The Village Roadshow Prize for Screen Writing: Judges 2003

Annette Blonski (Convenor)

Annette Blonski is a script editor of a number of award-winning feature films, short dramas and documentaries, and is also a critic and writer. She co-wrote and co-edited Don't Shoot Darling: Women's Independent Filmmaking in Australia. She is a member of the board of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and chairs the industry advisory committee of the RMIT Associate Diploma of Professional Screenwriting.

Ian Pringle

Ian Pringle wrote and directed Isabelle Eberhart, Wrong World, The Prisoner of St. Petersburg, and The Plains of Heaven. He has also produced Romper Stomper, The Tale of Ruby Rose, and Celia.

Elise McCreadie

Elise McCreadie is an actor, writer and director. She has written for television - RAW FM for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Introducing Gary Petty for Artists Services for which she received an AWGIE award. Of her theatre work, Destiny of a Car Crash was performed at La Mama and nominated for a Green Room Award for Outstanding Fringe Production of 2001. Elise received the Queens Trust Award, which enabled her to study film directing in New York. On her return she directed her film Strange Fits of Passion which was subsequently accepted into competition at the 1999 Cannes Film festival. She has directed for television, including Short Cuts and Fergus McPhail and worked for Playbox, Film Victoria, Screen Tasmania and The Australian Writers' Guild as a script assessor and script editor.