Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2017 Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards, with a special salute to the Victorian directors or projects in the running to take home a trophy.
The prestigious awards celebrate the outstanding work of Australian screen directors over the past year and winners will be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on Friday 5 May.
Film Victoria supported projects or Victorian directors featured in the 2017 ADG Awards:
FEATURE FILM
Garth Davis, Lion
SHORT FILM
Dejan Mrkic
Luci Schroder
STUDENT FILM
Meaghan Palmer
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Dan Jackson, In the Shadow of the Hill
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Bentley Dean, A Sense of Self
CHILDREN’S TV DRAMA
Robyn Butler, Little Lunch Special: The Nightmare Before Graduation
Nowhere Boys – The Trouble With Ben (Series 3, Episode 7)
TV DRAMA SERIES
Emma Freeman
TV MINI SERIES
Kevin Carlin, Molly
Robert Connolly, Barracuda
TV COMEDY
Matthew Saville, Please Like Me – Burrito Bowl (Series 4, Episode 1)
ONLINE COMEDY
Little Acorns – She’s a man (Episode 2)
ONLINE DRAMA
Amanda Jane
Stuart Willis
COMMERCIAL
Cassie De Colling
MUSIC VIDEO
Nicholas Carlton