Amanda Duthie has just launched a brand-new event in South Australia, Hybrid World Adelaide, a five-day event which covers industry as well as public facing events.
15 Facts About Amanda Duthie
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Amanda Duthie began her career at SBS in 1991 working across a range of productions, focusing on programming and commissioning.
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Amanda Duthie remained at SBS until 1999, when she moved to become associate producer of the PBS-BBC-ABC co-production Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore written and presented by Australian historian, art critic and writer Robert Hughes.
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In 2000 Amanda Duthie was an independent producer, delivering screen based work for the launch of the National Museum of Australia.
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Amanda Duthie then joined the New South Wales Film and Television Office as senior project manager.
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Amanda Duthie remained at the ABC for nine years, leaving in December 2011 to join the Adelaide Film Festival as CEO and Creative Director.
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In 2013 Amanda Duthie delivered her first Adelaide Film Festival, and the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas.
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Over her six years in the role Amanda Duthie delivered eight major events including five Adelaide Film Festivals, the inaugural Hybrid World Adelaide in 2017 and again in 2018, and the 2013 Festival of Ideas.
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In September 2018 it was announced Amanda Duthie would commence in the role of Head of Production, Development, Attraction and Studios at the South Australian Film Corporation, at the close of the 2018 Adelaide Film Festival.
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Amanda Duthie resigned to pursue other opportunities and ended up as ABC television's Head of Arts, Amanda Duthie's previous position.
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Amanda Duthie has welcomed other high calibre international and Australian industry leaders as festival guests, including all major international film festivals programmers from Toronto, Berlin, Sundance and Cannes.
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In 2016, Amanda Duthie delivered a mini-fest event, between years of the biennial full Adelaide Film Festival event.
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In 2017 Amanda Duthie was appointed CEO of the brand-new event in South Australia, Hybrid World Adelaide, a five-day event which covers industry as well as public facing events.
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In 2017 Amanda Duthie launched the Adelaide Film Festival's inaugural International VR Award in partnership with AFTRS.
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The Chaser team expressed disappointment at the demotion, saying Amanda Duthie had been treated harshly.