as Danno in the television series Hawaii Five-o
One actor in his time plays many parts, so it is a mixed blessing for a performer to be forever associated with one role and one catchphrase. James MacArthur, who has died aged 72, was instantly identified with Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-o (1968-79), in which he was habitually told "Book 'em, Danno" by his superior officer, Detective Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), after villains had been captured.
From the outset, MacArthur could not escape being reminded that he was the son of celebrated parents. His mother, Helen Hayes, always flagged as "the first lady of the theatre", had a long career on stage, in television and films, winning two Oscars 40 years apart, and his father, Charles MacArthur, co-wrote and co-directed several films with Ben Hecht, one of which, The Scoundrel (1935), won a screenplay Oscar,...
One actor in his time plays many parts, so it is a mixed blessing for a performer to be forever associated with one role and one catchphrase. James MacArthur, who has died aged 72, was instantly identified with Detective Danny "Danno" Williams in the long-running television series Hawaii Five-o (1968-79), in which he was habitually told "Book 'em, Danno" by his superior officer, Detective Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord), after villains had been captured.
From the outset, MacArthur could not escape being reminded that he was the son of celebrated parents. His mother, Helen Hayes, always flagged as "the first lady of the theatre", had a long career on stage, in television and films, winning two Oscars 40 years apart, and his father, Charles MacArthur, co-wrote and co-directed several films with Ben Hecht, one of which, The Scoundrel (1935), won a screenplay Oscar,...
- 10/31/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
It has been the basis for at least five novels, most famously Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. But the newly revealed story of James Annesley is more incredible than any of the tales it inspired
As yarns go, it pretty much has it all. There's a street waif who's actually an aristocrat, heir to half a dozen titles and estates in England, Ireland and Wales. A dastardly uncle who'll stop at nothing to usurp him. A kidnapping most foul, and a decade of toil as an indentured servant in 18th-century America. Then, against impossible odds, a dashing return, and a quest for justice through the courts that held all society spellbound.
The extraordinary story of James Annesley has inspired at least five novels, including Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering and, most famously, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, one of the best-loved adventure books of all time. Yet the true story behind...
As yarns go, it pretty much has it all. There's a street waif who's actually an aristocrat, heir to half a dozen titles and estates in England, Ireland and Wales. A dastardly uncle who'll stop at nothing to usurp him. A kidnapping most foul, and a decade of toil as an indentured servant in 18th-century America. Then, against impossible odds, a dashing return, and a quest for justice through the courts that held all society spellbound.
The extraordinary story of James Annesley has inspired at least five novels, including Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering and, most famously, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, one of the best-loved adventure books of all time. Yet the true story behind...
- 2/18/2010
- by Jon Henley
- The Guardian - Film News
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