Nadia Tass

Recipient of 2014's Screen Leader Award for Outstanding Leadership to the Screen Industry, Nadia is one of Australia's most respected unique filmmakers. Known for directing Australian classic films "Malcolm", "The Big Steal" and "Amy". She has directed films for major studios in Hollywood and her film work has garnered 68 international awards including some at Cannes Film Festival, Milan International Film Festival, Busan Film Festival, Venice Film Festival. Tass's work in America includes film and high-end television for Universal Studios, Disney, Warner Bros, ABC, CBS as well as the BBC in London. Her first feature in the US was "Pure Luck" starring Danny Glover and Martin Short. More recent projects are "Fatal Honeymoon" starring Harvey Keitel, and "Lea To The Rescue". In 2011, "Matching Jack" won Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Milan International Film Festival. It features Jacinda Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, James Nesbitt and Kodi Smit-McPhee. The film was nominated for an AACTA Award, and won Best Film Prix Du Jury 2011, Cannes Cinephile. "Malcolm" won 8 AFI awards including Best Director, and 23 international awards. Amy won 28 international awards. The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles honored Ms. Tass with a retrospective of her work in 2012. Retrospectives have also screened in Moscow, Cape Town & Johannesburg, Hawaii and New Delhi. Nadia started her directing career in theatre, and directs for the stage in between movies. She directs in London, major theatre companies in Australia, Washington DC, and New York. In 2019 she directed "Masterpieces" at Signature Theatre in DC and "Fern Hill" in New York. Both were successful critically and their seasons were extended. Tass has sat on film festival juries for the Hawaii Film Festival, St. Tropez (as the head of the jury,) Asian Festival Of First Films, and the Pune International Film Festival (as the chair of the jury), and as the head juror on numerous festivals in China. A consummate professional, Ms. Tass has given back to the industry by presenting Masterclasses around the world from New York to London to Singapore to New Zealand (Auckland & Wellington) and in Australia's major film cities of Sydney and Melbourne on many occasions. She regularly lectures at the Victorian College of the Arts and Deakin University (where she is an Adjunct Professor), and has guest lectured at Beijing Normal University, Yunnan University, Wuhan, Chongqing University and Beijing Film Academy in China.