THE GREAT GATSBY, TOP OF THE LAKE Among Winners of Australian Academy Awards

Baz Luhrmann's THE GREAT GATSBY was among the big winners at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Thursday, January 30th. The film picked up awards for best film and best director and four other prizes including, best lead actor forLeonardo DiCaprio, best supporting actress for Elizabeth Debicki and best supporting actor for Joel Edgerton, as well as best adapted screenplay.

In the TV categories, Top Of The Lake, won best mini-series or telefeature, while ABC TV's urban drama, Redfern Now, won best TV drama. Josh Thomas' Please Like Me won for best TV comedy.

The full list of the 2014 AACTA award winners is below.

FILM

BEST FILM
THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher
and Catherine Knapman

BEST DIRECTION
THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE ROCKET Kim Mordaunt

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio THE GREAT GATSBY

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Rose Byrne THE TURNING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joel Edgerton THE GREAT GATSBY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Debicki THE GREAT GATSBY

TELEVISION

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
PLEASE LIKE ME Todd Abbott - ABC2

BEST REALITY TELEVISION SERIES
MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS Margaret Bashfield, David McDonald, Mark
Barlin and Tim Toni - Network Ten

BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
REDFERN NOW - SERIES 2 Darren Dale and Miranda Dear - ABC1

BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
TOP OF THE LAKE Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion and Philippa Campbell - FOXTEL - UKTV

BEST DIRECTION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA OR COMEDY
POWER GAMES: THE PACKER-MURDOCH STORY Part 1 Geoff Bennett - Nine
Network

BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
OFFSPRING - SEASON 4 Episode 13 Debra Oswald - Network Ten

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Lachy Hulme 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

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Luke Ford POWER GAMES: THE PACKER-MURDOCH STORY Part 2 - Nine Network

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Kat Stewart OFFSPRING - SEASON 4 Episode 9 - Network Ten

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION COMEDY
Shaun Micallef SHAUN MICALLEF'S MAD AS HELL - SERIES 2 - ABC1

DOCUMENTARY

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
RED OBSESSION Warwick Ross

AACTA RAYMOND LONGFORD AWARD
Jacki Weaver

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD
Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS)