Screenwriting
“The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.” Says - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
"A great film owes its life force to the strength of its story; to the idea pulsing through every shot. Peeling back the layers of a script to reveal its beating heart, only to delicately stitch back those muscles and veins so that no trace of surgery remains – I don’t believe any other part of the film-making process is quite as demanding, difficult or truly rewarding as writing." Says Alecia Walsh - Scriptwriter
Brian Hannant
Brian Hannant joined the Commonwealth Film Unit (now Film Australia) and over ten years produced a number of acclaimed documentaries and two feature films for TV, 'Flashpoint' and 'Judy' (part of the 'Three to Go' series which included Peter Weir’s 'Michael' and Oliver Howes’ 'Toula'). In the late 70s/early 80s Brian wrote, produced and directed documentaries for the South Australian Film Corporation, then returned to Sydney to co-write 'Mad Max 2' (with George Miller and Terry Hayes) and subsequently work as 2nd Unit Director on the film. In 1985 he co-wrote and directed the feature film 'The Time Guardian". During the 90s Brian spent five years as Head of Directing at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. He has recently completed screenplays for two feature films which are currently in development.
Howard Jackson
Howard Jackson is an experienced writer/director having penned several plays for both theatre and film.
He wrote the screenplay for the feature drama ‘Jammin’ in the Middle E’ which screened at several film festivals in 2006 and was described as “Revealing and delightful…beguiling…This brilliant little film radiates with catharsis…Maybe there is a future for the local film industry” (Weekend Australian).
Howard has lectured at numerous institutions including the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Western Sydney.
Louise Wadley
Louise Wadley Writer/ Director / Producer graduated from the National Film School in UK and worked on a series of BBC, ITN Factual and Channel Four award winning Documentaries as well as Shooting and Directing the most repeated broadcast documentary in Ireland to date, "To Russia with Love", a Russian/ Irish production.
Louise wrote and directed a number of fiction shorts acquired by the BFI and now back in Sydney after over 20 years in the UK has several features in development including "She sells Seashells by the Seashore" about the life of a once famous, but now forgotten 18th Century palaeontologist.
