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:
Jacki Weaver
Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS)
Please Like Me (Todd Abbott) - ABC2
Masterchef: The Professionals (Margaret Bashfield, David McDonald, Mark Barlin and Tim Toni) - Network Ten
Redfern Now - Series Two (Darren Dale and Miranda Dear) - ABC1
Top Of The Lake (Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell) - Foxtel UKTV
Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Part 1 (Geoff Bennett) - Nine Network
Offspring - Season 4 Episode 13 (Debra Oswald) - Network Ten
Lachy Hume - Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Nine Network
Claudia Karvan - The Time Of Our Lives - ABC1
Luke Ford - Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story - Part 2 - Nine Network
Kat Stewart - Offspring - Season 4 Episode 9 - Network Ten
Shaun Micallef - Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell - Series 2 - ABC1
Red Obsession (Warwick Ross)
The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher and Catherine Knapman)
The Great Gatsby - Baz Luhrmann
The Rocket - Kim Mordaunt
The Great Gatsby - Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Great Gatsby
Rose Byrne - The Great Gatsby
Joel Edgerton - The Great Gatsby
Elizabeth Debicki - The Great Gatsby