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Guild goes for early gold

Tim Irons / 30 August 2010
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The Australian Directors guild has announced its nominees for the 2010 awards.

Guild goes for early gold

The 2010 awards season has begun in earnest, with Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae), Jeremy Sims (Beneath Hill 60), Claire McCarthy (The Waiting City), David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, pictured) and Robert Connelly (Balibo) nominated in the Australian Directors Guild best feature director category. 

Michôd is also nominated in the standalone documentary category for his co-direction of Solo, a 55-minute film on Andrew McAuley’s attempt to become the first person to kayak from Australia to New Zealand.

The Australian Directors Guild (ADG) represents directors in film, documentary, television, animation and digital media, as well as independent producers, with membership reaching 600 nationally. The peer-judged awards covers 18 categories, 5 of which were added for this year’s event, with prizes now given for original online programs and cross platform interactive projects. Awards for children’s television, children’s TV reality/light entertainment and documentary features were also created. 

The awards will take place in Sydney on September 23. For more information visit www.adg.org.au

A full list of 2010 Australian Directors Guild nominees can be found below.

Feature Film   
Beneath Hill 60 – Jeremy Sims
Bran Nue Dae – Rachel Perkins
Animal Kingdom – David Michôd
The Waiting City – Claire McCarthy
Balibo – Robert Connolly
                       
Television Mini series
East West 101: Atonement – Peter Andrikidis
The Circuit II:Sorry Business – Steve Jodrell
The Circuit II: Of Mice and Men – James Bogle
                                               
Documentary Feature 
Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia – John Hughes
Three Boys Dreaming – Michael Cordell
The Burning Season – Cathy Henkel
Love Lust and Lies – Gillian Armstrong
                       
Documentary Series   
Addicted To Money – Simon Nasht
Liberal Rule: The Politics that Changed Australia – Nick Torrens
Are You My Mother? – Ili Baré
Voices from the Cape – David Vadiveloo
                       
Documentary Standalone
Solo – Jennifer Peedom / David Michôd
The Long Goodbye – Kaye Harrison
Drive – Bronwyn Purvis / Telen Rodwell
Honeybee Blues – Stefan Moore
 
Short
Burn – David Vadiveloo
Water – Corrie Jones
Tomorrow – Simon Portus
Shock – Abe Forsythe
Some Static Started – Ben Briand
 
Television Drama Series
Tangle: Episode 9 – Stuart McDonald
Rush: Armoured Car – Daniel Nettheim
Underbelly 3: Into the Mystic – Tony Tilse
All Saints: The Waiting Game episode 482 – Lynn-Maree Danzey
 
Television Drama Serial         
Neighbours – Jovita O'Shaughnessy
Neighbours – Chris Adshead
Home and Away: Australia Day in Summer Bay – Lee Rogers
 
Television Comedy
The Jesters: The Female Voice – Kimble Rendall
John Safran's Race Relations: episode 2 – Craig Melville
Wilfred II: Dogstar – Tony Rogers
Lowdown: A Lavish Swinger – Amanda Brotchie
 
Television Childrens
DanceAcademy: Behind Barres – Jeffrey Walker
My Place: Jen (1948) – Catriona McKenzie
My Place: Sofia (1968) – Michael James Rowland
K9: Eclipse of the Korven – David Napier
 
TV reality / Light Entertainment
Sunrise: Usher Day – Paul Slater
John Safran's Race Relations: episode 4 – Craig Melville
Rockwiz – Paul Drane
                       
Animation
Max Music Summer – Ben West
Dirtgirlworld – Jean Camden
                       
TVC
VB: The Regulars – The Glue Society
Crowd Rider – Steve Rogers
Swap – Sean Meehan
Nothing Soft Gets In – Tim Bullock
                       
Cross Platform Interactive
The Tunnel: Online Viral – Ahmed Salama
Dirtgirlworld online – Cate McQuillen
Storm Surfers: The hunt for the biggest waves in the world – Marcus Gillezeau
                       
Original Online Programs
Now I Can Change The World – Sam Doust
Mordy Koots – Clayton Jacobson
Hoodoo Gurus Must Travel on Wheels – Kimble Rendall
                                               
Music Video    
The Bedroom Philosopher - Northcote (So Hungover) – Craig Melville
Bumblebeez - Misfit – The Glue Society
                                                                       
Student           
Muscles – Edward Housden
Deeper than Yesterday – Ariel Kleiman
Last Beautiful Friend – Mischa Baka
The Lovesong of Iskra Prufrock – Lucy Gaffy
                                   
GRASS (Green awareness encouragement award)
The Burning Season – Cathy Henkel
Dirtgirlworld – Cate McQuillen
Honeybee Blues – Stefan Moore

 

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