Australian Film Institute International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

The Australian Film Institute International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking was a special award presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) "in recognition of any area of achievement (excluding performance) by an Australian in films produced internationally, recognising the contribution of Australian film and television industry practitioners worldwide."[1] It was handed out at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards), which are now the AACTA Awards after the establishment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), by the AFI.[2] The award was presented in 2001 as a special achievement award before it was made into a competitive award in 2006, but from 2007-2009 it was only handed out as a career based award "acknowledging the continued contribution of an Australian practitioner to international productions", and not for a particular film.[1][3]

International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
AACTA Award
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Film Institute (AFI)
First awarded2005
Last awarded2009
Websitehttp://www.aacta.org

Winners

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In the following table, in 2006 winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees; in 2005, and from 2007-2009, the award was presented as a special award and those winners will be marked in a different colour. The third column lists the country that the film was made for, from 2005-2007.[4]

Year Recipient(s) Film Country Craft
2005
(47th)
Roger Savage House of Flying Daggers   China
  Hong Kong
Sound
2006
(48th)
Dion Beebe Memoirs of a Geisha   Japan
  United States
Cinematography
2006
(48th)
Donald McAlpine The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe   United Kingdom Cinematography
2006
(48th)
Roger Ford The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe   United Kingdom Production design
2006
(48th)
Roger Donaldson The World's Fastest Indian   New Zealand Production, direction and screenplay
2007
(49th)
Jill Bilcock Editing
2008
(50th)
Peter James Cinematography
2009
(51st)
Nathan McGuinness Senior visual effects supervisor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AFI Special Achievement Award Winners" (PDF). Australian Film Institute (AFI). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ^ "AACTA - The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 15 December 2011.[dead link]
  3. ^ "AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2006". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  4. ^ Winners and nominees by year:
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
      Winner of competitive award
      Winner of special award
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