Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction in Television
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The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction in Television is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute
as part of the awards
in television
for excellence in direction
. Prior to 1990, two awards existed and were called Best Direction in a Mini Series and Best Direction in a Telefeature. The awards were merged in 1990 to become Best Direction in a Telefeature or Mini Series which in 1991 was renamed Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama. In 2004, this award became Best Direction in Television.
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
as part of the awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
in television
Australian Film Institute Television Awards
The Australian Film Institute Television Awards are annual awards presented for excellence in Australian television annually as part of the AFI Awards by the Australian Film Institute. The AFI Awards cover non-feature films, films, television, and special awards...
for excellence in direction
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. Prior to 1990, two awards existed and were called Best Direction in a Mini Series and Best Direction in a Telefeature. The awards were merged in 1990 to become Best Direction in a Telefeature or Mini Series which in 1991 was renamed Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama. In 2004, this award became Best Direction in Television.
Best Direction in a Mini Series
| Year | Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Dunera Boys | Ben Lewin | ABC TV | |
| 1987 | The Great Bookie Robbery | Marcus Cole, Mark Joffe Mark Joffe Mark Joffe is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours... |
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| 1988 | The True Believers | Peter Fisk | ||
| 1989 | Edens Lost | Neil Armfield Neil Armfield Neil Geoffrey Armfield AO is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera.Born in Sydney, Armfield was the youngest of three boys. The son of a factory worker at the nearby Arnott's biscuit factory he was brought up in the suburb of Concord adjacent to Exile Bay... |
Best Direction in a Telefeature
| Year | Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Displaced Persons | Geoffrey Nottage | ||
| 1987 | Two Friends | Jane Campion Jane Campion Jane Campion is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the United States... |
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| 1988 | Matter of Convenience | Ben Lewin | ||
| 1989 | Rescue | Peter Fisk |
Best Direction in a Telefeature or Mini Series
| Year | Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Come in Spinner Come In Spinner Come In Spinner is an Australian novel by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James, originally published in 1951, and set in Sydney, Australia at the end of the second World War.The title refers to a phrase used in the Australian gambling game of two-up.... |
Robert Marchand | ABC TV |
Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama
| Year | Winner | Episode | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Embassy Embassy (TV series) Embassy was an Australian television series originally broadcast by the ABC from 1990 to 1992. There were three series produced with a total of 39 episodes. The series was set in the Australian embassy of a fictional south-east Asian country called Ragaan, located somewhere between Thailand and... |
"A human dimension" | Mark Callan | ABC TV | |
| 1992 | Brides of Christ Brides of Christ Brides of Christ was an Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1991.The series takes place behind the walls of a Sydney convent school and deals with the struggles of both the Roman Catholic nuns and the young students to adapt to the many social... |
Ken Cameron | ABC TV | ||
| 1993 | Police Rescue Police Rescue Police Rescue was an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by ABC and Southern Star Xanadu in association with the BBC.... |
"Whirlwind | Michael Carson | ABC TV | |
| 1994 | Heartland Heartland (Australian TV series) Heartland was an Australian television drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994. It ran for thirteen episodes and starred Cate Blanchett and Ernie Dingo... |
Episode #7 | Julian Pringle | ABC TV | |
| 1995 | Frontline Frontline (Australian TV series) Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, 1995 and 1997.-Production:... |
"The siege" | Rob Sitch Rob Sitch Robert Ian Sitch , is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.-Early life:Sitch attended St Kevin's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Trinity College. He worked at the Royal Womans Hospital... , Santo Cilauro Santo Cilauro Santo Cilauro is an Australian television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author, comedian and cameraman, a co-founder of The D-Generation... , Jane Kennedy Jane Kennedy (actor) Jane Kennedy is an Australian actress, comedian, radio presenter, and television producer best known for her work with the Working Dog Productions – a tight-knit group of performers responsible for a variety of television and films.... , Tom Gleisner Tom Gleisner Tom Gleisner is an Australian director, producer, writer, comedian, occasional actor and author. He was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia.-Television, radio and film:... |
ABC TV | |
| 1996 | Blue Murder Blue Murder (mini-series) Blue Murder is a two-part Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, and is based on true events. Given its confronting content, the DVD release was classified MA 15+... |
Michael Jenkins | ABC TV | ||
| 1997 | Good Guys Bad Guys Good Guys Bad Guys Good Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne.... |
"1.8 million reasons to change your name (Part 2)" |
Brendan Maher | Nine Network | |
| 1998 | Wildside | Episode #17 | Peter Andrikidis Peter Andrikidis Peter Andrikidis is an Australian television director and producer.Peter Andrikidis graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Film Direction in 1981 and was immediately recruited to Crawford Productions where he worked on The Flying Doctors.He moved to the ABC, where he... |
ABC TV | |
| 1999 | The Day of the Roses The Day of the Roses The Day of the Roses is a two part Australian television mini-series, a docu-drama directed by Peter Fisk, based on the events of the 1977 Granville railway disaster... |
Peter Fisk | |||
| 2000 | Grass Roots | "The whole year" | Peter Andrikidis | ABC TV | |
| 2001 | My husband the killer | Peter Andrikidis | |||
| 2002 | The Road from Coorain | Brendan Maher | |||
| 2003 | After the deluge | Brendan Maher |
Best Direction in Television
| Year | Winner | Episode | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Marking Time | Cherie Nowlan | |||
| 2005 | Love My Way | Jessica Hobbs | |||
| 2006 | Answered by Fire | Jessica Hobbs | |||
| 2007 | The King | Matthew Saville | |||
| 2008 | Underbelly Underbelly (TV series) Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,... |
Peter Andrikidis | Nine Network | ||
| 2009 | East West 101 East West 101 East West 101 is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama series airing on the SBS network. The series was produced and created by Steven Knapman & Kris Wyld, the team behind other drama series such as Wildside and White Collar Blue.... |
"Atonement" | Peter Andrikidis | SBS TV | |
| 2010 | Hawke Hawke -People:* Albert Hawke, ex-premier of Western Australia* Alex Hawke, Australian politician* Bob Hawke, ex-prime minister of Australia* Brett Hawke, Australian Olympic swimmer* Davis Wolfgang Hawke, U.S... |
Emma Freeman | Network Ten |
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See also
- Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film InstituteThe Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
- AFI AwardsAustralian Film Institute AwardsThe Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
- Australian Film Institute Television AwardsAustralian Film Institute Television AwardsThe Australian Film Institute Television Awards are annual awards presented for excellence in Australian television annually as part of the AFI Awards by the Australian Film Institute. The AFI Awards cover non-feature films, films, television, and special awards...