Ben Apfelbaum

AACTA INDUSTRY AWARDS LUNCHEON 2019

Like the Oscars AACTA decided to split its award ceremonies in two  with the Industry Awards being held a couple of days before the front of camera awards. Nevertheless the behind the scenes awards were supported by well known stars in appreciation for the work that they did.

The big winner was ‘Lambs Of God’ which received a record number of nominations and won seven awards.

Musical Director Bryony Marks won two awards for her work on ‘Lambs Of God’ as well as 2040.

Children’s television is a fiercely contested area at the luncheon however it was a forgone conclusion that the smash hit Bluey helmed by Charlie Aspinwall, Joe Brumm, Daley Pearson and Sam Moor would be the winner having secured  deals with Disney and the BBC, the later marketing it worldwide.

The best visual effects and animation award was won by the Australian team of Janek Sirrs, Cyndi Ochs, Brendan Seals, Andrew Zink, for their work with the Marvel franchise and especially for ‘Spiderman: Far From Home’.

There was a front of camera award for Best Supporting Actress award, Magnolia Maymuru.

Featured image: Deborah Hutton. All pics by Ben Apfelbaum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.