APDG represents designers and their associates in screen, live performance,
APDG Aims
The Australian Production Design Guild was established in 2009 as a non-profit organisation that aims to:
- Represent designers and their associates in screen, live performance, events and digital production across Australia.
- Recognise and nurture excellence in design through awards, mentoring and accreditation.
- Raise the profile of stage and screen design and facilitate a vibrant design community.
APDG National Executive
The National Executive is the governing body of the APDG. Up to 12 members are elected to the National Executive by the APDG membership at the AGM. The formulation of the National Executive is designed to enable stable, effective, and representative governance and to further the aims of the Guild. Positions on the National Executive are identified for proportional representation of screen, live performance, emerging and digital production designers from all states and territories.
The National Executive elects three to five of its members as Directors, who oversee compliance of the APDG with statutory obligations.
Any member of the APDG may bring concerns or ideas to the National Executive by contacting any of the Executive members, the APDG Business Manager, Operational or State Liaison personnel or at a grass roots level through either the Screen or Live Performance Committees.
National Executive
National Live Performance Representative
Ben Hughes APDG
National Live Performance Joint Representative
Christina Smith
National Live Performance Joint Representative
Benjamin Brockman
National Screen Joint Representative
Erin Roche
National Screen Joint Representative
Jo Briscoe APDG
National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Emily Jansz
National Emerging Designer Screen Joint Representative
Craig Bornstein
National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Angelina Daniel
National Emerging Designer Live Performance Joint Representative
Sidney Younger
State Liaison Officers - Live Performance
Queensland
Simone Romaniuk APDG
Queensland
Penny Challen
Victoria
Christina Smith
NSW
Cris Baldwin
State Liaison Officers - Screen
Queensland
Helen O’Loan APDG
Queensland
Andrew Cox
Victoria
Simone Grace
NSW
Liz Keogh Palmer APDG
NSW
Natalie Beak
Operational Positions
MENTORAPDG Coordinator
(Live Performance)
Tobhiyah Stone Feller
MENTORAPDG Coordinator (Screen)
Lien See Leong APDG
Education Representative
Liz Keogh Palmer APDG
ASIG Representative
Natalie Beak
Advocacy Representative
Ella Drinkwater
Diversity Joint Representative
Andrew Cox
Diversity Joint Representative
Wei Guo
Powerhouse Representative
Eamon D’Arcy APDG
Social Media Representative
Nathan Evans
APDGreen Representative
Imogen Ross
Staff
APDG Business Manager
Geoffrey Brown
Administration Assistant
Tobhiyah Stone Feller
A Volunteer Organisation
The APDG is predominantly a volunteer run organisation. Many members generously give their time to make the design community stronger. If you would like to be involved by joining a working group, taking on an operational or state liaison position or lead a new initiative, please contact our Business Manager or a member of the National Executive.