EVENT: Friday May 18: James McTeigue - Directing in Hollywood

Now the story of James McTeigue is an interesting one to follow. From production runner to now a film director based in Hollywood, McTeigue has come to associate with some of the top notch action films. Join me in attending this event and hearing about his journey.

Raised in Sydney, Hollywood based James McTeigue began his filmmaking career as a third assistant director on Australian films working his way up to first assistant director on a string of films including The Well, Paradise Road, and the Wachowski brothers; The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions in addition to first AD'ing on Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

McTeigue made his feature directorial debut with the Wachowskis' screenplay, V for Vendetta starring Natalie Portman and then went on to direct Ninja Assassin in 2009. McTeigue's latest project - a dark  thriller - The Raven, about a 19th century serial killer who begins murdering victims using methods from Edgar Allan Poe's stories, starring John Cusack has just opened in the US.
James will talk about The Raven and the journey from third assistant AD to Hollywood director...


Guest: James McTeigue

FREE every Friday at AFTRS at 5pm.

AFTRS Theatre 1 

FREE

Doors open 5pm 

First in - best dressed