Before his move into producing films like Bra Boys, Michael Lawrence was general manager of two of the most significant privately owned fashion accessory companies in Australasia.
Michael then launched Garage Entertainment, a boutique media and entertainment company specialising in the production and distribution of action sports content.

Oct 1
Oct 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Democratising the Process or, Don't Try This at Home

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Ben Allan ACS has over 1500 TVC credits and has won numerous awards. At the age of 27 he gained Accreditation from the Australian Cinematographers Society, the youngest person to do so. He has also worked directly with most of the major manufacturers on equipment testing including Sony, Panasonic, Canon, ARRI, and Panavision.

Sep 1
Sep 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Forging Powerful Professional Relationships

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Paul Barry is an actor, director, writer, and teacher. A graduate of NIDA (1996), he has since taught thousands of people, both at his alma mater and its counterparts such as WAAPA and AFTRS, and has been a professional reader to almost every casting director in Sydney.

Jul 18
Jul 18 Choc Tops Meeting: Directing for Theatre

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Kate Gaul graduated from NIDA in directing in 1996 and later trained with the Anne Bogart SITI Company. She has been Associate Director at the Ensemble Theatre and has directed a wide variety of stage productions.

Kate is now the Artistic Director of Siren Theatre Co. and has also written and directed two short films: Embrace and Cake.

Jul 6
Jul 6 Choc Tops Meeting: From NIDA to Sapphire

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Miranda Tapsell was born in Darwin and grew up in Kakadu National Park. She began performing at the age of seven when she joined a tap dance group. Having started with summer acting courses at NIDA and a local youth theatre company, Miranda has recently appeared in the acclaimed telemovie Mabo and the Cannes hit The Sapphires (opening nationally on 9 August).

Jun 6
Jun 6 Choc Tops Meeting: ‘The Shadowcatchers’ – A history of cinematography in Australia

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Martha Ansara has been recording oral histories with cinematographers for over 35 years. This project has now come to fruition in the form of a coffee-table book, The Shadowcatchers.

Throughout his 28 years in the industry, John Platt’s passion for stills photography has remained strong and seen him amass a collection of over 20,000 images — predominantly of crews he has worked with. His images in the book are second in number only to The National Film and Sound Archive.

Nov 6 Nov 6 Choc Tops Meeting: A business perspective on storytelling and The Hero's Journey

Oct 1 Oct 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Democratising the Process or, Don't Try This at Home

Sep 1 Sep 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Forging Powerful Professional Relationships

Jul 18 Jul 18 Choc Tops Meeting: Directing for Theatre

Jul 6 Jul 6 Choc Tops Meeting: From NIDA to Sapphire

Jun 6 Jun 6 Choc Tops Meeting: ‘The Shadowcatchers’ – A history of cinematography in Australia

Nov 6
Nov 6 Choc Tops Meeting: A business perspective on storytelling and The Hero's Journey

Oct 1
Oct 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Democratising the Process or, Don't Try This at Home

Sep 1
Sep 1 Choc Tops Meeting: Forging Powerful Professional Relationships

Jul 18
Jul 18 Choc Tops Meeting: Directing for Theatre

Jul 6
Jul 6 Choc Tops Meeting: From NIDA to Sapphire

Jun 6
Jun 6 Choc Tops Meeting: ‘The Shadowcatchers’ – A history of cinematography in Australia