by Drawingroom | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorised
An American script adaptation of EQ’s successful Australian crime drama series Jack Irish, starring Guy Pearce and based on the detective novels by Peter Temple, has been ordered by Fox TV. The US version has showrunners Seamus Kevin Fahey (The Following,...
by Drawingroom | Jul 24, 2014 | Uncategorised
In the second stage of Shane’s odyssey through the Middle East, he travels to exotic and mysterious Turkey. As well as exploring the historical and cultural foundations of this colourful country, he experiences the legacy of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and then...
by Drawingroom | Jun 1, 2014 | Uncategorised
EQ Media’s one-hour documentary on Mary Poppins’ creator Pamela Travers has been nominated for a BANFF Rockie Award in the history/biography category. The Real Mary Poppins – available in Australia & NZ on DVD, Blu-ray and online – reveals...
by Drawingroom | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorised
Essential Media’s CEO Chris Hilton has been awarded the Stanley Hawes Award at Australia’s National documentary festival and AIDC conference in Adelaide. The AIDC Stanley Hawes Award is the most prestigious Documentary award to be presented to an...
by Drawingroom | Apr 18, 2013 | Uncategorised
The Grammar of Happiness has been shortlisted for an award in the Best Non-fiction Science & Technology category for the upcoming 2013 RealScreen Awards. The awards recognise the best in reality, documentary and factual entertainment programming from around the...
by Drawingroom | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorised
Congratulations to Richard Roxburgh and Jeffrey Walker on their wins at the AACTA awards, held in Sydney on Jan 30, 2013. Richard Roxburgh took home the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor for his performance as the lovable rogue, Cleaver Greene in the 2nd series of Rake....
by Drawingroom | Jan 14, 2013 | Uncategorised
Documentary The Grammar of Happiness will have its TV Premiere on ABC TV Monday Jan 21st at 9.30pm. A language that can be spoken, hummed, or whistled? A language with no unique words for color or numbers? Linguistics professor Daniel Everett claims that the unique...
by Drawingroom | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorised
EQ Media and Entertainment has been named Independent Producer of the Year at the 2012 Screen Producers Association of Australia awards in Melbourne. Helmed by producers Chris Hilton, Ian Collie, Sonja Armstrong and Carmel Travers, EQ Media’s productions this year...
by Drawingroom | Sep 9, 2012 | Uncategorised
Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide and The Grammar of Happiness are winners! EQ Media & Entertainment won three awards from three nominations at the Jackson Hole Science Media Awards in Denver today. Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide won best...
by Drawingroom | Aug 19, 2012 | Uncategorised
Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide has won Best Television Series at the Scinema Festival of Science Film 2012! Directed by Richard Smith, Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide takes you on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the...
