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The Royal Television Society presented Danny Boyle with the Judges’ award last night (19th March), in honour of his work on creating the Olympics opening ceremony. The RTS described the show as “the most surprising, dazzling, original night of television of the year".

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British documentary filmmaker Michael Grigsby died last week at the age of 76. Grigsby's career spanned six decades, and in that time the director worked on almost 30 films, including We Went to War, Living on the Edge and Lockerbie: A Night Remembered. Here, another of the UK's most influential documentary-makers, Leslie Woodhead, pays tribute to the man he calls his "first mentor".

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BS8909 is the standard for sustainability management in the UK film industry, which takes into account the social, financial and economic impact of a movie, and looks at ways to reduce it. But what does it mean for directors? And how can they play their part in ensuring their productions meet the standard? 

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Directors UK and the BBC have announced an iniative to improve career opportunities for women directors in film and television.

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Parade’s End led the way at this week’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards (15th March), taking four prizes in total at this year’s ceremony.

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