Fred Schepisi, Director
Friday June 14: Major Australian Director – Fred Schepisi Multi-award winning Fred Schepisi (Plenty, Roxanne, The Russia House, Six Degrees of Separation, Empire Falls, The Eye of the Storm) is one of the very few Australian directors that can be said to have carved a significant international reputation. And on the home front, through landmark ...
Peter Gawler, Writer Underbelly Franchise
Friday June 7: Peter Gawler – The Truth, True Crimes and Underbelly Peter Gawler, has been pivotal to the phenomenal success of the Underbelly television franchise. He wrote six episodes of the defining first series and has been critically connected to the subsequent series and telemovies. He’s spent a decade of telling our nation’s most captivating true crime ...
Chris Oliver-Taylor, Managing Director, Matchbox Pictures
Friday May 31: Chris Oliver-Taylor Matchbox MD on the business of the business Chris Oliver-Taylor is Managing Director of Matchbox Pictures (The Slap, Underground: The Julian Assange Story, Next Stop Hollywood), a company that has recently risen to be one of the most successful production companies in Australia. He started his career at the BBC in ...
Alison Nisselle, Writer
Friday May 24: The straight-talking Alison Nisselle, Screenwriter, script editor & script producer Alison Nisselle describes herself as an “old chick, done everything”. We wouldn’t dare. But what’s accurate about that description is that having worked in the film and TV industry for more than 30 years, she really has done just about everything! As ...
Leigh Whannell Actor, Writer, Producer – Saw franchise
FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013 @ 5.00PM – MELBOURNE , Leigh Whannel – Co-Creator of the Saw Franchise Actor, writer, producer and co-creator of the Saw franchise, Leigh Whannel would have to be one of the most successful Australian practitioners in the film industry right now and given that his slate of films have generated approximately ...
Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw Warp Films
FRIDAY 3 MAY 2013 @ 5.00PM – MELBOURNE, Friday May 3: Anna McLeish & Sarah Shaw – Warp Films: Ambitious and Independent Distinctive record company Warp was founded in the UK over 20 years ago diversifying into film and other mediums a decade ago, and developing a reputation for working with exceptional talent and delivering ...
Jeffrey Walker, TV Director
FRIDAY 26 April 2013 @ 5.00PM – MELBOURNE, Friday on My Mind is a FREE weekly 1-hour interview series hosted by Sandra Sdraulig AM (former CEO of Film Victoria, Director of MIFF) held every Friday @ 5.00pm with the best directors, writers, producers, actors and industry professionals. FRIDAY APRIL 26 - Jeffrey Walker: Rake-ing in ...
Peter Sardi, Acting Coach
FRIDAY ON MY MIND – FRIDAY 19 APRIL @ 5PM – MELBOURNE FRIDAY APRIL 19 – Knockout Performances & Working with Actors Peter Sardi Peter Sardi secured his first job as a professional actor on the Australian police drama series Cop Shop. Soon after, he was in LA studying acting at The Lee Strasberg Institute. ...
Kelly Lefevre and Sian Davies, Writer & Director, Mr and Mrs Murder
FRIDAY ON MY MIND – FRIDAY 12 APRIL @ 5PM – MELBOURNE Friday April 12 – Whodunit? The Mystery of Writing and Directing Mr and Mrs Murder Network Ten’s Mr and Mrs Murder, a whodunit murder mystery series, is winning audiences with its kooky warmth and charm. It combines Shaun Micallef and Kat Stewart, two ...
Friday On My Mind – Andrew Mason, Producer
FRIDAY 5 APRIL @ 5PM – MELBOURNE Friday on My Mind is a FREE weekly 1-hour interview series hosted by Sandra Sdraulig AM (former CEO of Film Victoria, Director of MIFF) held every Friday @ 5pm with the best directors, writers, producers, actors and industry professionals. Friday April 5 – Uber Australian film industry leader ...
Friday On My Mind – Troy Lum Film Distributor and Producer
FRIDAY 22 MARCH @ 5PM – MELBOURNE Friday on My Mind is a FREE weekly 1-hour interview series hosted by Sandra Sdraulig AM (former CEO of Film Victoria, Director of MIFF) held every Friday @ 5pm with the best directors, writers, producers, actors and industry professionals. See you at ACMI as we welcome Troy Lum. ...
Friday On My Mind – Justin Kurzel, Director
Friday 15 March – Friday on My Mind is a FREE weekly 1-hour interview series hosted by Sandra Sdraulig AM (former CEO of Film Victoria, Director of MIFF) held every Friday @ 5pm with the best directors, writers, producers, actors and industry professionals. Launched & sailing, join us again at ACMI as we welcome Justin ...