William McInnes Articles

Filmmaker/animator Sarah Watt, winner of the Australian Film Institute's (AFI) Best Director and Best Screenplay awards for the 2006 drama Look Both Ways, has died of cancer. Watt, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, was 53. Watt directed a series of animated shorts before turning to features. In Look Both Ways, William McInnes — Watt's husband in real life — plays a [...]

2008 Australian Film Institute Awards 2008 Australian Film Institute Award nominations: Oct. 29, 2008 2008 Australian Film Institute Award winners: Dec. 5 ("industry" categories) and Dec. 6 (top categories), 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Elissa Down's feature-film debut, The Black Balloon, chronicles the difficulties encountered by a teenager (Rhys Wakefield) whose younger brother (Luke Ford) is autistic. With the help of [...]