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Over 25 years experience in diverse aspects of media and electronic media production.
Skills and experience in producing, communications, production management, writing and script writing, management, directing, editing, post-production management, photography; with proficiency in digital cinematography, graphic design and motion graphics;
Proven ability to build and maintain industry wide networks; and to liaise and negotiate with government and non-government clients.
Work experience in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and London, with location experience in USA, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Syria, Armenia, and former USSR.
I have excellent communication skills, interact professionally and diplomatically with clients and colleagues, and am an innovative, thorough and effective worker with proven management and cross-cultural experience.
Successfully operated as General Manager at The Production Hub, managing productions, leading the production team, preparing tenders and submissions to clients and ensuring delivery of projects to budget, to deadline, and of the highest quality. ‘The Hub’ was a Canberra production company specialising in federal government video and broadcast documentaries (largely with an Indigenous focus). Clients: DEWHA, AusAID & Dept. Attorney-General. Broadcast credits: ABC 1, Channel 10 & NITV.
Reinvigorated ScreenACT, the ACT Office of Film, Television, and Digital Media to have an enhanced focus on local industry, by establishing a new grant scheme to support local projects, running capacity building workshops, and establishing networks with national and state screen organizations. Under my management, the ACT Government extended ScreenACT funding from a one year commitment to five years.
Improved content, branding and professional standards at Papua New Guinea TV network, EmTV, working as Executive Producer in a busy environment with limited resources. My input included new network graphics, restyled programs (news and sports), and new content, including a talent program and weekly live sport. I also assisted production staff with training, mentoring and establishing networks with foreign contemporaries.
Moresby Modern: A New Generation for PNG? A self-produced 52 min ethnographic documentary exploring socio-economic change and challenges in Papua New Guinea through the experiences of seven young professional Papua New Guineans. Distributor: Ronin Films
Producer/ Director: Government projects for Bearcage Productions, Canberra. Australia’s market leader in video production for federal government. Projects included online promotional videos for the Department of Health and Ageing and the Department of Innovation; and training videos for The Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Producer: Millennium Development Goals. Online video vignettes produced for AusAID.
Producer: Australia Indonesia Institute Web Vignettes. Two online video stories produced for Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Jakarta) highlighting participants in the people-to-people programs the Australia Indonesia Muslim Exchange Program and the Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program.
Producer/ Director: Australia Indonesian Education Partnership – Madrasah Evaluation and Monitoring. A 15 minute video that journeys inside three different Indonesian madrasah (Islamic schools) to document change brought about by Australian Aid; and to help demystify the madrasah environment and system. Produced for GRM International, an Australian Aid contractor.
Producer/ Director/ Photographer: LOGICA2 Project Closure, a series of four video vignettes, and photographs for an ebook, documenting personal stories of achievement that came out of Australian Aid assistance to Aceh, Indonesia. Client: Coffey International, an Australian Aid contractor.
Executive Producer: Ice Discovered. EmTV, Media Nuigini. Papua New Guniea. 2 x series music talent competition. One of PNG’s most successful television programs of all time.
Associate Producer/ Location Sketch Director:Backberner. ABC Television
Location Producer: 48 Hours. Network 7. Reality special involving travel with contestant and cameraman through Egypt, India And Australia
Location Producer USA: ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games. Network 10. Repackaging project.
Producer: Studio programs and Music festival location specials for Channel V Australia.
Hands Up! Your Betel-Nut Or Your Life! 2006 . A self-funded short comedy about inept Port Moresby raskols (criminals) on a crime spree with disastrous results. Melanesian Pidgin with English subtitles.
2007 Hawaii International Film Festival – Official Selection
2006 Berlin Asia Pacific Film Festival – Official Selection
2006 Tropfest Australia Best Of The Rest Festival – Official Selection
Communications Specialist in Jakarta for the ASEAN-US Technical Assistance and Training Facility, a USAID project that provided support to ASEAN. My role included writing outreach material including background documents, media advisories, press releases, and thematic papers; providing media liaison and on the ground support at events; and photography, image sourcing, image editing, website support, graphic design, and PowerPoint design. Projects and events worked across the Education, Health, Legal, Business, and Trade sectors.
Offline Editor: Comedy Inc. Nine Network.
Online Editor: CNNNN PILOT for ABC Television (and DV Camera)
Editor/ Visual Effects: History of Cricket. 25 episode series. ESPN.
Editor: Lifestyle / Magazine TV for Nine Network, including: Getaway, Money, Our House.
Editor: News features for Sky News, London. Including location editing (Kuwait, Yugoslavia, Syria, Armenia, former USSR)
Producer: Australia Indonesian Education Partnership – Public diplomacy YouTube video (English and Bahasa Indonesia). Produced for Australia Indonesia Education Partnership Outreach Services/ URS Australia. 2014/ 2015
Communications Specialist (Designer, document editor): Early Childhood Parenting Evaluation report, public release summaryFor Plan International Australia and Jakarta. 2014/ 2015
Communications Specialist (Video Producer/ DoP/ Photographer): LOGICA2 Australian Aid Project Closure, ACEH Indonesia
For Coffey International, an Australian Aid contractor. June – July 2014
Producer/ Director: Australia Indonesian Education Partnership – Madrasah Evaluation and Monitoring. Produced for GRM International, an Australian Aid contractor. August 2013 – June 2014
Communications Specialist, ASEAN-US Technical Assistance and Training Facility. Managed by Nathan Associates Inc., a USAID contractor.ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia. June 2011 to April 2013
Producer/ Director, Bearcage Productions, Canberra. April 2010 – Sept 2010
General Manager, The Production Hub, Canberra. Mar 2009 – April 2010
Manager, ScreenACT. Canberra. June 2007 – March 2009
Executive Producer, EMTV Media Niugini, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Sept 2003 – Aug 2006
Producer / Editor / Director, Crackerjack Productions, Sydney. Jan 1999 – Jul 2003
Producer / Director. Channel [V], XYZ Entertainment Foxtel, Sydney. May 1995 – Dec 1998
Editor, freelance (primarily for Nine Network), Sydney. Jan 1992 – Jan 1994
Editor, BSkyB (Sky News), London, UK. Sept 1989 – Nov 1991
Judge. 2014 IP Awareness ATOM Awards. Best Indigenous Resource category (2014)
Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC). Adelaide SA. (2014)
Volunteer business and production advisor to Tempo TV, Indonesia. (2011)
AFTRS CCB Running Your Own Creative Business, Canberra, ACT (2009)
Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference, Gold Coast, QLD. (2008)
AFTRS Financing Screen Projects 2 day course. SYDNEY NSW (2008)
Australian International Documentary Conference. Perth WA. (2008)
OHS Media/ SPAA Production Company OHS Management. Half day seminar. ACT (2007
AFTRS Centre for Screen Business seminar – Business Models for Digital Distribution. ACT (2007)
BACHELOR OF ARTS (ENGLISH). Curtin University Perth, WA. 1983-1985
Major: Film & Television Minor: Australian Studies
Electives: Literature, Language & Culture; Journalism; Sociology
Stay Tuned (16mm). Short comedy, winner 1985 Young Filmmakers Award for -scriptwriting.
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