Career Summary
Tony is a Yorta Yorta/Wurundjeri (Woiwuurung) First Nations film practitioner (Actor, Writer, Director and Producer) based in Melbourne. The creator and writer of feature film ‘The Sapphires’ which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. He received two AWGIE awards and it also won 11 of 12 categories at AACTA 2013. He previously wrote ‘The Sapphires’ Play, which had sell-out seasons at the MTC and Belvoir, winning two Helpmann Awards. In 2013 Tony was awarded the Bob Maza Fellowship to attend New York for an intensive course on directing and filmmaking. Tony is co-originator, executive producer and writer of the eight part TV series ‘The Warriors’ (2016). Other writing credits include ‘My Place’ S2 E13 (2010) and The Sapphires Animation Series (2015). As an actor of over 20 years he holds many credits to his name including feature roles in The Slap (2010), Broken Shore (2013), Cleverman (2015), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017) and Rake (2018).
Professional Credits
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2016, The Warriors, Domestic, TV Series /, Comedy, 8 x 30 mins, Arenamedia, Executive Producer / Writer /
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2012, The Sapphires, International, Feature Films /, Musical Dramedy, 109mins, Goalpost Pictures, Associate Producer / Writer /
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2010, My Place, Domestic, Children's /, Children, 29 mins, Matchbox, Writer /
Festivals, Awards, Nominations
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2013, 2nd ACCTA Awards, Australia, The Sapphires - Best Film
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2013, Deadly Awards, Australia, The Sapphires - Film of the Year
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2013, 2nd ACCTA Awards, Australia, The Sapphires - Best Adapted Screenplay
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2012, 35th Denver Film Festival, USA, The Sapphires - People's Choice Award for Best narrative Film
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2012, 48th Chicago International Film Festival, USA, The Sapphires - Gold Hugo for Best Feature
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2012, 45th AWGIE Awards, Australia, The Sapphires - Best Feature Film Adaptation
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2012, 45th AWGIE Awards, Australia, The Sapphires - Most Outstanding Script
Professional Memberships
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AWG, 2008
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Media Entertainment Arts Alliance, 1987
Special and Technical Skills
Script Coverage (Indigenous and non indigenous)
Writer
Actor
Director
Producer
Direct URL
https://vicscreen.vic.gov.au/choose-victoria/industry-directory/13427/tony-briggs