Australia's first winner of the inaugural SPAARTAN Award announced at SPAA Conference Nov 19, 2007.
At the 2007 SPAA Conference’s annual dinner last Thursday the winner of the inaugural SPAARTAN Award was announced as John L Simpson, producer of Men’s Group (who more recently came to the attention of film audiences as the distributor of The Jammed). Simpson’s film was up against contenders including Boxing Day, produced by Kristian Moliere and directed by Kriv Stenders.
'It’s a great honour to be announced the winner of Digi SPAA and to win the inaugural SPAARTAN Award. Men’s Group was created purely on good will, from the cast and crew to suppliers, who all became investors. So this Award is for the entire team, they will also be participating in the cash prize money.' says John L Simpson.