Redesign My Brain wins best TV documentary as The Great Gatsby cleans up at the AACTAs
Sampson in Redesign My Brain
The Australian Academy of Cinema Television and Arts (AACTA) named Redesign My Brain with Todd Sampson the best TV documentary series of the year as The Great Gatsby won prizes in seven categories in the first part of its annual awards.
Baz Luhrman’s Gatsby swept aside all competition in film winning each of the six awards for which it was nominated in, with another seven, including best film, to be announced at the gala event on Thursday to be broadcast on Channel Ten.
During an awards lunch at The Star event centre in Sydney this afternoon Sampson joined Mindful Media’s Paul Scott and Isabel Perez on stage as they were presented with the award for the three part series on ABC1.
Having “risked his life” for the program in which the Leo Burnett Sydney CEO was tied with chains and thrown into a swimming pool to perform a Houdini escape, Sampson said: “We set out to make a film that could prove that anyone could make the brain better and it was a privilege to go on that journey and tell that story so winning this award has made risking my life a bit better.”
The Great Gatsby’s gongs today included AACTA’s for outstanding achievement in visual effects, best cinematography, best production design, best costume design, best sound in film, best original music score, and best editing for Jonathan Redmond and Justin Ballantine.
Hosting the first set of awards at The Star Patrick Brammall, who won the AACTA last year for his role as Sean Moody in A Moody Christmas, coined a new phrase and dictionary definition for Luhrman’s name “Baz” saying at the end of the awards that The Great Gatsby had been “Bazzing the shit out of it”.
In television ABC documentary Desert War win best sound in a documentary and best editing in a documentary, best editing for a TV show went to Ben Lester and Mark Atkin for episode three of Mrs Biggs, a co-production between the Seven network in Australia and the UK.
The prize for best cinematography in television went to Top of the Lake cinematographer Adam Arkapaw. The Foxtel/UKTV production’s episode five also won the price for best Sound in TV, while best cinematography in a documentary went to Nick Robinson and Luke Peterson for ABC1’s Kakadu, episode four.
The ABC series Redfern Now’s episode three, Babe in Arms, won an award for best original music score in television created by Anthony Partos. And ABC1’s Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries series two episode one was given the prize for best costume design in television.
And ABC3 animation Peleda won Nathan Jurevicius the best production design in TV prize for episode three.
The Last Time I saw Richard, by John Molloy and Nicholas Verso was named best short fiction fim, and A Cautionary Tail, by Pauline Piper and Simon Rippingale, was name best short animation.
Tim Bartley and Jo Siddiqui picked up the award for best direction in a television light entertainment or reality series for the Nine network’s Hamish and Andy’s Gap Year Asia.
Warwick Ross and David Roach won best direction in a documentary for the film Red Obsession.
Well deserved Todd, an awesome program.
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