ADG announces new General Manager
The Australian Director’s Guild announce today that Kingston Anderson will become the new General Manager as of Monday 19 September.
Having worked in the screen industry for over 15 years, Anderson has worked both in management and production.
His production credits include Aftershock (SBS drama), A Frontier Conversation (NITV documentary), Taxi School (SBS documentary) and Kulka (NITV documentary) as well as work in the theatre for Belvoir St Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company among others.
Anderson said in a statement, “I am very excited to be working for the screen directors of Australia. The ADG is vital in supporting and promoting Australian directors in all forms of screen directing. With screen content now being delivered across a range of platforms, it is increasingly important to ensure that directors receive appropriate recognition and remuneration for their creative work. The excellent work of Australian directors has long been recognised worldwide and the ADG needs to reflect this by becoming a strong, pro-active voice in the Australian screen industry.”
One of Anderson’s first duties will be overseeing the ADG’s 30th Anniversary Awards in 2012.
In a managerial role, Anderson was most recently NSW Chapter head of the Screen Producers Association of Australia. He was also formerly the Manager of the Production Liaison Unit at the NSW Film and Television Office. Prior to that he held management and board positions on; the board of directors of the Seymour Theatre Company, the Ausfilm board of Directors and the Association of Film Commissions International and was Artistic Director of the Australian National Playwright’s Centre.
For the 30th, ADG could formalise support for the only Australian to be made Life member of DGA? Granted all his films were made overseas, but so he was an early globalist? The man is there for the adopting: just do it.
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