Long, Clear View: Tim Winton's The Turning

Shaun Gladwell is an Australian-born, London-based artist who works in a number of mediums, including painting and photography, but he is best known for his video installations.

Gladwell’s video work frequently centres around improvised and choreographed performances of the body in motion, set against the backdrop of particular sites ranging from architectural environments to the landscape. He has exhibited widely in Europe, North and South America, and in the Asia Pacific Region. Gladwell’s work is held in numerous public and private collections internationally.

Writer, director, producer and visual artist, Claire McCarthy has been making internationally acclaimed short films and documentaries for over a decade. Her feature film, The Waiting City, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for three Film Critics Circle Awards, an ADG award, won two IF Awards and has sold to almost 40 territories around the world.

Claire’s first feature, Cross Life, premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, screened at Pusan in Korea and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award at the 2007 IF Awards. Her documentary, Sisters, was broadcast on ABC and distributed internationally.

Tony Ayres is a principal and founding partner of Matchbox Pictures and an accomplished writer, director and producer for both film and television. His feature film, The Home Song Stories, premiered at Berlin and won 23 Australian and international awards including 8 AFI Awards.

His first feature, Walking on Water, won the Teddy Award at Berlin in 2002 and 5 AFI awards. He also directed the television movie, Saved, and in recent times, produced the television series Bogan Pride and the arts documentary series, Anatomy. Tony was the showrunner and one of the directors of the television series, The Slap.

Jonathan auf der Heide is a Victorian College of the Arts graduate who wrote, directed and edited the short film Hell’s Gates which won Best Student Film and Best Emerging Filmmaker at MIFF ‘08. He then adapted that short into the feature, Van Diemen’s Land, with co-writer Oscar Redding.

The film, which he also directed, has since screened at numerous festivals in Australia and internationally. Alongside Alethea Jones and his regular collaborator Oscar Redding, Jonathan directed a number of episodes of the award winning web series, Cop Hard.

Tim Winton is the author of 30 books. His work has been widely translated and adapted for film, television, stage and radio. He lives in Western Australia.

Jub is a Nyul Nyul/Yawuru woman from the Beagle Bay and Broome regions of the Kimberley in WA. Graduating from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Jub spent many years as a theatre performer and is currently writing her first play, Dust.

For film and television she has worked as casting director, extras casting coordinator, dramaturge and associate producer on award-winning productions including The Circuit 1 & 2, Bran Nue Dae, Mad Bastards, Satellite Boy and Jandamarra’s War. Most recently, Jub has been performing as a soprano in the world’s first Aboriginal Opera, Pecan Summer.

Ian Meadows studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. His television writing credits include Spirited, Offspring, and Slide.

Ian co-wrote and acted in the short film, Water, and co-wrote, directed and produced the short film A Parachute Falling in Siberia, which screened in both national and international festivals and won the AWGIE Award for best short film script, and was nominated for an AFI Award for best short screenplay.

Ian also wrote and performed In Between Two Waves at the Griffin Theatre and starred in the JungleBoys/ABC1 TV comedy A Moody Christmas.

Marieka Walsh is an Australian director/animator whose AACTA/AFI award winning short film The Hunter has marked her out as a rising talent to watch.

With a background in visual arts, Walsh’s work demonstrates a unique visual style and meticulous attention to detail that complements her emotionally arresting storytelling. Although skilled in sand animation, Walsh has also produced work that spans across a broad spectrum of animation styles.

Warwick graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in 1997 with a BA in Cinematography and has an extensive body of work as a cinematographer including feature films Here I Am and The Sapphires. Warwick’s feature film, Samson & Delilah, which he wrote, directed and shot, won him the Camera d’Or for best first feature film at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Recently Warwick has moved into the art world with Stranded, a 3D video installation with accompanying stills and recently premiered a new work, Mother Courage, at dOCUMENTA (13), the prestigious world art show in Kassel, Germany.

Robert Connolly is a multi-AFI award winning writer and director. He has written and directed three feature films The Bank, Three Dollars, Balibo and most recently, the Channel 10 telemovie, Underground: The Julian Assange Story.

Together with John Maynard, he produced the award-winning films, The Boys and Romulus, My Father. In 2011, Robert was one of the featured directors on ABC mini series The Slap. Robert received a Centenary Medal for services to the Australian Film Industry in 2001 and is a former board member of Screen Australia.

Rhys Graham is a Melbourne-based filmmaker and writer whose work traverses drama and documentary. His recent credits include co-directing the feature length documentaries Murundak - songs of freedom and Words from the City. He is also the director of a number of short dramas and documentaries that have achieved international success. In 2012, Rhys wrote and directed the feature drama Galore.

Rhys has worked across a number of moving image forms and has had his film installations exhibited both nationally and internationally. He also co-authored the book Short Site: Recent Australian Short Film.

Ashlee Page is a multi-award winning writer and director. Her short film The Kiss has received several prestigious awards including two AFI Awards, the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Award for Best Short and the 2010 Melbourne International Film Festival Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker. The Kiss has also screened widely internationally, including at Pusan, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs and Tribeca.

Ashlee’s previous credits include writer and director of the award-winning comedy Layover, a self-funded short film that sold to cable TV in the US and screened widely both nationally and internationally.

Mia Wasikowska is an actor who has established herself as a rising star of the big screen. Residing in Canberra, Mia is making her directorial debut with Long, Clear View.

As an actress, Mia Wasikowska worked in Australian television and film before making her debut to US audiences as a suicidal teen in the HBO series, In Treatment. She has since starred in feature films Defiance, Amelia, Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are All Right, Jane Eyre, Restless, Albert Nobbs and Lawless. She has worked with some of the world’s most influential directors, and garnered critical praise for her work.

Simon Stone has established himself as one of the most acclaimed directors in the country. He has achieved critical and commercial success and was selected as one of Australia’s 10 emerging leaders in culture by the Weekend Australian.

Simon was the founder of The Hayloft Project and his work for that company has been nominated for over 20 Green Room Awards. Simon was then appointed resident director at Belvoir where he directed shows including Wild Duck, Death of a Salesman and Neighbourhood Watch. He has also directed Baal and Face to Face for Sydney Theatre Company.

Justin’s background as one of Australia’s best theatrical designers informs his strong visual storytelling as a director. Justin graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts directing course where he was awarded the Most Outstanding Postgraduate Student. His work spans feature film, short film, music clips and commercials, all of which have achieved international success.

Justin’s first feature film Snowtown premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in 2011, winning the Audience Award. It has been released in the US, UK and most European countries, screening in over 15 international festivals including Toronto and International Critics Week in Cannes in 2012, being awarded Special Distinction of the President.

Sandy George presents films on SBS One and is long-time correspondent for the London-based industry trade magazine Screen International and the online news feed www.screendaily.com.

She regularly writes for www.SBS.com.au/film and contributes to a range of other websites and publications. She has been editor of Australian trade magazine Encore and film writer for the daily newspaper the Australian. She regularly chairs panel discussions and master classes, and lectures on pitching, screen culture and the business of film.