Former Sky Exec Kylie Munnich Named Goalpost Pictures CEO
The Invisible Man, Five Blind Dates and Black Snow producer Goalpost Pictures has named film and TV industry veteran Kylie Munnich as its CEO. The Sydney-based producer will welcome her on November 1. The former Sky Studios and Sonar Entertainment exec is leaving a role as head of Screen Queensland, a post she held for three years, overseeing the state’s biggest ever spike in production against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, she was a Scripted Sales and Co-Production Executive for Seven Studios and Senior Vice President for Distribution, Asia Pacific for Sonar Entertainment. Before that, she’d worked in the UK as Director of Drama and Comedy for Sky Vision (now Sky Studios) and worked on in-house scripted commissions for Sky. She also held senior roles for Sony Pictures Television. Goalpost is currently in in post-production on Stan and...
The Invisible Man, Five Blind Dates and Black Snow producer Goalpost Pictures has named film and TV industry veteran Kylie Munnich as its CEO. The Sydney-based producer will welcome her on November 1. The former Sky Studios and Sonar Entertainment exec is leaving a role as head of Screen Queensland, a post she held for three years, overseeing the state’s biggest ever spike in production against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, she was a Scripted Sales and Co-Production Executive for Seven Studios and Senior Vice President for Distribution, Asia Pacific for Sonar Entertainment. Before that, she’d worked in the UK as Director of Drama and Comedy for Sky Vision (now Sky Studios) and worked on in-house scripted commissions for Sky. She also held senior roles for Sony Pictures Television. Goalpost is currently in in post-production on Stan and...
- 9/26/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
American Black Film Festival (ABFF) wrapped its 24th annual celebration with The Best Of The ABFF Awards. Taking place virtually and via the newly launched ABFF Play platform, the award ceremony was hosted by Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker with a simulcast on IMDb.
Presenters included Oscar nominated director Lee Daniels, Laz Alonso (The Boys), Bevy Smith (Bevelations), Logan Browning (Dear White People), Sinqua Walls (American Soul), La La Anthony (Power) and Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods).
The jury award for Best U.S. Feature went to Curtis, directed and written by Chris Bailey, while Hisonni Johnson was named Best Director for Take Out Girl, and Best Ccreenplay went to Addison Henderson for G.O.D – Givers of Death.
The first annual John Singleton Director Award for Best First Feature for a director of African descent went to Solomon Onita, Jr for Tazmanian Devil, while the Khaled Ridgeway-helmed comedy...
Presenters included Oscar nominated director Lee Daniels, Laz Alonso (The Boys), Bevy Smith (Bevelations), Logan Browning (Dear White People), Sinqua Walls (American Soul), La La Anthony (Power) and Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods).
The jury award for Best U.S. Feature went to Curtis, directed and written by Chris Bailey, while Hisonni Johnson was named Best Director for Take Out Girl, and Best Ccreenplay went to Addison Henderson for G.O.D – Givers of Death.
The first annual John Singleton Director Award for Best First Feature for a director of African descent went to Solomon Onita, Jr for Tazmanian Devil, while the Khaled Ridgeway-helmed comedy...
- 8/31/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
The films will be made by all-female lead creators.
Social networking app Bumble has selected five shorts to fund through its £100,000 Female Film Force (Fff) initiative for 2019.
The programme, which launched last year to ‘encourage women to make the first move, to stand up and tell their stories’, returns in an expanded international format. It has chosen two projects from the UK, and one each from France, Germany and Ireland. Each will receive £20,000 towards production costs.
From the UK are Ma’am by writer-director Joy Wilkinson and Sunita, co-written by Joan Iyiola and Chibundu Onuzo; Claire Byrne represents Ireland with Ascending Grace,...
Social networking app Bumble has selected five shorts to fund through its £100,000 Female Film Force (Fff) initiative for 2019.
The programme, which launched last year to ‘encourage women to make the first move, to stand up and tell their stories’, returns in an expanded international format. It has chosen two projects from the UK, and one each from France, Germany and Ireland. Each will receive £20,000 towards production costs.
From the UK are Ma’am by writer-director Joy Wilkinson and Sunita, co-written by Joan Iyiola and Chibundu Onuzo; Claire Byrne represents Ireland with Ascending Grace,...
- 6/12/2019
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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