Awards are no stranger to Leah Purcell, a renowned actress, director and writer whose work showcases Indigenous culture and experience. Written by Billie Eddar. Ms Purcell has been awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to the performing arts, First Nations [...]
Australian production company, Taxi Film Production (part of the The Taxi Group) is thrilled to announce a new business alliance with Oombarra Productions, resulting in internationally acclaimed director, writer and actor Leah Purcell joining the Taxi director roster for commercial [...]
Written by Andrew Wareham, managing director and executive producer, The Taxi Group. Whilst every industry has been impacted by COVID-19 in one way or another, it’s our priority to develop solutions that allow our clients to continue to work and bring creative ideas to life in a safe and [...]
If you’ve had the pleasure of seeing his work, you know exactly who Justin McMillan is. With breathtaking work as the Surf Unit Director for Simon Baker’s Breath, to his heart-wrenching short-film Gone, Justin’s work as a director demands the attention of its viewers. His gentle touch when [...]
Creating diversity throughout the production pipeline is something we’re pretty passionate about here at Taxi Film Production. Reflecting the multiple genders, races, sexual orientations and abilities we see in our diverse nation seems like a no-brainer when it comes to production. However, [...]
Like most things, I am in a state of flux as a creative, image maker, director, human. So it’s hard for me to tell you where I am at without telling you where I have been. I’ve grown up in a pretty real, honest — if somewhat gritty — regional Australian environment. I’ve seen my […]
Meet Emily Avila — emerging director and Taxi’s Mentee as part of the Australian Directors’ Guild’s (ADG) Commercial & Content Directing Mentorship program. Emily joins Taxi as part of Screen Australia’s Gender Matters: Brilliant Careers initiative that pairs emerging female directors with [...]
Below are the things that make me tick. Tristan H. Story Shooting a short documentary in Uganda on a potential Malaria vaccine for Griffith University I came across this woman and her daughter. They were living in the slums just outside the city of Kampala, their house was nothing more than [...]
SXSW 2017 — The Director’s Cut. Words by Miles Murphy I recently had the good fortune of being sent to SXSW by Taxi, tasked with finding out what’s going on at the frontier of filmmaking technology, and to see where the industry trends are heading. That seems pretty straightforward, [...]
Q1. Explain the place in which you grew up? Did you grow up on Noffler’s ‘Mainstreets” or was it more like Springsteen’s ‘Thunder Road’…? I grew up in Streatham, South London. It was more Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” than Noffler’s “Mainstreets”. It’s changed now, but back in the 80’s, it [...]
