The Australian Film and Television Radio School (Aftrs) has appointed British producer Neil Peplow as director of screen content. Peplow, who will begin in the role on May 2, will be responsible for developing training for the directing, screenwriting, documentary, screen business and screen studies courses across all levels of courses. He will replace long-serving director of screen content, Graham Thorburn. Peplow has 16 feature film credits to his name including The Proposition, Waking Ned Devine and Bright Young Things, and was most recently the director of film at the UK.s creative media skills and policy council, Skillset. While there, he worked in conjunction with the UK Film Council to develop and implement A Bigger Future 2 . the UK film industry.s skills...
- 3/14/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Arenafilm/Footprint Films producer John Maynard has been appointed as head of producing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Maynard will oversee the recently restructured Graduate Diploma in Producing, which director of screen content Graham Thorburn says will keep practice at its core and remain relevant and focused, benefiting from Maynard’s experience.
In a statement, Maynard said he’d bring his experience as a working producer and distributor to “the new Aftrs”, in a “creative adventure’ with a new generation of filmmakers.
Maynard will oversee the recently restructured Graduate Diploma in Producing, which director of screen content Graham Thorburn says will keep practice at its core and remain relevant and focused, benefiting from Maynard’s experience.
In a statement, Maynard said he’d bring his experience as a working producer and distributor to “the new Aftrs”, in a “creative adventure’ with a new generation of filmmakers.
- 6/21/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
SYDNEY -- The Australian Film, Television and Radio School has appointed Graham Thorburn as head of film, television and digital media, it was announced this week. Graduates of the prestigious training institute include directors Jane Campion ("The Piano"), Gillian Armstrong ("Little Women"), Chris Noonan ("Babe") and Phillip Noyce ("The Bone Collector"). Thorburn's television directing credits span numerous Australian TV dramas, including "Blue Heelers", "Heartbreak High", "GP," "A Country Practice", "The Flying Doctors" and "Rafferty's Rules".
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