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In Films
In Films is an Australian independent television production company. It specialises in social justice documentaries and is known for '' Hitting Home'' and ''Revelation''; the US series '' Borderland''; and '' Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra''. The company has won three Walkley Documentary Awards for journalism and every major Australian television award for their work. History In Films was founded in 2013 by Nial Fulton and Ivan O'Mahoney.https://www.in-films.com/about In 2016, the company was nominated for Best Breakthrough Business by Screen Producers Australia. Filmography * 2024 - ''Untitled Feature Documentary'' (Production) Directed by Nial Fulton, Tony Jones * 2023 - ''Untitled Feature Documentary'' (Post Production) Directed by Adam Kamien * 2023 - ''Unbreakable'' (Post Production) Directed by Ivan O'Mahoney * 2023 - ''The Whitley Art Scandal'' (ABC Television) Directed by Yaara Bou Melhem * 2023 - ''Folau'' (ABC Television) Directed by Nel Minchin * 2021 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nial Fulton
Nial William Fulton is an Australian film and television producer, director and writer. Focused on social justice issues, his works include investigative documentaries ''Revelation'', '' Hitting Home'', '' Borderland'', '' The Queen & Zak Grieve'' and '' Firestarter''. In 2013 Fulton co-founded Sydney-based independent production company In Films with Ivan O'Mahoney. Career Fulton worked with the Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen on co-productions, features and television drama. After moving to Australia in 2004, he developed and produced a slate of productions for international broadcasters, including BBC, Channel 4, ABC, RTÉ, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Arte, France 5, SBS and Al Jazeera. Between 2010 and 2014 Fulton developed and produced two ABC Television drama specials, both filmed on location in Tasmania. ''The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce'' (2010) starring Adrian Dunbar and Ciaran McMenamin was nominated in the Best Drama cate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Ferguson (journalist)
Sarah Ferguson (born 31 December 1965) is an Australian journalist, reporter and television presenter. She is the host of ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV's current affairs program ''7.30''. Personal life Ferguson was born in Lagos, Nigeria, where her British-born parents lived before moving to Britain as the Nigerian Civil War, Biafran war broke out. Her Scottish father Iain, a trainee pilot turned businessman, worked for Dunlop Rubber, Dunlop. Ferguson attended New Hall School, New Hall, a Catholic-run private girls school in Boreham, Boreham, Essex. She later studied English literature at King's College, London. In her early teens, she began a correspondence with the poet Philip Larkin. In a teenage essay she said when she grew up, she wanted to be "a commando and a librarian in the British House of Commons". Ferguson's career began in newspapers in the United Kingdom, writing arts reviews for ''The Independent''. Later she moved to Paris and worked as a researcher and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Companies Established In 2013
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Production Companies Of Australia
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival stora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Cowell
Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, playwright, and director. Early life and education Cowell was born in Sydney and grew up in the beachside suburb of Cronulla. He credits his mother and high school drama teacher with encouraging him to explore his creative side. He attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Media. Career Stage Cowell won the Patrick White Playwrights' Award for his third play, ''Bed'' along with a collection of other awards. His play ''Ruben Guthrie'' showed at the Belvoir St Theatre in 2009 to sell-out houses. It had a new production at La Boite Theatre in 2011, starring Gyton Grantley and directed by David Berthold. He won some acclaim for his portrayal of the title role in Bell Shakespeare's 2008 Production of ''Hamlet'' and acted in Sydney Theatre Company's production of '' True West'', directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, in 2010. ''The Sublime'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) was shortlisted for the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outlaw Michael Howe
''The Outlaw Michael Howe'' is a 2013 Australian historical drama film written and directed by Brendan Cowell. Set in the early 19th century, the film is based on the exploits of Michael Howe, an Englishman who was transported as a convict to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), where he achieved infamy as a bushranger and outlaw. Cast * Damon Herriman - Michael Howe * Mirrah Foulkes - Maria Lord * Rarriwuy Hick - Mary * Matt Day - Robert Knopwood * Darren Gilshenan - Lieutenant Governor Thomas Davey * Benedict Hardie - Peter Septon * Pip Miller - Magistrate Humphrey * Amanda Bishop - Susan * Nicholas Cassim - Lieutenant Governor William Sorell * Patrick Connolly - Carlisle * Brendan Cowell - British soldier * Steve Morris - Convict * Blake Lindsell - British soldier * Dean Gould - British soldier Filming The film was shot on location in Tasmania, including Mount Field National Park. A large reconstruction of colonial Hobart was also built at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazeera's second entry into the U.S. television market, after the launch of beIN Sports in 2012. The channel, which had persistently low ratings, announced in January 2016 that it would close on April 12, 2016, citing the "economic landscape". Al Jazeera America was headquartered and run from studios on the first floor of the Manhattan Center in New York City. It also had a total of 12 bureaus located in places such as Washington, D.C., at the channel's D.C. studios at the Newseum and Al Jazeera's D.C. hub, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco (former headquarters of Current TV and current headquarters of online channel AJ+). The channel was the sister channel of Al Jazeera's in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borderland (TV Series)
Borderland is a limited-run 2014 television documentary series, produced by Australian production company In Films. It was the first original commission for Al Jazeera America's documentary unit, premiering on 13 April 2014. The series followed six Americans as they retraced the fatal journey of three undocumented migrants who died attempting to cross into the United States. Background Following the creation of Al Jazeera America on 2 January 2013, their factual department commissioned three award-winning documentary teams to produce original content for the channel. Newly formed Australian indie production company In Films were approached and despite geographical concerns, agreed to produce a series on undocumented immigration. The producers pitched a loose idea retracing the fatal last journey of an undocumented migrant. In addition to Borderland, the network also commissioned Joe Berlinger and Radical Media to produce ''The System'' - exposing cases of alleged inju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda The Musical (film)
''Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical'', or simply ''Matilda the Musical'', is a 2022 musical fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Matthew Warchus from a screenplay written by Dennis Kelly. An adaptation of the 2011 stage musical of the same name by Warchus, Kelly, and Tim Minchin, which in turn is based on the 1988 novel ''Matilda'' by Roald Dahl, the film, co-produced by TriStar Pictures, Working Title Films, The Roald Dahl Story Company, and Netflix, is also the second film adaptation of the novel, after the 1996 film (also produced by TriStar). The film stars Alisha Weir as the title character, alongside Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee, and Emma Thompson. It also features an ensemble cast that includes Rei Yamauchi Fulker, Charlie Hodson-Prior, Meesha Garbett, Winter Jarrett-Glasspool, Andrei Shen, Ashton Robertson, Lauren Alexandra, Carl Spencer, and Matt Henry. In the film, Matilda Wormwood (Weir), who is neglected and mistreated by h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from the Australian Government. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food, NITV and SBS WorldWatch) and seven radio networks (SBS Radios 1, 2 and 3, Arabic24, SBS Chill, SBS PopDesi and SBS PopAsia). SBS Online is home to SBS On Demand video streaming service. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".SBS: Frequently Asked Questions SBS Corporation, accessed 26 May 2007 SBS is one of five main |
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now the present day News Corp; through News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering channel negotiations and connections. Foxtel was formed ("Fox" representing News Corporation's Fox and "Tel" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen & Zak Grieve
''The Queen & Zak Grieve'' is a six-part documentary television series produced for '' The Australian'' newspaper. The series investigates the story of Zak Grieve, a young indigenous man from Australia's Northern Territory who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder even the judge said he did not physically commit. The series was presented by investigative reporter Dan Box and was developed and produced by In Films, in association with ''The Australian'' and Screen Australia. Synopsis The Queen & Zak Grieve follows journalist Dan Box through the town of Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory as he investigates the killing of Ray Niceforo in 2011 and the events that led to 19-year-old Aboriginal man Zak Grieve being jailed, despite evidence he was not there when the crime took place. The Northern Territory has had a 20-year non-parole mandatory minimum sentence for murder since 2004. In addition, if an individual fails to stop a murder in the state, that person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
