Screen Producers Awards 2024: winners

Werner Film Productions were the big winners at last night’s Screen Producers Awards 2024, taking out three categories.

The company headed by Joanna Werner won Production Business of the Year, while The Newsreader won the Drama Series category and Crazy Fun Park was awarded the top Children’s prize. Earlier this week Werner Films announced it had been acquired by BBC Studios Australia.

Wooden Horse Productions picked up Breakthrough Business of the Year while Disney+ series The Clearing won Telemovie or Miniseries Production of the Year.  Guesswork Television also had dual wins for Hard Quiz and Deadloch.

The ceremony, hosted by comedian Matt Okine, also honoured Fiona Eagger and Deborah Cox from Every Cloud Productions with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

“As we celebrate the remarkable achievements of Australian screen producers at the 22nd Annual SPA Awards, it’s clear that our production community continues to thrive in the face of a rapidly changing landscape,” said SPA CEO Matthew Deaner.

“Each winner exemplifies the creativity, innovation, and dedication that define our industry and showcase the vital role producers and production businesses play in sharing our unique stories and culture with audiences worldwide.

“It was an honour to stand among industry leaders as we celebrated the success of local stories and businesses, showcasing the incredible talent and resilience of our creative sector.”

The event concluded a 3 day Screen Forever conference on the Gold Coast with a 2025 event confirmed for 6-8 May 2025.

TV and related categories (Winners in bold)

Production Business of the Year
Bronte Pictures
Goalpost Pictures
Matchbox Pictures
Princess Pictures
Prospero Productions
See-Saw Films
Werner Film Productions
Wooden Horse

Animated Production of the Year
100% Wolf: Book of Hath – Flying Bark Productions
Beep and Mort – Windmill Pictures
Ginger and the Vegesaurs S2 – Cheeky Little Media
Kangaroo Beach Season S2 – Cheeky Little Media
Koala Man – Princess Pictures
YOLO: Silver Destiny S2 – Princess Pictures

Children’s Production of the Year (excluding Animation)
Crazy Fun Park – Werner Film Productions
Rock Island Mysteries S2 – Fremantle Australia
Spooky Files – Tony Ayres Productions and Megaboom Pictures
Surviving Summer S2 – Werner Film Productions
The PM’s Daughter S2 – Fremantle Australia
Turn Up The Volume – Matchbox Pictures and Film Camp

Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year
Class of 07 – Matchbox Pictures
Deadloch – Guesswork Television and OK Great Productions
Gold Diggers – KOJO Studios
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special – Guesswork Television
In Limbo – Bunya Productions and Heiress Films
Mother and Son – Wooden Horse

Documentary Series Production of the Year
Folau – In Films
Matildas: The World at Our Feet – Barking Mad Productions
Ningaloo Nyinggulu – Artemis Media and Matter of Factual
Old People’s Home For Teenagers – Endemol Shine Australia
Queerstralia – Guesswork Television
The First Inventors – Ronde Media
The Swap – Southern Pictures
The Way We Wore – Stranger Than Fiction Films and Wheels Rolling Productions

Drama Series Production of the Year
Bay of Fires – Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia
Black Snow – Goalpost Pictures
Erotic Stories – Lingo Pictures
Love Me – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
NCIS: Sydney – Endemol Shine Australia
Scrublands – Easy Tiger Productions
The Newsreader S2 – Werner Film Productions
Totally Completely Fine – Fremantle Australia
Wellmania – Fremantle Australia

Reality Series Production of the Year
FBOY Island Australia – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
Love Triangle S2 – Endemol Shine Australia
Real Housewives of Sydney S2 – Matchbox Pictures
The Bachelors Australia – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
The Great Australian Bake Off S7 – BBC Studios Australia
The Summit – Endemol Shine Australia

Telemovie or Miniseries Production of the Year
Bad Behaviour – Matchbox Pictures
The Claremont Murders – Endemol Shine Australia
The Clearing – Wooden Horse
The Messenger – Lingo Pictures
While the Men are Away – Arcadia

Entertainment Production of the Year
Adam & Poh’s Great Australian Bites – i8 Studio
Dancing with the Stars S32 – BBC Studios Australia
Gogglebox Australia S18 – Endemol Shine Australia
Grand Designs Australia S10 – Fremantle Australia
Hard Quiz S9 – Thinkative Television
The ABC Of…S2 – Guesswork Television

Lifetime Achievement Award 
Fiona Eagger and Deborah Cox, Every Cloud Productions

Screen Business Export Award
Bad Behaviour – Matchbox Pictures
Black Snow – Goalpost Pictures
Class of ’07 – Matchbox Pictures

Services and Facilities Business of the Year
Hazbin Hotel – Princess Bento Studio
Heartbreak High S2 – Cato Location Services
Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles – The Post Lounge
Various Productions – TAG Travel Group

Breakthrough Business of the Year
i8 Studio
Stranger Than Fiction
Truce Films
Wooden Horse

SDIN / SPA Screen Diversity & Inclusion Award
Erotic Stories – Lingo Pictures
First Inventors – Ronde Media
In Our Blood – Hoodlum Entertainment,
Limbo – Bunya Productions,
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) – Switch Productions and Other Pictures
Strait to the Plate (S2) – Lone Star Production Group .