Judges
Our WA Screen Culture Award judges are made up of industry professionals in their area and from around Australia and the world. We can't wait to hear what they've got to say about this year's offering and look forward to making the connection between you and them. Here's our judges to date with more to come!
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Nadine Whitney
Film Critic
- Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with budget under $1m
- Achievement in Writing
Dennis Tupicoff
Animator
- Innovation in Animation
Susan Stitt ACS
Director of Photography
- Achievement in Cinematography/Visualisation
Simon Foster
Film Critic & Festival Director
- Narrative Feature Film with budget under $1m
- Innovation in Short Fiilm
- Achievement in Directing
Velinda Wardell ACS
Director of Photography
- Achievement in Cinematography or Visualisation award
Mark Spratt
Distributor
- Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with Budget of $1m
- Innovation in Documentary/Non-Fiction
Shannon Biviano
Production Designer
- Achivement in Production Design (incl. costume, set design, hair and makeup etc)
Melanie Ansley
Writer/Producer
- Innovation in Short Film
Oleksandr Zemlyanyy
Director of Photography
- Achievement in Cinematography or Visualisation
Anna Broinowski
Filmmaker, author and synthetic media researcher
- Innovation in Feature Documentary/non Fiction
Steve Bisley
Actor, Writer
- Achievement in Performance (Under 18)
- Achievement in Performance
- Achievement in Writing
Donna McRae
Director, academic
- Innovation in Feature Film (Over $1m)
Veronika Jenet
Editor
- Achievement in Editing
Platon Theodoris
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
- Innovation in Feature Film under $1m
- Achievement in Production Design
Kai Smythe
Producer, Director, Animator, Production Designer
- Innovation in Short Film
- Innovation in Animation
Maize Wallin
Composer, sound designer, audio programmer for games.
- Innovation in Game Design
Prof. Kenneth Lampl
Professor of Music, ANU
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music
Peter George
Head of Film & Television, JMC Academy Melbourne
- Innovation in Student Film
- innovation in Webseries or Online Content
Benjamin Speed
Composer
- Achievement in Original Music