The Stanley Hawes Award
The $5,000 Film Australia Stanley Hawes Award was established in 1997 to honour Stanley Hawes as first Producer-in-Chief of the Australian National Film Board and Commonwealth Film Unit. The award recognises the significant support he gave independent filmmakers in the documentary sector and is thus awarded to a person or organisation that makes an outstanding contribution to the documentary sector in Australia. The award is announced annually at the Australian International Documentary Conference.
Awardees:
- 1999 John Heyer
- 2001 Pat Fiske
- 2003 Stewart Young
- 2004 Robin Hughes
- 2005 CAAMA (Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association) Productions
- 2006 John Hughes
- 2007 Michael Gissing
- 2008 David Bradbury
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