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Australian Film Television and Radio School

Australia’s finest film and television school draws applicants from far and wide with its picturesque Sydney campus and many lecturers with deep ties to the Australian screen industry. Notable alumni include The Power of the Dog Oscar winner Jane Campion and Poor Things screenwriter Tony McNamara and a long list of accomplished craftspeople like Margaret Sixel (editing on Mad Max: Fury Road), David White (sound editing for Mad Max: Fury Road) and Andrew Lesnie (cinematography for The Lord of the Rings). In July, Aftrs also tapped Peter Noble, a local industry veteran of Indigenous background, to serve as director of the school’s First Nations and Outreach program, which develops training pathways for emerging and experienced industry practitioners from Australia’s culturally and racially marginalized groups.

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Journalist and producer Jodan Perry has been appointed head of digital at Nitv.

A proud Worimi and Wiradjuri man, Perry moves into this role from his current position as executive producer in Nitv’s Indigenous news and current affairs team.

He previously worked at Nitv as its Queensland correspondent and has also held roles in sports reporting for the ABC, Nine, and Sky News.

In his new role, Perry will be managing all of Nitv’s digital delivery including the Nitv website, social media, and video output on Sbs On Demand.

He said he was looking forward to continuing the evolution of the channel’s digital content and strategy.

“We have a really engaged and responsive digital audience at Nitv, and it’s an exciting time for the channel, and for coverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues,” he said.

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Nitv has appointed Peter Noble as general manager to oversee day-to-day operations.

Noble, a proud Girramay and Bandjin man, joins Nitv with more than 20 years’ experience in the media industry, including roles at the Seven Network, Red Bull, and Network Ten. He also spent more than five years at The Walt Disney Company where he was director of brand, creative and production, and helped to launch Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand.

His new role spans Nitv commissions, internal productions, acquisitions, sport and news programming, as well as supporting Sbs director of Indigenous content, Tanya Denning-Orman.

Noble said Nitv played a “truly special and essential” role in the Australian media.

“I’m excited to be coming on board to work with Tanya, and the Nitv team, to support them in delivering such important content and services for First Nations communities, and increasingly, all Australians,” he said.

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The Bentley-driving, cigar-smoking proprietor is credited with transforming film trade journalism.

Tributes have poured in for Peter King, the groundbreaking former publisher of Screen International from 1975 to 1989, who died last week at the age of 90.

The Bentley-driving, cigar-smoking proprietor is credited with transforming film trade journalism, overseeing the publication of the first ever film trade dailies at the Cannes film festival in the late 1970s.

Journalists who worked with him spoke of his elegance, his business acumen and his love of good living.

“King was an immaculate man in every way,” said Tina McFarling, BFI media advisor, corporate, partnerships and industry,...