Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' Cleans Up At The AACTA Awards

31 January 2014 | 9:28 am | Staff Writer

A big night for Baz and his lavish film

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby was the big winner at last night's 3rd annual AACTA Awards, taking home six gongs including Best Film and Best Direction.

The cast of the lavish adaptation of the acclaimed novel also enjoyed a stellar night - Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Lead Actor, while Aussies Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki took home the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Lurhmann and Craig Pearce were recognised in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

Gatsby previously won seven other AACTA gongs at the awards' luncheon event earlier this week, including outstanding achievement in visual effects, meaning it has now won a total of 13 AACTAs.

It was also a big night for the Nine network's Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story, winning three awards including Best Lead Actor In A Television Drama to Lachy Hume. The Offspring, Redfern Now and Please Like Me were some of the other television winners.

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Veteran actress Jacki Weaver was the recipient of the Raymond Longford award, while the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) were awarded the Byron Kennedy accolade for creative excellence and innovation.

The AACTA Awards took place at Sydney's The Star.

Here is the full list of winners:

AACTA Raymond Longford

Jacki Weaver

Byron Kennedy Award

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS)

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION COMEDY OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SERIES

Please Like Me (Todd Abbott) - ABC2

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST REALITY TELEVISION SERIES

Masterchef: The Professionals (Margaret Bashfield, David McDonald, Mark Barlin and Tim Toni) - Network Ten

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES

Redfern Now - Series Two (Darren Dale and Miranda Dear) - ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES

Top Of The Lake (Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell) - Foxtel UKTV

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA OR COMEDY

Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Part 1 (Geoff Bennett) - Nine Network

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION

Offspring - Season 4 Episode 13 (Debra Oswald) - Network Ten

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Lachy Hume - Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Nine Network

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Claudia Karvan - The Time Of Our Lives - ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Luke Ford - Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Part 2 - Nine Network

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Kat Stewart - Offspring - Season 4 Episode 9 - Network Ten

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION COMEDY

Shaun Micallef - Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell - Series 2 - ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

Red Obsession (Warwick Ross)

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM

The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher and Catherine Knapman)

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION

The Great Gatsby - Baz Luhrmann

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Rocket - Kim Mordaunt

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Great Gatsby - Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Great Gatsby

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS

Rose Byrne - The Great Gatsby

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Joel Edgerton - The Great Gatsby

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elizabeth Debicki - The Great Gatsby