The production company behind the ABC series Rake and a new film starring Tom Hanks has been named Independent Producer of the Year at the 2012 Screen Producers Association of Australia awards in Melbourne over night.
The Awards were presented at a gala event during the Spaa Conference, currently being held at Docklands in Melbourne.
Essential Media and Entertainment had a strong year in 2012, not only delivering a second series of Rake but also producing two Jack Irish tele-movies starring Guy Pearce and securing Hanks and Emma Thompson to star in Saving Mr Banks, about the Australian author of Mary Poppins.
Essential Media’s CEO Chris Hilton said of the win: “It’s a great honour to be receiving this prestigious industry award. We would like to thank all our production partners, the writers, actor, directors and fantastic crews who have contributed to this success.”
Spaa executive director Geoff Brown said:...
The Awards were presented at a gala event during the Spaa Conference, currently being held at Docklands in Melbourne.
Essential Media and Entertainment had a strong year in 2012, not only delivering a second series of Rake but also producing two Jack Irish tele-movies starring Guy Pearce and securing Hanks and Emma Thompson to star in Saving Mr Banks, about the Australian author of Mary Poppins.
Essential Media’s CEO Chris Hilton said of the win: “It’s a great honour to be receiving this prestigious industry award. We would like to thank all our production partners, the writers, actor, directors and fantastic crews who have contributed to this success.”
Spaa executive director Geoff Brown said:...
- 11/15/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
An Australian production company has partnered with a north American counter-part that covers both USA and Canada.
The pairing of Sydney-based Essential Media and Entertainment with La and Toronto-based 11 Television aims to widen the footprint across a large portion of the English speaking television landscape.
The new company will become Essential 11 Media Group and be headed up by CEO Chris Hilton, CEO and founding partner of Essential Media and Entertainment.
Hilton said: “There are great synergies to be had in developing hit formats across the group with simultaneous access to broadcasters in three English speaking territories. This is why we’ve invested in this partnership with 11 Television, which is helmed by industry leaders and veteran executive producers Kevin Healey and Jesse Fawcett.”
Healey is chief creative officer and Ep of 11 Television with Fawcett chief operating officer and Ep.
Essential Media and Entertainment has Rake 2, Gourmet Farmer and the forthcoming Guy Pearce...
The pairing of Sydney-based Essential Media and Entertainment with La and Toronto-based 11 Television aims to widen the footprint across a large portion of the English speaking television landscape.
The new company will become Essential 11 Media Group and be headed up by CEO Chris Hilton, CEO and founding partner of Essential Media and Entertainment.
Hilton said: “There are great synergies to be had in developing hit formats across the group with simultaneous access to broadcasters in three English speaking territories. This is why we’ve invested in this partnership with 11 Television, which is helmed by industry leaders and veteran executive producers Kevin Healey and Jesse Fawcett.”
Healey is chief creative officer and Ep of 11 Television with Fawcett chief operating officer and Ep.
Essential Media and Entertainment has Rake 2, Gourmet Farmer and the forthcoming Guy Pearce...
- 6/8/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Screen Australia has appealed a decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal that television series Lush House is a documentary. The Aat decision, if it stands, would result in the series being eligible to claim the 20% producer offset.
Lush House, an Essential Media and Entertainment program had previously been determined by Screen Australia to be infotainment, not documentary, discounting it from offset eligibility.
For the purposes of the Producer Offset, what is, and isn’t a documentary is significant for the screen production sector and for Screen Australia as the film authority under the Tax Act.
Screen Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Ruth Harley, said: “This is the first case concerning the definition of documentary and we believe it is important to differentiate between documentary and lifestyle/infotainment programming. For this reason it is necessary to appeal the Aat decision.”
Said Chris Hilton, CEO of Essential Media and Entertainment, “The reason...
Lush House, an Essential Media and Entertainment program had previously been determined by Screen Australia to be infotainment, not documentary, discounting it from offset eligibility.
For the purposes of the Producer Offset, what is, and isn’t a documentary is significant for the screen production sector and for Screen Australia as the film authority under the Tax Act.
Screen Australia’s Chief Executive Officer, Ruth Harley, said: “This is the first case concerning the definition of documentary and we believe it is important to differentiate between documentary and lifestyle/infotainment programming. For this reason it is necessary to appeal the Aat decision.”
Said Chris Hilton, CEO of Essential Media and Entertainment, “The reason...
- 7/25/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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