AACTA 2015 Nominations | Predictions

Here are my picks (bold and in red) for the awards, held and announced December 9th..

Best Lead Actor
Joel Jackson, Deadline Gallipoli
Joel Jackson, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door
Oliver Jackson-Cohen, The Secret River
Wayne Blair, Redfern Now

Best Lead Actress
Sarah Snook, The Secret River
Deborah Mailman, Redfern Now
Peta Sergeant, House Of Hancock
Pamela Rabe, Wentworth

Best Guest / Supporting Actor
Lachy Hulme, The Secret River
Ky Baldwin, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door
Rahel Romahn, The Principal
John Bach, Gallipoli

Best Guest / Supporting Actress
Sigrid Thornton, Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door
Rarriwuy Hick, Redfern Now
Hannah Monson, Glitch
Harriet Dyer, Love Child

Best Comedy Performance
Nathan Lovejoy, Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane
Randy, Sammy J and Randy in Ricketts Lane
Celia Pacquola, Utopia
Emily Taheny, Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell

Best Drama
Glitch
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
Love Child
Wentworth

Best Telefeature or Mini-series
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
The Secret River
The Principal
Banished

Best Reality TV
MasterChef Australia
My Kitchen Rules
Real Housewives of Melbourne
The Voice Australia
The X Factor

Best Light Entertainment 
Dirty Laundry Live
Judith Lucy Is All Woman
Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

Best TV Comedy 
Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell
Utopia
Sammy J & Randy In Ricketts Lane
Danger 5

Best Children’s TV 
Little Lunch
The New Adventures of Figaro Pho
Nowhere Boys
Ready For This

Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy
Jeffrey Walker Banished episode 7
Michael Rymer Deadline Gallipoli episode 1
Shawn Seet Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 2
Kriv Stenders The Principal – Episode 1

Best Direction in a Television Light Entertainment or Reality Series
Seth Larney Hipsters – Episode 1: What Is A Hipster?
Anna Bateman Judith Lucy is All Woman – Episode 2: Hanky Panky
Judith Lucy is All Woman – Episode 2: Hanky Panky
Damian Davis Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery – Episode 7: Waleed Aly
Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery – Episode 7: Waleed Aly (ABC)
Stamatia Maroupas Kitchen Cabinet – Episode 7: Clive Palmer

Best Screenplay in Television
Jacquelin Perske, Shaun Grant Deadline Gallipoli – Part 1
Michael Miller Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 2
Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 2
Kristen Dunphy The Principal – Episode 1
Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch Utopia – Episode 1: A Fresh Start

Best Cinematography in Television
Martin McGrath ACS Banished – Episode 6
Geoffrey Hall ACS Deadline Gallipoli – Part 1
Mark Wareham ACS Redfern Now – Promise Me
Bruce Young The Secret River – Part 1

Best Editing
Martin Connor, Dany Cooper ASE Deadline Gallipoli Part 1
Annabelle Johnson Little Lunch – Episode 5: The Top of the Fireman’s Pole
Deborah Peart ASE Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 1
Nicholas Holmes ASE Redfern Now – Promise Me

Best Sound in Television
Paul Brincat, Gary Desmond, Dan Johnson Banished – Episode 6
Des Kenneally, Robert Mackenzie Deadline Gallipoli – Part 1
Grant Shepherd, Ashley Irwin, Ian Neilson, Ben Anderson, Nigel Croydon, Robert Sullivan Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 1
Rainier Davenport, Ian McLoughlin CAS, Wes Chew, Tom Herdman, Annie Breslin, Blair Slater Redfern Now – Promise Me

Best Production Design
Banished Episode 6 Claire Kenny
Deadline Gallipoli Part 1 Pete Baxter
Peter Allen – Not The Boy Next Door Episode 1 Tim Ferrier
The Secret River Part 1 Herbert Pinter

Best Original Music Score
David Bridie Deadline Gallipoli Part 1
Cornel Wilczek Glitch – Episode 4
Antony Partos Redfern Now – Promise Me
Burkhard Dallwitz The Secret River – Part 1

Best Costume Design in Television
Shareen Beringer House of Hancock – Part 1
Marion Boyce Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries Series 3 – Episode 1: Death Defying Feats
Jenny Miles Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Episode 1
Edie Kurzer The Secret River – Part 1

Best TV Documentary 
Between A Frock And A Hard Place Jo-Anne McGowan
The Cambodian Space Project – Not Easy Rock’n’roll Richard Kuipers The Killing Season Deborah Masters, Sarah Ferguson
Prison Songs Harry Bardwell, Kelrick Martin

Best Direction in a Documentary
The Killing Season Episode 2 – Great Moral Challenge (2009-2010) Deborah Masters
Only The Dead Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware
Prison Songs Kelrick Martin
Uranium – Twisting The Dragon’s Tail Episode 1 – The Rock That Became A Bomb Wain Fimeri, Steve Westh

Best Cinematography in a Documentary
The Killing Season Episode 2 – Great Moral Challenge (2009-2010) Louie Eroglu ACS
Life On The Reef Episode 1 Nick Robinson, Luke Peterson, Jon Shaw Prison Songs Torstein Dyrting ACS
Sherpa Renan Ozturk, Hugh Miller, Ken Sauls

Best Editing in a Documentary
The Cambodian Space Project – Not Easy Rock’n’roll Andrea Lang ASE
The Killing Season Episode 2 – Great Moral Challenge (2009-2010) Lile Judickas
Only The Dead Jane Moran
Sherpa Christian Gazal

Best Sound in a Documentary
The Cambodian Space Project – Not Easy Rock’n’roll Keith Thomas – Life On The Reef Episode 1 Caspar Mazzotti, Craig Beckett, Dan Miau, Terry Meehan
Only The Dead Steve Burgess, Leah Katz, Andy Wright, Chris Goodes CAS
Prison Songs Glenn Martin, Kim Lord

Best Original Music Score In A Documentary 
Only The Dead Michael Yezerksi
Prison Songs Shellie Morris, Casey Bennetto, Tim Cole
Sherpa Antony Partos
Uranium – Twisting The Dragon’s Tail Episode 1 – The Rock That Became A Bomb Dale Cornelius