Alumni from the NIDA have been celebrating at the AACTA Awards Ceremony this year.
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National Institute of Dramatic Art congratulates its alumni as nominees and winners in the AACTA awards in Sydney, where the final winners were announced last night.
The AACTA Awards are presented annually by theAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to recognise excellence in the film and television industry, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony in the Australian film and television industry, and generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of theAcademy Awards (US) andBritish Academy Awards.
NIDA Acting alumni:
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Richard Roxburgh (Acting, 1986) Blue Murder: Killer Cop – Seven Network
Hugo Weaving (Acting, 1981) Seven Types Of Ambiguity – ABC
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION COMEDY
Darren Gilshenan (Acting, 1988) No Activity – Stan
Debra Lawrance (Acting, 1977) Please Like Me – ABC
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Andrea Demetriades (Acting, 2006) Seven Types Of Ambiguity – ABC
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugo Weaving (Acting, 1981) Jasper Jones
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacqueline McKenzie (Acting, 1990) Don’t Tell
Susie Porter (Acting, 1995) Hounds Of Love
BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
The Eleven O’Clock Derin Seale, Josh Lawson (Acting, 2001), Karen Bryson
NIDA Design alumni:
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN IN TELEVISION
A Place To Call Home, Episode 2 – Fallout Fiona Donovan (Design, 1992), Foxtel/Showcase
BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN TELEVISION
A Place To Call Home, Episode 1 – Own Worst Enemy Lisa Meagher (Design, 1987), Foxtel/Showcase
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dance Academy: The Movie, Tess Schofield (Design, 1986)
NIDA Directing alumni:
BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
Mrs McCutcheon, John Sheedy (Directing, 2002), Andre Lima, Jenny Vila
The 7th AACTA Awards were broadcast fromThe Star Sydney on Wednesday 6 December. www.aacta.org/whatson
