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
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.
2008- 2011
Feature Film Writer & Producer
> 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.
Radio Producer/ Presenter
Older Showreel
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
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
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
Anthology
Marcus Schenkenberg: Past, Present & Future
Tyson Beckford (editor)
> 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 > 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
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
Anthology
Marcus Schenkenberg: Past, Present & Future
Tyson Beckford (editor)
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
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
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
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
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
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)
Series Associate Producer/Writer
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)
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
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
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)
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
Adrenaline-charged national docudrama teleseries on real life drama in the Rural Fire Service
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
