NIDA congratulates our alumni who have been nominated in the prestigious AWGIE awards.
NIDA congratulates our alumni who have been nominated in the prestigious AWGIE awards.
Since 1968 the Australian Writers’ Guild has presented theAWGIE Awards to recognise and reward excellence in writing for stage and screen. In the years since their inception the list ofAWGIE Award winners has included writers whose stories have shaped our national culture including feature films, theatre, TV series and serials, miniseries and children’s animated programs. NIDA alumni Richie Black Richie Black (Writing for Performance, 2016) won the 2016 AWGIE Award (Radio Original) forHappy Monday a script he wrote while studying at NIDA.
TheAWGIEAwards are unique in the industry in that they are the only writers’ awards judged solely by writers, and the judging is based on the written script the writer’s intention rather than the finished product. Awards will be presented across 18 categories including feature film, television, documentary, theatre, audio, animation and interactive media. Individual category winners will be eligible for the Major Award, given to the most outstanding script of the year. The winners of the AWGIE Awards 2019 will be announced on August 22 in Sydney at the City Recital Hall.
NIDA congratulates the following alumni who have been nominated in these categories:
TELEVISION TELEMOVIE OR MINISERIES
On the Ropes Tamara Asmar (Playwrights Studio, 2003), Adam Todd and Ian Meadows
STAGE
Degenerate Art Toby Schmitz (Acting, 1999)
The Long Forgotten Dream Howard Lawrence Sumner (Directing, 2013)
Lost Boys Lachlan Philpott (Playwrights Studio, 2003)
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
A Ghost In My Suitcase Vanessa Bates (Playwrights Studio, 1994)
NIDA Course leader and Senior Lecturer Writing for Performance Dr Stephen Sewell said: ‘NIDA is immensely proud of our writers and of the contribution they are making to Australian culture and our understanding of ourselves and the world. This is a great achievement for themselves and for NIDA.”
For more information about NIDA’s Master of Fine Arts (Writing for Performance) course and how to apply for 2020, apply.nida.edu.au
A full list of the AWGIE nominations are here.
