Achievements of Victorian directors recognised in 2019 ADG Award nominations

Congratulations to all the nominees for the 2019 Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards, with a special acknowledgement to the Victorian directors and Film Victoria supported productions in the running to take home an award.

The prestigious peer-judged Awards cover the breadth of screen directing, with categories across feature film, documentary, television, SVOD, commercial content, short film, animation, online and music video.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Sydney on Monday 6 May.

Film Victoria supported projects or Victorian directors featured in the nominations for the 2019 ADG Awards:

Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1 million or over)

• Garth Davis, Mary Magdalene

Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget under $1 million)

• Christopher Kay, (Just Between Us)
• Dustin Feneley, (Stray)
• Donna McRae, Lost Gully Road

Best Direction in a Documentary Feature

• Matthew Sleeth, Guilty
• (Paul Damien Williams), Gurrumul

Best Direction in a Documentary Short Subject

• Logan Mucha, Dani Boi

Best Direction in a Children’s TV or SVOD Drama Program

• Ana Kokkinos,  Mustangs FC (Series 2, Episode 11)
• Jess Harris,  Mustangs FC (Series 2, Episode 6)
• Nicholas Verso (Grace Beside Me, Series 1, Episode 4)

Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series episode

• Emma Freeman, Sisters (Pilot Episode)

Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Serial episode

• Scott Major, Neighbours (Episode 7776A)
• Scott Major,  Neighbours (Episode 7776B)

Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Mini Series and Telefeature

• Daina Reid, Romper Stomper (Episode 6: Anabasis)

Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Comedy Program episode

• Colin Cairnes, True Story with Hamish & Andy (Episode “Lisa”)

Best Direction in a Online Comedy Series

• Corrie Chen, Homecoming Queens

Best Direction in a Online Drama Series

•  Billie Pleffer, Deadlock

Best Direction in an Animation Project

• Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe, (Lost & Found)
• Stephen Bristow, Sherazade: The Untold Stories (Season 1 Episode 10 – “Here Kitty Kitty”)

Best Direction in Commercial Content

• Nicholas Carlton,  (I Am Mehreen Faruqi)

Best Direction in an Interactive or Immersive Title

• Lester Francois, RONE
• Michael Beets, (The Unknown Patient)

For a full list of nominees visit the ADG website.