Qualifications 

Graduate Certificate in Higher Education - University of Canberra 

Bachelor of Arts (Television Directing) - Australian Film Telvision & Radio School 

Bachelor of English - Curtin University 

Associate Professor Michael Sergi was appointed Director of Film and Television in
December 2008, after 13 years as the principal film and television lecturer at the
University of Canberra. Having graduated from Curtin University with a faculty award
Michael was selected to undertake the fulltime directing course at AFTRS. He spent three
years learning from some of the world's best directors, including Philip Noyce, Alan
Parker, Norman Jewison and Mike Liegh. 

Michael has directed over 100 hours of television drama in Australia and New Zealand,
including Home & Away, Neighbours, Pacific Drive, Breakers and Shortland Street.
Michael has produced, written and directed many short films, documentaries, TV
commercials and music videos, and his commissioned work for corporate clients has won
numerous awards. 

In 1995, Michael co-founded the Canberra International Film Festival, and was its
artistic director for 13 years. He was the Vice-Chair of the ACT Film and Television
Council, he held the Film Position on the ACT Cultural Council, and was the ACT
representative of the Australian Directors Guild. Michael's published works include
a chapter in the book, Tertiary Teaching: Doing it Differently, Doing it Better; How
Reality Bites: The production of Australian Soap Operas, with Peter Dodds in Media
International Australia, and Evaluating short-term and long-term peer assessment of
Student Teamwork in e-Journal of Business Education & Scholarship of Teaching.

Articles

Link

Evaluating short-term and long-term peer assessment of student teamwork, e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching (2007)

The lack of individual reward for individual effort is a major concern for many university...

 

How reality bites: the production of Australian soap operas (with Peter Dodds), Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy (2003)

Soap opera in Australia is driven artistically by the bottom line, according to Peter Dodds,...