Griffith Film School student Siobhan Domingo will get the opportunity to hone her craft alongside the country’s top camera crews after winning the ABC John Bean ACS Memorial Scholarship.
The Brisbane-based filmmaker has just embarked on a Masters of Screen Production, which will be partially funded by the scholarship.
The $25,000 scholarship also includes an intensive 6-week internship with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The John Bean Memorial Scholarship for Cinematography was established in memory of Griffith University alumnus and ABC cameraman John Bean, who died in a helicopter accident in 2011.
It is designed to support the ongoing study of a talented postgraduate student in the field of cinematography and encourage excellence in this specialist field.
Siobhan, who graduated from the Bachelor of Film and Screen Production last year, said she was overwhelmed to have won the scholarship.
“I was very surprised and I’m still trying to process it,” she said.
“I know a scholarship like this