John Smithson.
Producer John Smithson has worked with some of the best documentary filmmakers around, from Kevin Macdonald to James Marsh and now Australia's own Jennifer Peedom.
When Peedom approached Smithson to help produce Sherpa alongside Australian producer Bridget Ikin, the London-based producer remembered her previous feature, Solo, "which I really liked"..
"And she was very persuasive", Smithson tells If, "so I said yes in 2013. I liked the story, and then the story got better because there was a fight on the mountains between climbers and Sherpas in April 2013. I thought - that really helps us, because it makes it much more vivid."
Smithson enlisted the support of Universal in the UK, and from then on envisaged a somewhat detached role as a "light-touch creative producer".
"Bridget [Ikin] ran all the production, the logistics. She's a very accomplished producer."
Things changed when sixteen Sherpas died during an avalanche while Peedom and her crew were at base-camp.
Producer John Smithson has worked with some of the best documentary filmmakers around, from Kevin Macdonald to James Marsh and now Australia's own Jennifer Peedom.
When Peedom approached Smithson to help produce Sherpa alongside Australian producer Bridget Ikin, the London-based producer remembered her previous feature, Solo, "which I really liked"..
"And she was very persuasive", Smithson tells If, "so I said yes in 2013. I liked the story, and then the story got better because there was a fight on the mountains between climbers and Sherpas in April 2013. I thought - that really helps us, because it makes it much more vivid."
Smithson enlisted the support of Universal in the UK, and from then on envisaged a somewhat detached role as a "light-touch creative producer".
"Bridget [Ikin] ran all the production, the logistics. She's a very accomplished producer."
Things changed when sixteen Sherpas died during an avalanche while Peedom and her crew were at base-camp.
- 4/13/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Odessa Young in The Daughter.
Word of mouth and eye-watering reviews seem to be catching up with WB's Batman V Superman, which raked in $4.5 million on 292 screens but dropped sixty-five percent in its second week. .
The Zack Snyder-directed superhero smackdown has now made $22.6 million overall.
In sharp contrast, Disney's Zootopia.dropped a mere one percent in its third week for a weekend Bo of $3.1 million and an overall cume of $14.5 million off 301 screens.
Zootopia was the sole original in the top five, beating third-place getter My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, which took $2.7 million in its second weekend to bring its total to over $9 million.
Fox's well-reviewed Kung Fu Panda 3 dropped twenty-seven percent in week two to ring up $1.8 million, for a cume of $6.3 million on 280 screens.
Roadshow's London Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler, has made $4.9 million after three weeks, while Sony's The Lady in the Van has made $8.6 million after five.
Word of mouth and eye-watering reviews seem to be catching up with WB's Batman V Superman, which raked in $4.5 million on 292 screens but dropped sixty-five percent in its second week. .
The Zack Snyder-directed superhero smackdown has now made $22.6 million overall.
In sharp contrast, Disney's Zootopia.dropped a mere one percent in its third week for a weekend Bo of $3.1 million and an overall cume of $14.5 million off 301 screens.
Zootopia was the sole original in the top five, beating third-place getter My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, which took $2.7 million in its second weekend to bring its total to over $9 million.
Fox's well-reviewed Kung Fu Panda 3 dropped twenty-seven percent in week two to ring up $1.8 million, for a cume of $6.3 million on 280 screens.
Roadshow's London Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler, has made $4.9 million after three weeks, while Sony's The Lady in the Van has made $8.6 million after five.
- 4/3/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Before Struggle Street premiered on Sbs, writer-producer Marc Radomsky expected some controversy from its depiction of the hard scrabble lives of the disadvantaged residents of Mount Druitt.
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids and other critics.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who is completing her thesis on the process of consent for documentary filmmakers, will speak about a life-threatening duty of care decision she faced.
Blue Lucine will talk about her film A Thousand Suns,...
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids and other critics.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who is completing her thesis on the process of consent for documentary filmmakers, will speak about a life-threatening duty of care decision she faced.
Blue Lucine will talk about her film A Thousand Suns,...
- 6/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Before Struggle Street premiered on Sbs, writer-producer Marc Radomsky expected some controversy from its depiction of the hard scrabble lives of the disadvantaged residents of Mount Druitt.
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids, other networks and Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali.
The more so because only Bali, who accused the producers of treating its subjects with contempt and of falsifying scenes, had been invited by Sbs to a preview.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who...
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids, other networks and Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali.
The more so because only Bali, who accused the producers of treating its subjects with contempt and of falsifying scenes, had been invited by Sbs to a preview.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who...
- 6/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australia hasn.t had a film in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 but Justin Kurzel will fly the flag with Macbeth at next month.s festival.
Michael Fassbender plays the troubled Scottish king and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in the Shakespearian drama produced by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The UK production financed by Studiocanal and Film4 will be released in Oz by Transmission Films, probably in October.. Kurzel's Snowtown screened during Critics Week in Cannes in 2011, where it got a special mention and he was nominated for the Golden Camera award for best first feature.
Also among the 17 titles competing for the Palme d'Or is Carol, Todd Haynes. lesbian romance set in 1950s New York, which stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.
Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel about a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older,...
Michael Fassbender plays the troubled Scottish king and Marion Cotillard is Lady Macbeth in the Shakespearian drama produced by See-Saw Films. Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
The UK production financed by Studiocanal and Film4 will be released in Oz by Transmission Films, probably in October.. Kurzel's Snowtown screened during Critics Week in Cannes in 2011, where it got a special mention and he was nominated for the Golden Camera award for best first feature.
Also among the 17 titles competing for the Palme d'Or is Carol, Todd Haynes. lesbian romance set in 1950s New York, which stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara and Sarah Paulson.
Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel about a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life and falls for an older,...
- 4/16/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Cooper is stamped by the Ellie as is tradition to accept her award
Dany Cooper Ase has won best editing in a feature film for her work on Oranges and Sunshine at the Australian Screen Editors Awards.
Nicknamed The Ellies, the awards were held last night at the Vanguard in Newtown, Sydney, hosted by actor comedian Rob Carlton (Underbelly, Paper Giants).
In addition to the awards, each year the guild gives accreditation to editors whose work is considered of a consistently high standard.
This year the guild accredited Scott Gray Ase (Somersault, Solo, The Boys are Back), Matt Villa Ase (The Great Gatsby, Happy Feet 2, I-Robot) and Sue Schweikert Ase (commercials Axa’s Crocodile Tears, McDonalds’ James Dean and Australian Tourism Commission).
Henry Dangar Ase (Winter of our Dreams, The Crossing, Spider and Rose, Lucky Miles Rake, Kiss or Kill) received lifetime membership to the guild.
Guild president Jason Ballantine...
Dany Cooper Ase has won best editing in a feature film for her work on Oranges and Sunshine at the Australian Screen Editors Awards.
Nicknamed The Ellies, the awards were held last night at the Vanguard in Newtown, Sydney, hosted by actor comedian Rob Carlton (Underbelly, Paper Giants).
In addition to the awards, each year the guild gives accreditation to editors whose work is considered of a consistently high standard.
This year the guild accredited Scott Gray Ase (Somersault, Solo, The Boys are Back), Matt Villa Ase (The Great Gatsby, Happy Feet 2, I-Robot) and Sue Schweikert Ase (commercials Axa’s Crocodile Tears, McDonalds’ James Dean and Australian Tourism Commission).
Henry Dangar Ase (Winter of our Dreams, The Crossing, Spider and Rose, Lucky Miles Rake, Kiss or Kill) received lifetime membership to the guild.
Guild president Jason Ballantine...
- 12/5/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Director Jennifer Peedom was awarded the $25,000 David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship at the Sydney Film Festival last week. The fellowship, which was established by Foxtel boss Kim Williams Am to honour his parents, was presented by Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) executive director Joost den Hartog. Peedom directed the award-winning Solo (alongside David Michôd), about Andrew McAuley's attempted solo kayak expedition across the world's most treacherous ocean,.and, more recently, Living The End ..three stories about travelling towards death. Solo won an AFI Award, Fcca and Adg Award while Living the End has been nominated at the Banff World Media Awards. The fellowship, valued at up to $25,000,.is given...
- 6/19/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Australian moviemaker David Michod has won the top honour at the 2010 Australian Directors Guild Awards for his edgy film Animal Kingdom.
The movie stars Guy Pearce and tells the story of young boy born into a criminal family and a detective who attempts to save him from his fate.
It won the coveted World Cinema Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah and it landed a Best Direction award for Michod in his native country on Thursday night.
The show, which took place in Sydney, also saw Michod honoured for Best Direction in a Stand-Alone Documentary for Solo, which he shared with Jennifer Peedom.
He told reporters at the ceremony, "It's been a whirlwind. But at the same time, given that I started writing the thing 10 years ago, the various achievements have happened so incrementally it's amazing how I have been able to take it in my stride. It's only ever now and then, in moments of quiet, I imagine what myself 10 years ago (would have made of it)."...
The movie stars Guy Pearce and tells the story of young boy born into a criminal family and a detective who attempts to save him from his fate.
It won the coveted World Cinema Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah and it landed a Best Direction award for Michod in his native country on Thursday night.
The show, which took place in Sydney, also saw Michod honoured for Best Direction in a Stand-Alone Documentary for Solo, which he shared with Jennifer Peedom.
He told reporters at the ceremony, "It's been a whirlwind. But at the same time, given that I started writing the thing 10 years ago, the various achievements have happened so incrementally it's amazing how I have been able to take it in my stride. It's only ever now and then, in moments of quiet, I imagine what myself 10 years ago (would have made of it)."...
- 9/24/2010
- WENN
David Michod has won the Australian Directors Guild Award for Best Direction – Feature Film for Animal Kingdom – and shared the Best Stand Alone Documentary with Jennifer Peedom for Solo.
This is a summary of our live Twitter coverage of the event, which took place on Thursday night in Sydney:
Minister for the Arts Virginia Judge gives opening speech, talking about the state’s well known and publicised screen plans… such as AFI awards coming to Sydney, $25m extra funding, etc. Best Direction Tvc: Tim Bullock, Nothing Soft Gets In (Toyota). Best Original Online Program: Clayton Jacobson, Mordy Koots. Best Cross-Platform Interactive Project: Marcus Gillezeau, Storm. That’s a new category this year. Best Music Clip: Craig Melville, The Bedroom Philosopher – Northcote. So hungover. That was the title, not a statement! Highly Commended to the only other music clip nominee, The Glue Society, The Bumblebeez – Misfit. Best Student Film: Ariel Kleiman,...
This is a summary of our live Twitter coverage of the event, which took place on Thursday night in Sydney:
Minister for the Arts Virginia Judge gives opening speech, talking about the state’s well known and publicised screen plans… such as AFI awards coming to Sydney, $25m extra funding, etc. Best Direction Tvc: Tim Bullock, Nothing Soft Gets In (Toyota). Best Original Online Program: Clayton Jacobson, Mordy Koots. Best Cross-Platform Interactive Project: Marcus Gillezeau, Storm. That’s a new category this year. Best Music Clip: Craig Melville, The Bedroom Philosopher – Northcote. So hungover. That was the title, not a statement! Highly Commended to the only other music clip nominee, The Glue Society, The Bumblebeez – Misfit. Best Student Film: Ariel Kleiman,...
- 9/23/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Directors Guild has published its list of nominees for this year’s awards, with Jeremy Sims, Rachel Perkins, David Michod, Claire McCarthy and Robert Connolly competing in the feature film category.
Television nominees include Tony Tilse for Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Peter Andrikidis for East West 101 and Amanda Brotchie for Lowdown; there are also nominations for environmental efforts and online projects.The wiinners will be announced on September 23 at Star City, Sydney.
This is the full list of nominees:
Feature Film
Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims Bran Nue Dae Rachel Perkins Animal Kingdom David Michôd The Waiting City Claire McCarthy Balibo Robert Connolly
Television Mini series
East West 101: Atonement Peter Andrikidis The Circuit II: Sorry Business Steve Jodrell The Circuit II: Of Mice and Men James Bogle
Documentary Feature
Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia John Hughes Three Boys Dreaming Michael Cordell The Burning Season...
Television nominees include Tony Tilse for Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Peter Andrikidis for East West 101 and Amanda Brotchie for Lowdown; there are also nominations for environmental efforts and online projects.The wiinners will be announced on September 23 at Star City, Sydney.
This is the full list of nominees:
Feature Film
Beneath Hill 60 Jeremy Sims Bran Nue Dae Rachel Perkins Animal Kingdom David Michôd The Waiting City Claire McCarthy Balibo Robert Connolly
Television Mini series
East West 101: Atonement Peter Andrikidis The Circuit II: Sorry Business Steve Jodrell The Circuit II: Of Mice and Men James Bogle
Documentary Feature
Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia John Hughes Three Boys Dreaming Michael Cordell The Burning Season...
- 8/30/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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