Glendyn Ivin is one of Australia’s leading directors in television, film and commercials. He was recently listed in The Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australian televisions ‘Most Powerful and Influential’.
Glendyn came to attention with the short film CRACKER BAG, winning the Palme d’Or in 2003 at the Cannes Film Festival. Glendyn’s first feature film, LAST RIDE, starred Hugo Weaving and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and won Best New Director at The Abu Dhabi Film Festival and the Jury Prize at the Rome International Film Festival.
For television, Glendyn’s credits include OFFSPRING (TEN), BEACONSFIELD (Nine), PUBERTY BLUES (Series 1 & 2, TEN) for which Glendyn was set up director, winning the 2012 AACTA award for Best TV Drama Series. Most recently Glendyn directed the World War I drama GALLIPOLI (Nine, 2015) and THE BEAUTIFUL LIE (ABC, 2015) nominated for the 2016 Logie Award for ‘Most Outstanding Drama’.
Glendyn is currently in post production on the Matchbox production ‘Seven Types Of Ambiguity’ to air on the ABC on 2016.
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Screenworks, in partnership with the Australian Directors Guild and Linnaeus Estate Education fund, offered approximately 10 Northern NSW based directors an opportunity to connect with professional screen directors and to receive directing advice on their projects with the aim to assist them improve on their craft as part of a 2-day masterclass workshop.
The professional screen directors, Jennifer Peedom and Glendyn Ivin, were specifically selected to best meet the needs of the participants. Jennifer and Glendyn were joined by Kingston Anderson from the Australian Directors Guild.
