The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) are proud to present a unique evening featuring celebrated Australian film directors Jocelyn...

Directing ‘The Dressmaker’. AACTA Presents: In Conversation with Jocelyn Moorhouse

Location:

Event Cinemas
2000 NSW
Australia

Directing ‘The Dressmaker’. AACTA Presents: Jocelyn Moorhouse In Conversation with Gillian Armstrong and Margaret Pomeranz

Featuring

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Writer & Director

Jocelyn was born in Melbourne and graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1984. She wrote and directed for numerous television shows prior to writing and directing her feature film debut Proof, which starred Hugo Weaving and Russell Crowe. Proof had its world premiere in Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991.

The film screened at numerous international film festivals, winning many awards including the Sutherland Trophy by the British Film Institute, Critic’s Choice Award at Sao Paulo International Film Festival and Bronze Award at Tokyo International Film Festival.

In 1994 Jocelyn moved to Los Angeles to direct How To Make An America Quilt (1995) which starred Winona Ryder and Anne Bancroft and A Thousand Acres (1997) which starred Michele Pfeiffer, Jessica Lang and Colin Firth.

She works closely with her husband PJ Hogan and was producer on his films Muriel's Wedding, Unconditional Love, Peter Pan and Mental.

Jocelyn directed her first play, Sex With Strangers by Laura Eason, at the Sydney Theatre Company in August 2012.  

Her latest film The Dressmaker was adapted from Rosalie Ham’s novel and stars Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Hugh Weaving and Liam Hemsworth.    

Event Details

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) are proud to present a unique evening featuring celebrated Australian film directors Jocelyn Moorhouse (The Dressmaker, Proof), and Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Oscar and Lucinda), together on stage with film critic Margaret Pomeranz.
 
With a career spanning more than 30 years in Australia and the United States, writer-producer-director Jocelyn Moorhouse has worked with some of the most celebrated names in film including, Kate Winslet, Colin Firth, Hugo Weaving and Winona Ryder.
 
Moorhouse’s most recent film, The Dressmaker, received five AACTA Awards, including the AACTA People's Choice Award for Favourite Australian Film, and quickly became one of the most successful films of all time at the Australian box office.
 
Moorhouse also directed Proof, marking one of Hugo Weaving’s early starring roles, and produced Muriel's Wedding, drawing international attention to the talents of Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths.
 
Internationally, Moorhouse has directed some of the world’s best-known performers, including Anne Bancroft and Winona Ryder in How to Make An American Quilt, and Michelle Pfeiffer and Colin Firth in A THOUSAND ACRES.
 
Topics to be discussed include:
 
  • Is modern filmmaking business or art?
  • From page to script to screen – adapting books for film
  • The importance of social media in promoting Australian films
  • How to secure and work with an all-star cast
 
Don’t miss the chance to be part of this unique event. This event is open to all, and forms a keynote presentation within AFI | AACTA’s year-round member events program, connecting cast and crew with audiences and fans at more than 80 complimentary masterclasses, events and screenings throughout the year. 
 
For more information and to become an AFI | AACTA member today, please visit: aacta.org.
 
 
 
 
 

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