Latest Articles: Directors
Miranda Nation’s UNDERTOW to begins shooting in Geelong next month
if.com.au Shooting to begin next month on Geelong-set psychological thriller ‘Undertow’ [Wed 15/03/2017 2:34 PM] By Harry Windsor Aussie feature Undertow has begun pre-production, with shooting to begin in the middle of next month in Geelong and along the Surf Coast. The thriller will see writer-director Miranda Nation reunite with producer Lyn Norfor, of Emerald Productions, and DP Bonnie Elliott (Spear). The trio previously worked together on Springboard short Perception, which won the Sydney Film Festival’s Dendy Award in 2013. ...
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THE SECRET RIVER Opens Adelaide Festival to Rave Reviews
Directed by Neil Armfield, written by Andrew Bovell and designed by Stephen Curtis, THE SECRET RIVER opened the Adelaide Festival to rave reviews last week: “Neil Armfield’s brilliantly inventive direction adds the theatrical fairy-dust that makes the play soar…Andrew Bovell’s script for this Sydney Theatre Company production produces some incredibly complex characters who speak some remarkably powerful lines.” – In Daily “The adaptation, the direction, the design elements, the acting: these weave an experience not only more than the sum ...
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Green Room Awards
Congratulations to all of our clients who are nominated in this year’s GREEN ROOM AWARDS! INDEPENDENT THEATRE Set and Costume Design Marg Horwell (Set & Costume) – Animal (inFlux in association with Theatre Works) MUSICAL Set Design Gabriela Tylesova – Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company) Costume Design Gabriella Tylesova – Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company) OPERA Direction Neil Armfield – The Ring Cycle (Opera Australia) THEATRE COMPANIES Set and Costume Design Stephen Curtis (Set Design) – The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company presented ...
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Wonderful reviews for Kate Gaul’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
Wonderful reviews are rolling in for director Kate Gaul’s production, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, showing now at the Seymour Centre as part of the Mardi Gras 2017 Festival program. “This Siren Theatre production directed by Kate Gaul is elegantly simple and exceptionally clear.” – The Syndey Morning Herald “Director Kate Gaul has successfully pulled the story from the page without exposing it to the full light.” – Sydney Arts Guide “Director Kate Gaul’s confident, understated approach gives us a very ...
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A Rave Review of John Sheedy’s LIFETIME GUARANTEE
The Australian gives a rave review of director John Sheedy’s LIFETIME GUARANTEE, opening his wonderful first season at Theatre Works. “John Sheedy’s production is a thrill ride, sharp and exhilarating… Lifetime Guarantee is a timely reminder that a play in a theatre can run rings — maybe even chuck doughnuts — around the best television.” Read the full review here
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Variety reviews Cate Shortland’s BERLIN SYNDROME
Variety gives a rave review of director Cate Shortland’s new film BERLIN SYNDROME, shot by HLA’s Germain McMicking and edited by Jack Hutchings. “Between more trickily opaque stretches of character development, Shortland nails a handful of straight-up, nerve-shredding tension sequences, teasing a version of the film that might have tilted into full-bore horror” “Editor Jack Hutchings can take a bow for the film’s slinky, insidious rhythm” “McMicking’s camerawork, finally, is dazzling throughout, manipulating framing and focus to portray Clare’s boxy ...
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Women and Hollywood meet Cate Shortland
Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Cate Shortland — “Berlin Syndrome” Cate Shortland’s films have screened at film festivals around the world, including Cannes Film Festival and Sydney Film Festival. Her previous credits include “Somersault” and “Lore.” “Berlin Syndrome” will premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 20. W&H: Describe the film for us in your own words. CS: A young Australian photographer, Clare, meets Andi at the lights in Berlin. Lust and intimacy are replaced by entrapment and obsession. W&H: ...
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2016 Sydney Theatre Awards
Congratulations to all of our clients who are nominated for the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards! BEST STAGE DESIGN Alicia Clements (Hay Fever) Brian Thomson (Faith Healer) Gabriela Tylesova (A Flea In Her Ear) BEST COSTUME DESIGN Tim Chappel (Little Shop of Horrors) Alicia Clements (Hay Fever) Gabriela Tylesova (A Flea In Her Ear) BEST DIRECTION Kate Gaul (Good With Maps) BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Jasper Jones (Belvoir), Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks See the full list of nominees here
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LADIES IN BLACK at Sydney Festival
The Sydney Morning Herald gives LADIES IN BLACK an outstanding review for its Sydney Festival season. Featuring the work of an all-star HLA team, LADIES IN BLACK is written by Carolyn Burns, directed by Simon Phillips and designed by Gabriela Tylesova. “Burns’ scenes retain the artless economy of St John’s prose and her faultless ear for the language of the times. Director Simon Phillips and designer Gabriela Tylesova’s production is likewise faithful to the tone of the source, a simple, ...
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Fantastic review for director Mike Finch’s new show The Funatorium
Fantastic review for director Mike Finch’s new show at the Sydney Opera House – turning kids theatre on its head in the most fabulous way! Read the review here Don’t miss out on tickets to see The Funatorium: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on until 22nd January at Sydney Opera House
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Tim Ferguson on A Current Affair with Tracy Grimshaw
In a career spanning several decades, there isn’t much the multi-talented Tim Ferguson hasn’t nailed. TV star, comedian, rock star and author. Incredibly, he’s done all that with multiple sclerosis. Check out Tim Ferguson’s A Current Affair Interview with Tracy Grimshaw here.
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SUNDANCE 2017
Congratulations to all of our clients who have films headed to Sundance Film Festival next year! BERLIN SYNDROME – directed by Cate Shortland RED DOG: True Blue – directed by Kriv Stenders SLAPPER – written/directed/produced by Luci Schroder See the full list of Australian films going to Sundance in 2017 here
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HOLDING THE MAN wins Best Feature Film at the Image+nation – Montreal International LGBT Film Festival.
Congratulations to director Neil Armfield, whose film HOLDING THE MAN has won the jury award for Best Feature Film at the Image+nation – Montreal International LGBT Film Festival. Of the film the jury said: “The winner of this category is a masterful melodrama and time capsule of a devastating time in the LGBT history, that touches on a familiar theme with a lot of humour and honesty, and a frank courage rarely achieved in narrative film. The performances by the ...
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RED DOG: TRUE BLUE going to Sundance
Just announced for Sundance, and premiering in Sydney tonight, RED DOG: TRUE BLUE directed by Kriv Stenders, is a classic boy-and-his-dog tale, with “…a big heart and bundles of charm…just like its eponymous canine” Read the full review on Film Ink
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BERLIN SYNDROME & YELLOW BIRDS headed to Sundance
Directed by Cate Shortland and shot by Germain McMicking BERLIN SYNDROME will have its world premier at Sundance! Joining it at the festival will be YELLOW BIRDS, designed by Annie Beauchamp. Read more about BERLIN SYNDROME here
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DARLENE JOHNSON JOINS HLA
HLA Management is thrilled to announce we now represent writer/director Darlene Johnson, an Australian Aborigine of the east-coast Dunghutti people of NSW. Darlene’s work explores themes of race, identity and perception in both documentary and fiction in STOLEN GENERATIONS (2001, nominated for an international Emmy Award), STRANGER IN MY SKIN (2002), FOLLOWING THE RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (2002), GULPILIL-ONE RED BLOOD (2002), CROCODILE DREAMING (2007), RIVER OF NO RETURN (2008), THE REDFERN STORY (2014, winner of Best Social Political documentary at the ...
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Peter Carstairs’ ULTRASOUND wins at the shots Awards
Congratulations to director Peter Carstairs whose Doritos ad ULTRASOUND won Gold for Best Commercial of the Year- TV (Up to 60 seconds) at the shots Awards in London last week. See the full list of winners here
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Tim Ferguson chats about co-directing Spin Out, teaching comedy and breaking barriers for people with disability in the screen industry
SCREEN NSW: Tim Ferguson is a widely acclaimed comedian, writer and producer. He’s teaching a comedy master class, writing two books, he’s toured the world performing stand-up and musical comedy, he’s co-writing dozens of live stage comedy shows and light entertainment programmes and has been just been appointed to a panel of Diversity Partners to develop a Diversity Action Plan for Screen NSW. We’ve got a few questions for you today. They’d better be good or… “Cheque please!” You recently co-directed Spin ...
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Nora Niasari
HLA Management is thrilled to announce we now represent writer/director Nora Niasari. A VCA graduate, Nora’s film THE PHOENIX (SIMORGH) premiered at the 64th Melbourne International Film Festival where Nora participated in the 2015 MIFF Accelerator program for emerging directors. In 2016, Nora completed a funded Screen Australia/ADG Director’s Attachment with Emma Freeman on the Matchbox Pictures/FOXTEL TV series SECRET CITY. Nora recently completed her latest short film WATERFALL funded by Screen Australia’s 2015 Hot Shots Program. For further information please ...
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Kriv Stenders to direct Go-Betweens documentary RIGHT HERE
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD NOVEMBER 14 2016 Kriv Stenders to direct Go-Betweens documentary Right Here The in-demand director is set to follow the release of his sequel Red Dog: True Blue with a documentary on legendary Brisbane band The Go-Betweens. BY KARL QUINN The busiest man in Australian film and television just got busier, with news that Kriv Stenders will follow his Red Dog sequel with a documentary on indie music darlings The Go-Betweens. The feature-length doc, Right Here, will ...
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Kate Gaul’s GOOD WITH MAPS at the Kings Cross Theatre
A must see for anyone who loves a great production! Check out GOOD WITH MAPS at the Kings Cross Theatre which is part of Invisible Circus, a season of plays, performances and provocation. Directed by Kate Gaul, written by Noelle Janaczewska and performed beautifully by Jane Phegan. Following are performance times and dates: Friday 11th November, 8pm Thursday 17th November, 8pm Sunday 20th November, 5pm Wednesday 23rd November, 8pm Saturday 26th November, 2pm and 8pm Tickets are available here
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A FLEA IN HER EAR Reviews
Directed by Simon Phillips and designed by Gabriela Tylesova, Andrew Upton’s adaptation of French farce A FLEA IN HER EAR at Sydney Theatre Company has reviewers in stitches! “Gabriela Tylesova’s set is spectacular, on three concentric revolves, but as it magically transforms for the changes, it is revealed to be all flats and fretwork, the pieces of which fall back into place beautifully. Her costumes are outlandish, just that little bit more than even these ridiculous people might want to ...
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A Flea In Her Ear the latest production for successful director-designer partnership
Long time collaborators, Simon Phillips and Gabriela Tylesova, talk about their director-designer partnership ahead of the opening night for their latest project, Sydney Theatre Company’s production of the 1907 French farce A FLEA IN HER EAR. Read the full interview here. SYDNEY MORNING HEARALD 3/11/2016 Elissa Blake A Flea In Her Ear the latest production for successful director-designer partnership “We never think what we are doing is complicated until other people tell us it’s complicated,” says director Simon Phillips of the ...
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4.5/5 stars for THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT
Directed by Gale Edwards, with production design by Brian Thomson, Griffin Theatre Company’s production of THE TURQUOISE ELEPHANT has been given a rave 4.5/5 star review from ArtsHub. “Directed by Gale Edwards, this production is an exuberant and riotous political farce, decked out in glorious hallucinogenic technicolour. Perhaps better known for her work of scale – think Carmen and Aida on the Harbour – Edwards uses this predilection to great effect, and creates an OTT world in which these characters ...
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