David Michod Articles

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom David Michod's crime family drama Animal Kingdom bagged 10 Australian Film Institute Awards at a ceremony held on Dec. 11 in Melbourne. Among Animal Kingdom's ten trophies were those for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Jacki Weaver), Best Actor (Ben Mendelsohn), Best Supporting Actor (Joel Edgerton), and Best Original Screenplay (Michod). Other AFI winners included Best Supporting Actress Deborah Mailman [...]

Charlotte Gainsbourg, The Tree, which failed to win a single AFI Award THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Tops Australian Film Institute 2010 Nominations * denotes the winner in each category. The winners in the "top" categories will be announced Dec. 11. SAMSUNG MOBILE AFI AWARD FOR BEST FILM * Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac Bright Star. [...]

Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Bright Star David Michod's Animal Kingdom tied with Jane Campion's Bright Star at the Australian Film Institute's "industry" awards, which were announced Dec. 10. The "top" awards will be announced Dec. 11. Animal Kingdom received trophies for best editing (Luke Doolan) and best original music score (Antony Partos and Sam Petty), in addition to the AFI members' choice prize — a [...]

Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone (top); Joel Edgerton in Animal Kingdom (middle); Kate Mara, Josh Radnor in Happythankyoumoreplease (bottom) Debra Granik's Winter’s Bone, Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington’s Restrepo, David Michod’s Animal Kingdom, and Mads Bruegger’s The Red Chapel were the four top jury prize winners at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone chronicles a teenage girl's difficult passage to full-fledged [...]