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SPAA 2012: Essential Media wins Independent Producer of the Year award

Essential Media is recognised by its peers for work on Jack Irish, Rake and Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide.

Essential Media and Entertainment was named Independent Producer of the Year at the 2012 Screen Producers Association of Australia awards in Melbourne last night.

This year Essential has produced such titles as Jack Irish, Rake, Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide, Do or Die, Raising the Curtain and The Grammar of Happiness.

Helmed by producers Chris Hilton, Ian Collie, Sonja Armstrong and Carmel Travers, it also formed a partnership with US/Canadian prodco 11 Television.

Upcoming productions include Saving Mr Banks, Rake S3, Bubble Bath Bay, Gourmet Farmer S3, Shane Delia’s Spice Journey, My Brother Serial Killer, more Jack Irishtelemovies and a game app The Floods.

The TV Drama award was awarded to Southern Star for Howzat!: Kerry Packer’s War.

FremantleMedia Australia won the Light Entertainment Award for The X Factor.

Artemis International won the Documentary Award for The Bombing of Darwin: An Awkward Truth on The History Channel

Werner Film Productions won the Children’s TV Award for Dance Academy.

The awards were robustly compered by the irrepressible Rob Carlton (why isn’t he hosting the Logies, please?) but the star of the night was outgoing SPAA Executive Director Geoff Brown, who received a standing ovation for his contribution leading the industry group.

Brown was also awarded Life Membership amongst a shower of accolades.

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