Melinda Doring Explained

Melinda Doring is an Australian production designer and former costume designer. She has won the AACTA Award for Best Production Design four times and been nominated twice more.

Career

In reviews of Home Song Stories (2007), Variety called the production "ace",[1] and The Hollywood Reporter described it as "first-rate".[2] In an otherwise mixed review, The Sydney Morning Herald praised Doring's production design in Triangle (2009).[3] The Hollywood Reporter wrote that her production design in The Eye of the Storm "evokes a world of chauffeured Bentleys and kangaroo-fur stoles inhabited by a wannabe colonial aristocracy".[4]

Awards

Year Organization Award Film Result Ref
2004 Somersault [5]
2005 AACTA Awards Best Costume Design Little Fish [6]
2006 AACTA Awards Best Production Design Suburban Mayhem [7]
2007 AACTA Awards Best Production Design The Home Song Stories [8]
Best Art Direction The Home Song Stories [9]
Inside Film Awards Best Production Design The Home Song Stories [10]
2011 Best Production Design Oranges and Sunshine [11]
2012 AACTA Awards Best Production Design The Eye of the Storm [12]
2013 AACTA Awards Best Production Design The Sapphires [13]
2020 AACTA Awards Best Production Design in Television Stateless [14]
2024 AACTA Awards Best Production Design in Television The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart [15]

Prior to 2012, the AACTA Awards were known as the AFI Awards.

Filmography

Year Title Production designer Costume designer
2000 City of Dreams
2001 Mullet
2002 Walking on Water
2004 Somersault
2005 Little Fish
Jewboy
2006 Suburban Mayhem
The Silence
2007 Home Song Stories
2008 Maverick Mother
$9.99
2009 Triangle
The Boys Are Back
2010 Oranges and Sunshine
2011 The Eye of the Storm
2012 The Sapphires
2013 Tracks
2015 Strangerland

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review: ‘The Home Song Stories’. Kuipers. Richard. Variety. 2007-02-09. 2015-12-01.
  2. Web site: The Home Song Stories. Lehmann. Megan. The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-02-08. 2015-12-01.
  3. News: Triangle. Hall. Sandra. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2010-04-24. 2015-12-01.
  4. Web site: The Eye of the Storm: Film Review. Lehmann. Megan. The Hollywood Reporter. 2011-07-23. 2015-12-01.
  5. News: AFI flips over 'Somersault'. . ABC Online. 2004-10-29. 2015-12-01.
  6. News: The full list of AFI nominees. . Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-10-21. 2015-12-01.
  7. Web site: ‘Mayhem’ rules Oz AFI nominations. Chai. Paul. Variety. 2006-10-19. 2015-12-01.
  8. Web site: ‘Home Song’ collects AFI honors. Boland. Michaela. Variety. 2007-12-05. 2015-12-01.
  9. Web site: ‘Lust, Caution’ tops Golden Horses. Frater. Patrick. Variety. 2007-10-28. 2015-12-01.
  10. Web site: Inside Film Awards honor ‘Jammed’. Boland. Michaela. Variety. 2007-11-16. 2015-12-01.
  11. Web site: 'Red Dog' wins seven Inside Film awards in Australia. Davies. Rebecca. Digital Spy. 2011-11-18. 2015-12-01.
  12. News: ABC dominates first round of AACTA Awards. Bodey. Michael. The Australian. 2012-01-16. 2015-12-01.
  13. News: The Sapphires sparkles at film awards. Maddox. Garry. Sydney Morning Herald. 2013-01-28. 2015-12-01.
  14. Web site: Keast. Jackie. ‘Stateless’ dominates first round of AACTA Awards. 27 November 2020. if.com.au. Inside Film. 1 December 2020.
  15. https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/02/aacta-awards-2024-winners.html

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