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The campus includes: a full-size 5.1 sound theatre (seats 126), state-of-the-art mix theatre, two large professional film and television studios, film studios, state-of-the-art sound recording studios, and a host of other facilities and equipment.
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showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate
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champion, along with Google Creative Technologist Mathew Tizard and AFTRS Head of Documentary Rachel Landers, sat on the jury for the inaugural
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Admission into AFTRS degree courses is competitive and based on merit selection. Places are limited. As of 2024 offerings include:
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Master of Arts Screen, Master of Arts Screen: Business and Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting
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The entire list of AFTRS graduates by year, from 1973 to now, can be viewed on the School's website.
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was appointed Foundation Director of the School. After six years in the role, he was awarded the
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Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.
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Established in 1972 as the Australian Film and Television School, as part of the
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with its Council responsible to the Minister for the Arts, representing the
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is chair of the council, while the CEO is the screenwriter Nell Greenwood.
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Andrew Lesnie: Best Achievement in Cinematography,'The Lord of the Rings'
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Undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production (full-time)
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Dion Beebe: Best Achievement in Cinematography,'Memoirs of a Geisha'
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Graduate Diploma in Radio and Podcasting (full-time or part-time)
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For many years AFTRS was located in purpose-built premises at
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helped to create funding agencies to support the film school.
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ARTS8 Australia's national elite arts training organisations
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As of 2024, four AFTRS student films had been NOMINATED for
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Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
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Five AFTRS alumni were NOMINATED for the Academy Awards®:
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Tony McNamara: Best Original Screenplay, 'The Favourite'
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Dion Beebe: Best Achievement in Cinematography,'Chicago'
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three members appointed from convocation by the Council;
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Master of Arts Screen: Business (full-time or part-time)
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Margaret Sixel: Best Film Editing, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
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David White: Best Sound Editing, 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
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Six AFTRS Alumni are winners of the Academy Awards®:
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Jane Campion: Best Director, 'The Power of the Dog'
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Undergraduates
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Sydney
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statutory authority
Commonwealth Government
Gillian Armstrong
Phillip Noyce
Chris Noonan
Jerzy Toeplitz
Order of Australia
Longford Lyell Award
Gough Whitlam
North Ryde
Fox Studios
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Federal Parliament
Governor-General of Australia
chief executive officer
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ARTS8
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Adelaide Film Festival
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