Ross Grayson Bell stands behind a chair, hands rested on the high point of its iron frame. He is slight and compact, with a powerful smile. Dressed in mauve and purple, with clipped silver-brown stubble, his look is casual but cool. The most exciting thing about Fight Club, he says, is the scene in the […]
Award-Winning OUT IN THE LINE UP, Opens Brisbane Queer Film Festival
I worked as a script consultant on the independent documentary, OUT IN THE LINE UP, about homophobia in surfing, which opened the Brisbane Queer Film Festival in style last night and has gone on to win; Best Action Sports Film at Newport Beach Film Festival, Best Surf Film at both the Byron Bay International Film […]
2013 National Screenwriters Conference
I once again joined the National Screenwriters’ Conference, held for a second time on Victoria’s spectacular Mornington Peninsula, as a mentor in the micro-mentorship program. Run by the Australian Writers’ Guild, the conference provides an inspiring forum for emerging and established screenwriters to meet and discuss current trends in the industry. This year’s guest speakers […]
Screen Tasmania – Script Consultant
Returned to work with Screen Tasmania as a script consultant on Daniel Weavell’s script, A GLITCH IN THE SYSTEM. I met Daniel when I was in Hobart last year and had the opportunity to mentor him in a one-on-one session. The consultancy consisted of fortnightly Skype calls, pages of notes, numerous treatments and even more […]
Gold Coast Film Festival – Mentoring
Along side Seph McKenna, Head of Australian Production and Acquisition for Roadshow Films and Richard Sheffield, Head of Film Acquisitions for domestic distributor Pinnacle Films, I took part in a series of mentoring sessions with Queensland filmmakers whose films screened as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival’s Queensland Showcase: • producer/director team of Ben and […]
Screen Tasmania – Mentoring
Following on from last night’s seminar on High Concept films for Screen Tasmania, I had three mentoring sessions today with the next wave of talented, local filmmakers. Selected by Screen Tasmania’s Development Manager, Even Maloney I gave career advice to the filmmaking teams of: • Rebecca Thomson (writer/director) and Rogan Brown (producer) who are turning […]
Screen Queensland – Writers’ Room (2011)
Queensland writers share in $160,000 to develop scripts as Screen Queensland’s Writers’ Room Program returns for a second year. I also returned to mentor the five successful applicants in this year’s program: Duncan Kennedy (HELL’S ISLAND), Andrew Macdonald (GOLDEN), Jacqueline Cook (ESCAPE FROM HOLZMINDEN) and writing team Candice Deere and Mark Deere (LET’S SING: THERE’S […]
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival – Accelerator Program
Joined award-winning director, Samantha Lang, as a mentor in Melbourne International Film Festival’s Accelerator Program. The program provides four days of workshops, screenings, seminars and networking events on the business and creative aspects of the film industry for short film.
2011 National Screenwriters Conference
As a proud member of the Australian Writers Guild, I took part in their biennial National Screenwriters Conference held on Victoria’s beautiful Mornington Peninsular as a mentor in their micro-mentorship program. The conference brings together writers from around the country and around the world to share ideas in a series of panel discussions, master-classes, micro-mentorships […]
Screen Queensland – Writers’ Room (2010)
I had the great honour of being invited to consult with participants of Screen Queensland’s innovative, script development program, Writers’ Room. Five Queensland writers, (Steve Pratt, Brooke Wilson, Matthew Ryan, Timothy Wade and James Greville), picked from over 100 applications, in a one-of-its-kind program, received $40,000 funding for one year to build their writing skills, […]