Twenty-seven of Australia’s top cinematographers last night launched a social media campaign aimed at boosting the number of women employed in camera teams and, more broadly, encouraging greater diversity across the screen industry.
Using the hashtag #whoisinyourcrew, the six-week campaign is designed to reach all heads of department as well as directors and producers.
The initiative was conceived by Dop Bonnie Elliott on behalf of the Australian Cinematographers Society’s Diversity Committee, the reconfigured Acs Women’s Advisory Panel.
Appointed to Screen Australia’s Gender Matters task force this year, Elliott has led the way by maintaining gender equity across her own camera teams for the last four years.
“I am keen to empower my fellow cinematographers to help make change in the industry through their hiring practices,” says Elliott, whose recent credits include Stateless, The Furnace, Palm Beach, The Hunting, H is for Happiness and Daina Reid’s upcoming Run Rabbit Run.
Using the hashtag #whoisinyourcrew, the six-week campaign is designed to reach all heads of department as well as directors and producers.
The initiative was conceived by Dop Bonnie Elliott on behalf of the Australian Cinematographers Society’s Diversity Committee, the reconfigured Acs Women’s Advisory Panel.
Appointed to Screen Australia’s Gender Matters task force this year, Elliott has led the way by maintaining gender equity across her own camera teams for the last four years.
“I am keen to empower my fellow cinematographers to help make change in the industry through their hiring practices,” says Elliott, whose recent credits include Stateless, The Furnace, Palm Beach, The Hunting, H is for Happiness and Daina Reid’s upcoming Run Rabbit Run.
- 7/27/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
More than 200 people last night saw director Bruce Beresford launch a much-anticipated history of cinematography in Australia, written and compiled by filmmaker Martha Ansara.
The Shadowcatchers; A History of Cinematography in Australia is nearly 300 pages in length and includes nearly 400 photographs of working cinematographers taken on films sets from 1901 to the present day. It includes carefully researched text, biographies of significant Australian cinematographers, and personal anecdotes.
Ansara, Ron Johanson, national president of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) and Calvin Gardiner, chair of the Acs book committee, all spoke at the event, held at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School. Committee members helped on every aspect of the book.s development, writing, picture selection and production.
Many stills photographers, cinematographers, directors, producers, archivists and others also contributed to the massive effort which was published by the Acs and designed by Armedia.
Video messages from Dean Semler and Don McAlpine were shown,...
The Shadowcatchers; A History of Cinematography in Australia is nearly 300 pages in length and includes nearly 400 photographs of working cinematographers taken on films sets from 1901 to the present day. It includes carefully researched text, biographies of significant Australian cinematographers, and personal anecdotes.
Ansara, Ron Johanson, national president of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) and Calvin Gardiner, chair of the Acs book committee, all spoke at the event, held at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School. Committee members helped on every aspect of the book.s development, writing, picture selection and production.
Many stills photographers, cinematographers, directors, producers, archivists and others also contributed to the massive effort which was published by the Acs and designed by Armedia.
Video messages from Dean Semler and Don McAlpine were shown,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Release Date: April 3 [now in limited release]
Director: Anna Broinowski
Writer: Anna Broinowski
Cinematographer: Kathryn Milliss and Toby Oliver
Studio/Run Time: Roxie Releasing, 104 mins.
Fascinating character study is a duel of lies
The stated purpose of most investigative documentaries is to uncover the truth, but many of them launch their most spectacular fireworks from a substantial platform of lies. And it’s hard to imagine a more compelling liar than Norma Khouri, the subject of Anna Broinowski’s irresistible portrait, Forbidden Lie$. In 2003 Khouri wrote a nonfiction account of the murder of a childhood friend in Jordan. Ostensibly published to expose the injustice of an oppressive, misogynistic society, the book, entitled Forbidden Love, sold hundreds of thousands of copies. But when Khouri became a touring speaker, a few of the book’s details fell apart under the harsh light of scrutiny, like her statement that the city of Amman has a river running through it.
Director: Anna Broinowski
Writer: Anna Broinowski
Cinematographer: Kathryn Milliss and Toby Oliver
Studio/Run Time: Roxie Releasing, 104 mins.
Fascinating character study is a duel of lies
The stated purpose of most investigative documentaries is to uncover the truth, but many of them launch their most spectacular fireworks from a substantial platform of lies. And it’s hard to imagine a more compelling liar than Norma Khouri, the subject of Anna Broinowski’s irresistible portrait, Forbidden Lie$. In 2003 Khouri wrote a nonfiction account of the murder of a childhood friend in Jordan. Ostensibly published to expose the injustice of an oppressive, misogynistic society, the book, entitled Forbidden Love, sold hundreds of thousands of copies. But when Khouri became a touring speaker, a few of the book’s details fell apart under the harsh light of scrutiny, like her statement that the city of Amman has a river running through it.
- 6/5/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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