HLA MANAGEMENT - Key Persons
Emma Kate is currently in development on 5 feature films, SWIMMING with producer Amy Israel; THE LIFE with producer Anastasia Sideris and starring Radha Mitchell; BE NICE with producer Manuel Puro; INTO MY ARMS with Beyond Films and producer Martin Fabyini and THE HOUSEHOLD GUIDE TO DYING as writer/director with producers Catriona Hughes and Leesa Kahn.
Annie has been an Art Director on many films and won the Art Directors Guild of America award and Golden Satellite award for her work on Baz Luhrmann's box office hit MOULIN ROUGE. Other awards include a Bronze Cannes Lion for her Production Design and Art Direction for the commercial AIRBNB A Different Paris.
Annie is a graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School, with a Bachelor of Arts specialising in Production Design and from the College of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts.
Constantine Costi is a director, writer working across opera, film, and theatre.
Constantine is the recipient of The Berlin New Music Opera Award with The Opera Foundation for Young Australians where he worked with Komische Oper Berlin's directing team on the premiere of Tchaikovsky's EUGENE ONEGIN directed by Barrie Kosky.
Constantine is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Directing and holds a Bachelor of Communications (Media Arts and Production) from the University of Technology, Sydney. He was co-artistic director of Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz 2021-2022
Job Titles:
- Film Director, Director of Photography
Job Titles:
- Theatre Director
- Film Director
Gillian was the first President of the Australian Director's Guild, has received an AM for services to the Australian Film Industry, a Doctor of Letters from the University of NSW and the University of Sydney, and an Honorary Doctorate in Film from Swinburne University. In 2007 Gillian was awarded an ADG Outstanding Achievement Award and in 2008 the Women In Hollywood Icon Award in recognition of her contribution to the film industry.
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- Director of the City of Sydney's New Year 's Eve Celebrations
Ignatius became the Artistic Director of the City of Sydney's New Year's Eve Celebrations in 1997, and in 1999 was responsible for the artistic concepts behind the Sydney Millennium Celebrations - which CNN described as "Wow!" and "The best in the world". Together with designer Peter England, he devised the Harbour of Light Marine Lantern Parade, a cavalcade of giant lanterns each the size of a three-and-a-half storey terrace house and representing the creatures of Sydney Harbour. And, of course, he was a guiding spirit for the giant Eternity sign on the Sydney Harbour Bridge which struck such a chord with the city and the world. Anthony Dennis of the Sydney Morning Herald described Eternity as "the word of the millennium".
In 2016-2017 Jada completed a writing fellowship with Bell Shakespeare and in 2017 Jada was the Assistant Director on Sydney Theatre Company's production THREE SISTERS, directed by Kip Williams.
In 2018 Jada directed their play BROTHERS WRECK at the Malthouse Theatre and the State Theatre Company of South Australia to rave reviews.
Jada has recently directed the acclaimed stage production THE SEVEN STAGES OF GRIEVING for Browns Mart Theatre, and also co-wrote JARRADAH GOORAGULLI DANCE OF THE BROLGAS with Mooradoop Kathy Mills, which premiered in April 2022 at Brown Marts Theatre, Darwin
Job Titles:
- Journalist, Broadcaster & Facilitator