Broadcasting live from the Sydney Writers Festival, Radio National’s Weekend Report with Melanie Tait, interviewed me and the co-creator of RAKE, Peter Duncan, on the new age of television and whether shows like the SOPRANOS, MAD MEN and BREAKING BAD qre becoming the new novel. To hear the broadcast, click on the link below.
Inside Film – Adaptations: Now a Major Motion Picture (Interviewed byAnthony Fordham)
The number of Australian film projects that are adaptations – that is, based on an existing novel, short story, stage play, musical or some other creative work – is declining, according to Screen Australia. Only 38 of the 200 Australian films produced between 1999 and 2008 were adaptations – compare that 19 per cent figure […]
ABBA: BANG A BOOMERANG – Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 8:30 pm on ABC 1
I had the great fortune to meet ABBA when they toured Australia in 1997. Tonight I got to relive that moment (along with the rest of the nation) in an interview I gave as part of Matti Croker and Rebecca McElroy’s sensational documentary on Australia’s enduring love affair with the Swedish supergroup and how it […]
Good Game ABC2 – Storytelling for Games (TV Interview)
I recently was interviewed for ABC2‘s, GoodGame, about the growth of storytelling in games. The piece focused on the evolution of writing for games, the increasing important role narrative plays in a player-driven experience and the challenges for writers in integrating story with game mechanics. My colleague at AFTRS, Mike Jones, also shares his wisdom […]
Inside Film – Adapt or Die: Why Screen Adaptations Work (Interviewed by Sam Dallas)
While adaptations are popular in Hollywood – with franchises such as Harry Potter and The Twilight Saga constantly taking huge box office dollars – they aren’t so common in Australia. According to Matthew Hancock’s Mitigating Risk research paper (published in 2010 through AFTRS’ Centre for Screen Business), of the 200 Australian dramas released between 1999 […]
ABC Coast FM – Mornings with Nicole Dyer
I was interviewed this morning on Nicole’s radio show about appearing at the Gold Coast Film Festival Panel on Australian filmmaking and distribution with Seph McKenna (Australian Acquisitions, Production and Distribution Manager – Roadshow Films), Chris Brown (Producer – DAYBREAKERS, THE PROPOSITION) and Jonathan Page (Distributor – Bonsai Films).
The Northern Star – Aussie Films in the Frame (Scott Harlum)
BUDDING North Coast film-makers and screen writers were treated to advice from an expert in Lismore this week. Ross Grayson Bell, the Australian born producer of the critically acclaimed film FIGHT CLUB, which starred Bad Pitt, was in town to address a seminar arranged by the organisers of the Queer Fruits Film Festival. Back in […]
Scene Magazine – Producer Interview (Majella McMahon)
In the build up to screening a 35mm print of FIGHT CLUB for the Gold Coast Film Festival next week, I was interview by Majella McMahon for Screen Magazine. Describe Fight Club in five words? You are not your fears. What was your role and did it change your career? The movie exists because of […]
Tweed Coast Weekly – FIGHT CLUB Producer to Speak at Flashback
Everyone knows that the first rule of Fight Club is not to talk about Fight Club. Fortunately for us, the film’s Australian producer, Ross Grayson Bell, has decided to break this rule. Grayson Bell will attend and participate in a Q&A session following a one-off special screening of Fight Club on 35mm print on Thursday, […]
Northern Star – Producer Fights for Aussie Films (Rebecca Lollback)
THE producer of one of Hollywood’s most ground-breaking movies, FIGHT CLUB, will be in Lismore next month in an effort to boost the Australian film industry. Australian-born Ross Grayson Bell has more than 20 years experience in Los Angeles and London, working with famous identities such as Winona Ryder, Jamie Foxx and Lawrence Bender. FIGHT […]