Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson. (Photo: Mia Forrest)
Co-founders Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson have taken Ludo Studio from humble beginnings to a multi-Emmy Award winning powerhouse, with credits that include Bluey, Doodles, #7DaysLater, The Strange Chores, Robbie Hood and Content. The Brisbane-based duo explain to If how they met and how their working relationship developed.
Charlie Aspinwall
I’d recently moved to Brisbane from the UK, and was post-supervisor on The Strange Calls which Daley was writing and directing. Que Minh Luu was the editor and the three of us spent a lot of time hanging out in a small dark room (or Sizzler) talking rubbish about movies. It was the most fun I’d had at work in years.
When production finished Que went back to Sydney and Daley and I were left wondering what to do next. This was around 2012 and at that time there wasn’t...
Co-founders Charlie Aspinwall and Daley Pearson have taken Ludo Studio from humble beginnings to a multi-Emmy Award winning powerhouse, with credits that include Bluey, Doodles, #7DaysLater, The Strange Chores, Robbie Hood and Content. The Brisbane-based duo explain to If how they met and how their working relationship developed.
Charlie Aspinwall
I’d recently moved to Brisbane from the UK, and was post-supervisor on The Strange Calls which Daley was writing and directing. Que Minh Luu was the editor and the three of us spent a lot of time hanging out in a small dark room (or Sizzler) talking rubbish about movies. It was the most fun I’d had at work in years.
When production finished Que went back to Sydney and Daley and I were left wondering what to do next. This was around 2012 and at that time there wasn’t...
- 8/25/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Gary Conway.
One of Australia’s most respected and prolific TV directors who started his career at Crawford Productions in the 1960s, Gary Conway died on Friday in a hospice in Melbourne, aged 73.
Conway directed nearly 800 episodes of Neigbours, beginning in 1988, and worked on the Fremantle show until late last year when he was forced to stop after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
“Gary was a great mate to me and to many, many others,” his friend and long-time colleague, composer Garry (Sam) Hardman tells If.
“Gary started at Crawford’s a couple of years before I did. I met him when I started with the company in 1965. There were 45 people on staff back then and Gary was the company’s art department.
“He would make up the credit cards for Homicide and Hunter as well as the ‘fake signs” for filming that could turn an ordinary office building into a federal bank.
One of Australia’s most respected and prolific TV directors who started his career at Crawford Productions in the 1960s, Gary Conway died on Friday in a hospice in Melbourne, aged 73.
Conway directed nearly 800 episodes of Neigbours, beginning in 1988, and worked on the Fremantle show until late last year when he was forced to stop after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
“Gary was a great mate to me and to many, many others,” his friend and long-time colleague, composer Garry (Sam) Hardman tells If.
“Gary started at Crawford’s a couple of years before I did. I met him when I started with the company in 1965. There were 45 people on staff back then and Gary was the company’s art department.
“He would make up the credit cards for Homicide and Hunter as well as the ‘fake signs” for filming that could turn an ordinary office building into a federal bank.
- 11/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Screen Queensland has appointed former Screen Australia executive Christopher Sharp as director of development.
Formery development executive, features and professional development. at Scroz,. Sharp takes over from Jock Blair, who retired last month after 11 years with the state agency.
Sharp has been working in sales and acquisitions with New York-based FilmNation as part of a professional placement under Screen Australia.s talent escalator program. At Screen Australia he oversaw the development of. more than 70 features, entailing story development on each project and nurturing new and emerging talent. He has also worked as a script consultant for UK Film Council, Working Title, Ealing Studios, Eon and Celador and and as a development executive at Material Entertainment, a co-venture between New Line Cinema and Entertainment Film Distributors. .Christopher has a well-honed appreciation for Australian stories and an in-depth knowledge of the national and international market and we look forward to working with...
Formery development executive, features and professional development. at Scroz,. Sharp takes over from Jock Blair, who retired last month after 11 years with the state agency.
Sharp has been working in sales and acquisitions with New York-based FilmNation as part of a professional placement under Screen Australia.s talent escalator program. At Screen Australia he oversaw the development of. more than 70 features, entailing story development on each project and nurturing new and emerging talent. He has also worked as a script consultant for UK Film Council, Working Title, Ealing Studios, Eon and Celador and and as a development executive at Material Entertainment, a co-venture between New Line Cinema and Entertainment Film Distributors. .Christopher has a well-honed appreciation for Australian stories and an in-depth knowledge of the national and international market and we look forward to working with...
- 9/4/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
As Jock Blair reflects on a 55-year career as a writer, producer and production and development executive, he identifies the two biggest changes he.s witnessed in the screen industry.
One relates to money, the other to creativity.
.It.s incredibly difficult to finance production,. says Blair, who retired last week after 11 years as director . development at Screen Queensland.
.Television drama is now very conservative as networks are playing it safe,. he tells If. .In the 1980s things were pretty wild and you could produce things you can.t do now. As an industry we seem to have lost our edge creatively..
Blair initially joined Sq.s predecessor, the Pacific Film and Television Commission, for six months to help out in development but he liked the role so much he stayed.
He is proud to have helped the careers of multiple creative types and companies including Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield...
One relates to money, the other to creativity.
.It.s incredibly difficult to finance production,. says Blair, who retired last week after 11 years as director . development at Screen Queensland.
.Television drama is now very conservative as networks are playing it safe,. he tells If. .In the 1980s things were pretty wild and you could produce things you can.t do now. As an industry we seem to have lost our edge creatively..
Blair initially joined Sq.s predecessor, the Pacific Film and Television Commission, for six months to help out in development but he liked the role so much he stayed.
He is proud to have helped the careers of multiple creative types and companies including Tracey Robertson and Nathan Mayfield...
- 8/5/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Queensland has appointed Jo Dillon, formerly a development executive at Screen Australia, in the new role of head of development and production.
This co-incides with the retirement of director-development Jock Blair after a career spanning more than 40 years, and the departure of production investment and business development executive Catherine Nebauer.
Nebauer is leaving mid-August to become general manager of ZooMoo, billed as the world.s first kids channel dedicated to animals, launched by David Haslingden.s Beach House Pictures and Nhnz.
Dillon starts at Screen Queensland on August 25 and Blair steps down on August 1.
.As Screen Queensland continues to work with industry to grow a healthy and sustainable industry, Jo.s experience with creative and thoughtful leadership will provide exactly what the industry is asking for,. said CEO Tracey Vieira.
Vieira tells If that Dillon is a new addition to the executive ranks and she will hire replacements for Blair and Nebauer.
This co-incides with the retirement of director-development Jock Blair after a career spanning more than 40 years, and the departure of production investment and business development executive Catherine Nebauer.
Nebauer is leaving mid-August to become general manager of ZooMoo, billed as the world.s first kids channel dedicated to animals, launched by David Haslingden.s Beach House Pictures and Nhnz.
Dillon starts at Screen Queensland on August 25 and Blair steps down on August 1.
.As Screen Queensland continues to work with industry to grow a healthy and sustainable industry, Jo.s experience with creative and thoughtful leadership will provide exactly what the industry is asking for,. said CEO Tracey Vieira.
Vieira tells If that Dillon is a new addition to the executive ranks and she will hire replacements for Blair and Nebauer.
- 7/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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