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.