AACTA Awards 2017 Winners

AACTA Awards 2017 Winners

Last night the AACTA Awards handed out their annual awards.

Winners are in bold

Drama Series 
Cleverman
Glitch
Janet King
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Wentworth

Best Telefeature or Mini-series
Blue Murder: Killer Cop
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Sunshine
Wake in Fright

Reality Series
Australian Survivor
Little Big Shots
MasterChef Australia
My Kitchen Rules

Best Light Entertainment Television Series
Australian Ninja Warrior
Gruen
Hard Quiz
Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery

Lifestyle:
Destination Flavour Singapore
Gourmet Farmer
Grand Designs Australia
Selling Houses Australia

Lead Actor in a Television Drama:
David Dencick, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Sean Keenan, Wake in Fright
Richard Roxburgh, Blue Murder: Killer Cop
Hugo Weaving, Seven Types of Ambiguity

Lead Actress in a Television Drama:
Toni Collette, Blue Murder: Killer Cop
Marta Dusseldorp, Janet King
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Pamela Rabe, Wentworth

Best Performance in a Television Comedy:
Daren Gilshenan, No Activity
Debra Lawrance, Please Like Me
Celia Pacquola, Rosehaven
Rob Sitch, Utopia

Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama:
Anthony LaPaglia, Sunshine
Ewan Leslie, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Matt Nable, Blue Murder: Killer Cop
David Wenham, Wake in Fright

Guest or Supporting Actress in a  Television Drama:
Emma Booth, Blue Murder: Killer Cop
Tina Bursill, Doctor Doctor
Andrea Demetriades, Seven Types of Ambiguity
Nicole Kidman, Top of the Lake: China Girl

Announced earlier in the week.

Best Television Comedy Series
No Activity
Rosehaven
True Story With Hamish & Andy
Utopia

Children’s:
Little Lunch
Mustangs FC
Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising
The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill

Best Cinematography in Television:

Blue Murder: Killer Cop, Bruce Young
Seven Types of Ambiguity, Bonnie Elliott
Top of the Lake: China Girl, Germain McMicking
Wake in Fright, Geoffrey Hall

Best Editing in Television:
Blue Murder: Killer Cop, 
Bill Russo
MasterChef Australia, Karen Crespo
Seven Types of Ambiguity, Joe Rodrigo
Utopia, Phil Simon, Santo Cilauro

Music Score in Television:
Blue Murder: Killer Cop, John Gray
Cleverman, Samuel Scott, Conrad Wedde, Lukasz Buda
Top of the Lake: China Girl, Mark Bradshaw
Wake in Fright, Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales

Costume Design in Television:
A Place to Call Home, Lisa Meagher
Blue Murder: Killer Cop, Damir Peranovic
Top of the Lake: China Girl, Emily Seresin
Wake in Fright, Mariot Kerr

Production Design in Television:
A Place to Call Home, Fiona Donovan
Blue Murder: Killer Cop, Murray Picknett
Seven Types of Ambiguity, Jo Ford
Top of the Lake: China Girl Annie Beauchamp

Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy
Cleverman Episode 4 – Muya Leah Purcell
Please Like Me Episode 4 – Degustation Matthew Saville
Seven Types Of Ambiguity Episode 2 – Alex Glendyn Ivin 
Top Of The Lake: China Girl Episode 5 – Who’s Your Daddy? Jane Campion

Best Direction in a Television Light Entertainment, Lifestyle Or Reality Series
Australian Ninja Warrior Episode 1 Gary Deans
Australian Survivor Episode 1 Richard Franc 
Ulia Zemiro’s Home Delivery Episode 1 –Sam Neill Damian Davis
Masterchef Australia Episode 1 Richard Franc

Best Sound in Television
Cleverman Episode 3 –Dark Clouds Tim Chaproniere, Emile De La Ray, Matt Stutter, Paul Brincat, Nigel Scott, Chris Sinclair
Seven Types Of Ambiguity Episode 1 –Joe Stephen Witherow, Justin Lloyd, Ian MacWilliams, Dan Young, Nigel Croyden, Stefan Kluka
Top Of The Lake: China Girl Episode 4 –Birthday Luke Mynott, David Lee, Tony Vaccher
Wake in Fright Episode 1 –Part 1 Stephen Smith, Liam Price, Paul Brincat, Shanti Burn, Tony Murtagh

Best Feature Length Documentary
Casting Jonbenét Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life Jo-Anne McGowan
Deep Water: The Real Story Darren Dale
Whiteley Sue Clothier, James Bogle, Peta Ayres
Zach’s Ceremony Sarah Linton, Alec Doomadgee

Best Documentary Television Program
In My Own Words Darren Dale
Man Up Jennifer Cummins, Danielle Brigham, Jackie Turnure
Servant Or Slave Mitchell Stanley, Michaela Perske, Hetti Perkins
War On Waste Jodi Boylan 

Best Direction in a Documentary
A Sense Of Self Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, Liz Jackson
Casting Jonbenét Kitty Green
Deep Water: The Real Story Amanda Blue
Whiteley James Bogle

Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Blue Jody Muston, Jonshaw
Deep Water: The Real Story Simon Morris
Servant Or Slave Simon Chapman
Tales By Light Episode 3–Life and Death Abraham Joffe

Best Editing in a Documentary
Blue Vanessa Milton
Conviction Terry Carlyon
The Surgery Ship Episode 1–The Power Of Yes & No Orly Danon
Whiteley Lawrie Silvestrin

Best Sound in a Documentary
Blue David White, Cate Cahill, Dan Miau, Sarah Henty
Conviction Ben Banks, Keith Thomas
The Family Keith Thomas, Livia Ruzic, Mark Tarpey
Whiteley Ric Curtin, John Simpson, Lawrie Silvestrin

Best Original Music Score in A Documentary
Blue Ash Gibson Greig
The Family Amanda Brown
Servant Or Slave George Papanicolaou
Whiteley Ash Gibson Greig

Best Visual Effects Or Animation
Deepwater Horizon Jason Billington, James Whitlam, Linda Luong
Doctor Strange Brendan Seals, Steven Swanson, Raphael A. Pimentel, Andrew Zink
Game Of Thrones –The Spoils Of War Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor, Josh Simmonds 
The Lego Batman Movie Rob Coleman, Amber Naismith, Miles Green, Damien Gray, Craig Welsh

Best Hair and Makeup
Blue Murder: Killer Cop Nikki Gooley, Sheldon Wade
Cleverman Katherine Brown, Troy Follington, Simon Joseph 
Hounds Of Love Hayley Atherton, Kate Anderson
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Melissa Chew

Subscription Television Award for Best Female Presenter
Shaynna Blaze Selling Houses Australia
Margaret Pomeranz Stage & Screen 
Yvonne Sampson Fox Sports
Jess Yates Fox Sports

Subscription Television Award for Best Male Presenter
Paul Murray Paul Murray Live
Neil Oliver Coast Australia
David Speers PM Agenda/Speers Tonight 
Andrew Winter Selling Houses Australia

Subscription Television Award for Best Live Event Production
The 7th Annual Cmc Music Awards Duane Hatherly
AFLW Michael Neill, Leigh Carlson
Jeff Horn v Manny Pacquiao Steve Crawley, Matt Weiss, Joe Bromham 
Paul Murray Live On The Road Paul Murray

Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent
Madeleine Clunies-Ross A Place To Call Home
Zahra Newman Wentworth 
Matt Okine The Other Guy
George Pullar A Place To Call Home
Susie Youssef No Activity

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