CREDITS: Production & Performance

FILM & TV CREDITS

2022-24

Australian Fashion: Past, Present & Future (6 x 60' TV Series SBS broadcast Dec '24; Series Producer)

- Best Feature Documentary London Movie Awards 2024 

- Best Feature Documentary Florence Film Awards 2024 

- Best Feature Documentary New York Movie Awards 2024 

- Best Feature Documentary Hollywood Gold Awards 2024 

- Best Feature Documentary International Gold Awards 2024 

- Best Feature Documentary The Gladiator Film Festival Istanbul 2024 

- Gold Award Paris Film Awards 2024 

- Silver Award Milan Gold Awards 2024 

- Semi Finalist Tokyo International Cinema Awards 2024 

2023-24

Growing Home (4 x 60' TV Series Channel 7 broadcast Oct '24; Director/Story Producer) 

2022

Super Natural: Fashioning the Ideal Male (Feature Doc; Series Producer + Director/Writer Ep 2 + 8) 

- Winner L.A. Independent Film Channel Festival 2022

- Winner Stockholm Short Festival 2022
- Semi-finalist Washington Film Awards 2022


Marcus Schenkenberg: A Brand New Species (Feature Doc; Producer/Director/Writer)
- Winner Stockholm Short Festival 2022

- Official Selection Stockholm City Film Festival 2022


Supermodel (Feature Doc; Producer)
- Winner Best Documentary Feature Cannes World Film Festival 2022
- Winner Best Documentary Paris Film Awards 2022

- Winner Best Documentary Feature Boston Independent Film Awards 2022

- Finalist New York International Film Festival 2022
- Semi-Finalist International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo 2022

- Official Selection London Director Awards 2022
- Official Selection LA Independent Film Chanel 2022


The Diversity Imperative (Feature Doc; Producer/Co-Director/ Co-Writer)
- Winner Best Documentary Miami Indie Film Awards 2022
- Winner Best Feature Hollywood Gold Awards Feature Documentary 22

- Semi-finalist Sydney Indie Film Festival 2022
- Semi-finalist International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo 2022

- Nominee International Social Change Film Festival 2022
- Official Selection Paris Film Awards 2022
- Official Selection International Manhattan Film Awards 2022
- Official Selection Milan Gold Awards 2022
- Official Selection Chicago Indie Film Awards 2022
- Official Selection New York Movie Awards 2022
- Official Selection Boston Independent Film Awards 2022
- Official Selection RED Movie Awards Reims France 2022


Virgil (Short Doc; Producer)
- Winner Cannes World Film Festival Best Documentary Short 2021
- Winner Cannes World Film Festival Best Documentary Short 2022
- Winner Boston Indie Film Awards 2022

- Winner International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo Best Short Film on Diversity 2022

- Semi-Finalist Washington Film Awards 2022
- Semi-Finalist Tokyo Shorts 2022
- Semi-Finalist Roma Shorts 2022

Burbujas (Music Video; Director / Editor)
- Winner Silver Medal, Global Music Awards 2022


2021
Get Up, Stand Up! (Feature Doc; Producer)
- Winner Impact Doc award 2021

- Nominee Paris Film Festival 2021

- Official Selection Miami Indie Film Awards 2022

- Official Selection New York Lift Off Film Festival 2022

- Official Selection New York Independent Cinema Awards 2021

Rise of the Male Supermodel (Feature Doc; Producer)
- Winner LA Indie Film Channel Festival 2022

- Semi-Finalist Sydney Indie Short Film Awards 2022

- Semi-Finalist Washington Film Awards 2022

- Semi-Finalist Hollywood International Golden Age Festival 2022

- Official Selection Chicago Indie Film Awards 2022

- Official Selection Cannes International Cinema Festival 2022


Tyson Beckford (Feature Doc; Producer)

-  Winner Best Feature Documentary New Filmmakers New Orleans 2022
- Semi Finalist Washington Film Awards 2022

- Semi Finalist Chicago Filmmaker Awards 2022

Sean O'Pry (Feature Doc; Producer)

- Semi Finalist Atlanta Movie Awards 2022

2018
After the Lockouts: The Search for Sydney's Missing Nightlife (Feature Doc; Producer/ Co-Director/ Co-Editor)

2017-2022

Various Short Docs, Fashion Industry Broadcast (Producer/ Director/ Writer)

2010

Ingenious Africa (TV Documentary Series; Associate Producer/ Researcher)

 

The Lost Anzac (Drama Feature Film; Writer/ Researcher)

 AHL: 100 Years of Entertainment (Docuseries; Associate Producer/Writer)

Luck of the Game (Drama Feature Film; Writer/Researcher)

2009

 Catch (Dramatised Doc; Associate Producer)

Road to Ryde Panthers (Short Doc; Producer/ Co-Director/ Writer)

Various Short Docs, Australia Channel/Foxtel (Producer/Director/Writer)

2008

 Scorched (Drama Feature; Development Producer/Cross Platform Writer) - winner of the first ever Digital Emmy Award for Digital Fiction, 2009

2007

Rock Eisteddfod Challenge TV special (Writer)

In the Line of Fire (TV Docuseries; Series Coordinator)

Thalassa (TV Docuseries; Writer/Researcher)

Enlightened India (TV Docuseries; Co-Producer/ Writer)

Wine Trails (TV Docuseries; Researcher/ Writer)

2006

 Composure (Drama Short; Sound Designer/  Editor)

2003 - 2005

 Forum (Short Doc; Producer/Director/ Writer)

The Narrow Path (Short Doc; Co-Producer/ Music/ Sound Design/ Editor)

Various shorts for AFTRS (Producers/ Directors Assistant)

FILM/TV ATTACHMENTS: 

Kisna: Warrior Poet (Drama Feature; Director's Attachment, Subhash Ghai, Mukta Arts)

The Alice (TV Drama Series Network 9; Director's Attachment, Shawn Seet & Ian Watson, Southern Star)

RADIO:

2005-2011
Between the Covers Eastside Radio (Weekly Show; EP/ Producer/ Presenter)

2004-5
Duncan's Story ABC Radio National (Radio Feature Series; Producer/ Director/ Writer/ Editor/ Presenter)

2003
Real Dreams UTS (Radioplay Feature; Co-Director/ Producer)

PERFORMANCE:

CURRENT - 2008

Goldfynch Adult contemporary originals Band (Singer/ Songwriter) - winner Silver medal Global Music Awards and International Acoustic Music Awards, Finalist UK Songwriting Contest and International Songwriting Competition

Breakfast at Tiffany's Jazz/Contemporary Band (Lead Vocals)

Refer to the following link for details and demo tracks:
www.goldfynchmusic.com
www.breakfastatiffanys.info

2020

Blood Jack Reilly Music Video, Triple J Unearthed (Performer - Bohemian lady)

2019

Lumiphonic Creature Choir, Digital and Stage Rock Musical (Singer/Performer - Lead Creature, Lover Creature)

2007
Various shorts, SkillsOne TV for FOXTEL (Video Journalist/Presenter)

In the Line of Fire  Network 9 TV Series (Production Coordinator / Extra)

2006
Scorched/Drypothesis 2020 ABC/BCPI/Network 9 Cross Platform Drama (Development Producer/Presenter)

2005-2001 roles in AFTRS and UTS short film productions including The Big Cheat, Forum, Chapter 6 (Actor/ Presenter)

 2004
Le Baladeur, Lyon, FRANCE (Lead Jazz Vocalist)

1992
Romeo and Juliet play, North Sydney Girls High (Actor - Nurse)

 1991
Oliver Musical theatre, St. Lukes College (Actor/ Singer - Widow Corney/Fruitseller)

 1990
1001 Arabian Nights Musical theatre, Harbord Public (Actor/ Singer- Princess Yasmine)

1988-92
 Royal Opera House- various dance, solo, madrigal and choir performances

PRODUCTION CREDITS- TV/FILM/RADIO/WEB

CURRENT

Lecturer BA Production

Australian Film Radio Television School (AFTRS)

> Mentoring BA students in scripted film and series production

> Overseeing and tutoring across 40 projects simultaneously

> Assisting with casting, crewing and logistics

> Demonstrating best on set practice, chain of title clearance, documentation and real world knowledge for on location and in-studio film production

> Assessing and marking across Producing, Directing, Writing, and 1st ADing from pre to post, including statements, WHS, risk assessments, location briefs, schedules, call sheets and chain of title and all agreements

Con-Current
Managing Director

Beeblebrox Creative Studio
> A one stop shop for film, video, written copy, photography, graphics and music production based in Sydney, Australia.
> Corporate and private clients include The Art of Living Organisation Australia, Shankara Skincare Australia, Miraworld Marketing and PR, Amalgamated Holdings (AHL/Event Cinemas), Cisco, KTN, Telstra, Akin Robotics, Red Giraffe, BusinessNET, Escape Lounge, Your Investment Guide, Studio Ripple, Historymakers, Underfoot Records, Urban Gypsies, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Arrebato Ensemble, Byron Mark, the Great Aussie Bite, Recipe Tin.

Samples:
Feature Scripted and Unscripted Producer / Director

Music Video

EVT - brand story Co-Director / Writer

Leadership Video

Recipes Camera/Edit

Content Writing Eco
Content Food 
Content Travel /dining 
Content Fashion

Content Photography

Radio Producer/ Presenter
Older Showreel

2023

Director / Story Producer

"Growing Home" TV Series

Rawkus / Channel 7  (Broadcast Oct, 2024)

> Directing episodes of new prime time series on sustainable luxury off-the-grid builds (Grand Designs meets Beyond 2000) including filming on complex build sites with multiple crews

> Story Producing episodes, crafting narrative and assembling episodes in edit on Premiere Pro

> Liaising with talent, stakeholders, production crew, construction crew and cast to plan, schedule and execute shoots in a safe and cost-effective manner

> Directing post production house on fine cut, titling and all collaterals

Growing Home Ch7 

2017- 2022 

Head of Production / Editor in Chief 

Fashion Industry Broadcast
> Leading writing and film teams for digital website, print publishing and broadcast channel on fashion, entertainment, style, music, culture, photography, and the Arts.
> Writing and editing articles, features, books and film scripts

> Producing, directing and leading production teams on short and feature length factual and documentary films

> Interviewing high-profile talent
> Creating series ideas and developing film projects, pitching and proposal writing for funding
> Training and mentoring writing and production teams
> Producing/Co-Directing multi-award winning feature documentaries and series: "After the Lockouts: The Search For Sydney's Nightlife" (2018),"Get Up Stand Up" (2021) on social activism, "The Diversity Imperative" (2022), "SuperNatural: Fashioning the Ideal Man", and "Virgil" (2022), winner of Cannes Film Festival Best Short Documentary. 
> Latest series "Australian Fashion: Past, Present And Future" will broadcast on SBS Dec 2024
Legacy Australian cultural history documentary series chronicling the story of Australian fashion and it's major players (6 x 60' series)
Australian Fashion: Past, Present and Future Series (SBS)
Feature Documentary Production/Direction 
Short Film and content

"Get Up Stand Up" series in development 

PUBLISHED BOOKS:
Anthology
Marcus Schenkenberg: Past, Present & Future
Tyson Beckford (editor)

Sean O'Pry (editor)

Flare & Falter

2008- 2011
Feature Film Writer & Producer

Animax/Lay Films Pty Ltd
Writing, researching and producing story for groundbreaking new feature films and documentaries with leading Production House Animax/Lay Film's award winning Filmmaker Damien Lay.
Animax Films

Studio Ripple Pty Ltd
Producer
Award-winning music composition and sound studio for film, TV, radio and performance

2009
Associate Producer

"Catch" / "The Great Chase"

Signalhill Pty Ltd
Amazing  illegal fishing drama based on true events in the Australian Antarctic

Signalhill

Various writing and editing contracts with:
Mightymedia Pty Ltd, Red Giraffe Recruitment, Travelmall.com
http://www.mightymedia.com.au/

2008

Producer/Writer
Tallstoreez Productionz/Change Media Pty Ltd
Producing, research and development of TV series, features and formats as the Sydney office of award winning film/tv/new media company that made SBS's "Is Your House Killing You" and "Directing the Hero Within".
https://tallstoreez.com/

2007

Filmmaker/VJ
SkillsOne Television and Web
Full time filmmaking 6-minute factual pieces for Foxtel/Austar and the Web.
The following links to some of my stories (research, pitch, direct, shoot and edit):
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/shaping-futures/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/glass-master/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/tat-whaleboat-live-the-dream-part-1/
https://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/tat-whaleboat-live-the-dream-part-2/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/inspirations-with-tat-whaleboat/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/my-mess-becomes-my-message/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/the-secret-is-in-the-sauce/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/v8-superstar/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/challenging-the-conventions/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/maxi-magic/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/best-of-the-best-pizza-challenge/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/re-engineering-australia/
http://www.skillsone.com.au/vidgallery/beyond-the-grain/

Co-Director/Writer/Researcher 

"Thalassa - le Magazine de la Mer"

MVC Productions/France 3; TV3 and affiliates, SBS TV (AU)
Australian segments of France's longest running and most popular television series, which inspired a dedicated TV channel Planète Thalassa (features adventure, travel, stories about important issues, societies and cultures)

https://www.france.tv/france-3/thalassa-aventures-extremes/

2006

Development Producer/Writer (Cross-platform) 

"Scorched"

Essential Viewing/Firelight/Goalpost Productions Australia; Network 9 
World first International Digital Emmy Award winner 2009
Winner of ABC/AFC BCPI funding and workshopped through LAMP
High-impact educational environmental drama about water, originally created and funded for ABC television, radio and online. Subsequently bought by Network 9 and screened as a telefeature on August 31, 2008.
Scorched Film Link

Series Associate Producer/Writer

"Ingenious Africa" / "Enlightened India" 

(Series Producer: Robin Newell)

Thought Films, Australia/South Africa SABC

High-impact, thought-provoking documentary series focussing on the innovation and ideas revolution originating from the African and Indian sub-continent (13 x 30' series)
http://www.thoughtfilms.com/

Writer/Script Supervisor

“Rock Eisteddfod Challenge TV Final”  (Executive Producer: Peter Sjoquist)

Network 9/ Firelight Productions Australia
High-energy 3 hour, prime-time special of the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge National Final

Production Coordinator/Support Cameraperson
"In the Line of Fire"(Series Dir: Marcus Gillezeau)

Network 9/Essential Viewing, Australia 
Adrenaline-charged national docudrama teleseries on real life drama in the Rural Fire Service

Trailer

Sound Editor/Designer
"Composure" (Dir: Luc Anthony)

Raw Nerve Film Festival, AFC/Metroscreen 
Short comic fantasy funded by the AFC and Metroscreen for the '06 Raw Nerve Film Festival & overseas fringe festivals in the USA and Europe

2005
Executive Producer/Presenter
"Between the Covers" (30min/ weekly program)

 Eastside Radio 89.7FM Sydney
Conception, launch and continued production of live weekly radio program reviewing literature, interviewing authors, publicising events
- recent guests include Dr. David Suzuki, Jamie Durie, Jeanne Little
http://eastsidefm.org/arts/betweenthecovers/

Director/Editor's Attachment
"The Alice" (Series Producer: John Edwards)

Network 9/Southern Star Australia; RTE Ireland, TV New Zealand, VMM Belgium
Director’s attachment on the national television drama series (with Shawn Seet/Ian Watson)

Co-Producer, Music/Sound Designer & Editor
"The Narrow Path" (Dir: Dalangh Dhkar)

New York Independent, SoCal and Detroit Docs International Film Festivals
Short documentary about the relationship of a modern young woman to her grandmother in the tribal highland region of Shillong, in India

- Researcher/Writer
"Wine Trails" (pilot series)

DVine Productions UK

Production Assistant

AFTRS, various festivals
Producer's assistant for Australian Film, Television & Radio School documentary short films on political torture ("A Silence Full of Things") and cheating relationships ("The Big Cheat")

2004
Director/Producer Assistant/attachment
"Kisna: Warrior Poet" (Dir/Prod: Subhas Ghai)

Cannes & Goa Film Festival, Mukta Arts Pty Ltd
Feature film epic about a young hero who saves his British employers during the civil riots of India's Independence in 1947

Producer/Director/Editor
‘Forum’ (45mins, French Language)

UTS/Lumière Lyon 2
Documentary on French attitudes towards the Bush administration at the eve of the 2004 US Presidential elections
& ‘Cinéma Lyonnais’ (30mins, French Language)
Documentary on Lyon’s film industry as the birthplace of the Lumière Brothers and cinema

Director's Assistant, pre-production
Untitled (Dir: Aslam Ansari)

Image 6 Composers
Feature documentary on the global political climate, as seen through young Parisians of mixed backgrounds

2003
1st & 2nd AD
‘The Restless Imperfect’ (Dir: Raen Beaux) & ‘Eviction’ (Dir: Adam Dolman)

AFTRS; Hof International Film Festival, Germany; Mill Valley Film Festival, California
16mm AFTRS affiliated short dramas on dysfunctional marital relationships

Producer/Director/Editor/Presenter
‘Duncan’s Story’ Parts 1 & 2 (2x 30mins)

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Social History sound feature on a young adventurer and quadriplegic, for RN's ‘Verbatim’
RN Archives

Co-Director/Producer
‘Real Dreams’ (Dir: Christian Wolf)

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Masterclass
Radio play feature about the effect of loss and betrayal on a troubled young man

Director/Editor
‘The Big Issue’ (10mins)

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Short documentary highlighting the misunderstanding of female sexual desire and satisfaction amongst young Australian males

Additional Short Film Directing/Edit Credits: ‘Icy Blue’ (2002), ‘Still Life’ (2002), ‘The Maltese Chicken’ (2002), ‘Chapter 6’ (2001), ‘Strictly Bathrooms’ (2001)

RELATED EXPERIENCE
2003 Intern, film sound post-production, Soundfirm, Fox Studios
2002 Intern, film & television music composition at Supersonic, Darlinghurst

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATION
WIFT (Women in Film & Television)
Screen Producers Association of Australia Member

Australian Director's Guild Member
Journalist (accredited), Australian Journalists Association
Post-production software Protools, Avid, Premier, Final Cut; a wide range of 16 mm & digital audio & visual recording & editing equipment
Design & office software including Adobe creative suite, Microsoft Office, word-processing, databases & spreadsheets (Mac & PC platforms)
Paddy Scuba Diving Certification

CREATING A STORM- A STORYTELLER DOWNUNDER

CAREER OBJECTIVE
To create compelling stories with diverse perspective and international relevance for social betterment.

SKILLS SNAPSHOT
•Creative producing, pitching, researching, interviewing, directing and editing short and long format content in collaboration with commercial, broadcast and publishing clients across TV, Film, Radio, Web and Print (see credits below)

•Creative writing - scripts, stories, books, pitch documents, treatments, poetry, songs, reports, guides, websites articles and print copy (areas include history, environment, culture, social justice, biopic/ personal journeys, science, aviation, financial planning, architecture, recruitment, travel, leisure, food, film, social media, fashion, music, literature, the arts, ethics and diversity)

•Developing and leading creative productions using a variety of research, communication and technical tools, from written to post-production stage, within time and budget

•Analogue and digital camera and sound recording; vision and sound editing; post-production, design and office skills (e.g. Avid, Premiere Pro, Final Cut, Protools, Photoshop, InDesign and MS Office- PC/Mac)

•Networking and liaison with talent and multiple stakeholders

•Performer and Presenter, vocalist, voice-over talent and interviewer on TV, Film, Radio, Stage and Web

EDUCATION
2009
Certificate IV Small Business Management
Clearly Business, Sydney

EDUCATION
2001 – 2005
BA Communications (Media Arts & Production) & BA International Studies- DUX
University of Technology Sydney &
2004 Université Lumière Lyon 2, France

1997 – 2000
B Science/B Dental Surgery, University of Sydney

NON-FILM AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2022

Finalist Best Music Video - Global Music Awards

2021 

Winner Silver Medal - Global Music Awards (Album & art pop)

Finalist International Acoustic Music Awards (alternative AAA)

Highly Commended (5 starts) UK Songwriting Contest

Highly Commended (5 starts) International Songwriting Contest

2010
Best Elevator Pitch Video Award - Cisco Systems Australia

2005
Richard Braddock Memorial Prize, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Outstanding Student Award, Media Arts & Production, UTS
1995 Writing Award: Sydney Taronga Zoo Writing Competition
1994 Grande History Project Prize, NSGHS
1992 Highly Commended Award: Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer’s Competition
1992 Academic Bursary Scholarship: St. Luke’s College, Dee Why, Dux of Year '91-'92