Ranked No.1 in SA
in Creative Arts for full-time employment, student support and teaching quality.
The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only
Five stars
in Creative Arts for full-time employment and student support.
(The Good Universities Guide 2024 (undergraduate))
$1,862 median weekly earnings
Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors are in demand across Australia, and typically earn high salaries**
**Jobs and Skills Australia 2024
Connect with industry
You will benefit from our strong connections to industry that will provide you with practical, real-world industry experience through placements.
With a huge range of industry placement opportunities in South Australia, Australia and overseas, you’ll have the opportunity to make valuable industry connections, build practical skills and be ready to step into your career in the creative industries.
Our students and graduates are strongly supported throughout their studies and beyond, and you’ll have access to an exclusive network of Flinders alumni that will continue long into your career.
Teaching staff
Our passionate teaching and research staff within the screen, film and TV sector are experts in their professions and well-connected to industry.
Dr Tom Young’s extensive experience in documentary, television commercial and client video production has given him a highly practical approach to his teaching.
Dr Claire Henry is an award-winning university educator and HEA Fellow, specialising in contemporary cinema, the representation and regulation of sex and violence on screen, and genre and auteur studies.
Dr Nicholas Godfrey’s research and teaching interests are comprehensive, including Hollywood cinema, film aesthetics, the history of film distribution, Australian national cinema and Asian cinema.
Associate Professor Julia Erhart
Associate Professor Julia Erhart is an internationally recognised feminist film scholar and expert in the fields of feminist, LGBTQ, and documentary media.
As well as being a lecturer in screen and media at Flinders University, Dr Matt Hawkins is also the artistic director of the South Australian Playwrights Theatre writing, producing and directing plays, podcasts and audio series and a producer at Frankie Films creating video content for the government and private sectors.
Dr Helen Carter is an award-winning, masters-educated, cinematographer with 20 years' experience in the film and television industry and is currently researching a PhD in cinematography in Australia.
Cameron Nelson is an award-winning writer/director whose first feature, Some Beasts, was chosen to participate at the IFP Narrative Labs, the U.S. in Progress-Wroclaw, and received an Austin Film Society post-production grant. The film went on to screen at both national and international festivals and received a physical and streaming release via Turn Key Films.
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