Independent Producer currently studying for Masters in Screen Project Development at Edinburgh Skillset Screen Academy. I am naturally drawn to the organisation of the creative process and ‘the bigger picture.’ I especially enjoy the collaborative creative process with writers and directors and the developing of an idea from conception to production. I am interested in character- driven drama, comedy and documentary and stories with heart.
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
FEATURE FILM
Catch it Early (Writer/Dir Sarah Warren)
Feature Screenplay
A mainstream family comedy in the JUNO territory tackling the subject of cancer.
Moe, the local hospital's wise-cracking clown shows us cancer can be conquered with a laugh. Ten years after Moe's dad, Charlie, left her family, he is now taken being treated for cancer in the hospital where she works. Struggling to keep up the jokes, with her personal life in a whirlwind - Moe discovers love is possible ... if you Catch It Early.
Particulars (Writer/Dir Emma Rozanski)
Feature Screenplay Drama/ Murder mystery puzzle about obession and identity.
Two inner-city castaways find solace in the realm of sensation when a murder threatens to disrupt their lives.
SHORT FILM
Fairground (Writer Chris Lindsay)
10’ drama.
When old friends Laura and Paul meet up at the Fairground after years apart, they must ride out the demons of their past before moving into the future.
The Butterfly Dream (Writer/Dir Johanna Wagner)
8’-10’ experimental fiction film that attempts to explore and understand what hallucinations feel, sound and look like to a schizophrenic. Shoot March 2010. Part of ECA MFA graduate film submission.
Short Film: Untitled (Writer/Dir Emma Rozanski)
Black comedy about how a young girl and her mother each deal with (or not) the death of the father/partner.
DOCUMENTARY
Access All Areas
Factual series developed as first project through Screen Academy.
7 x 3’ minute short films about society’s barriers towards people who have a disability.
Like Mother like Daughter
STAGE: Research
Story involving three generations of mothers and daughters. As the daughters fight against turning into their mothers - each learns that there is no escape from the inevitable and that it doesn’t have to be such a bad thing. Told through a series of funny moments and tragic experiences.
Never Mind the Needles: The Rise of the Punk Knitters
STAGE Research
While the decision to get crafty is apolitical for some for others it’s an act of defiance against consumerism. It can be seen as an extention of the DIY movement instigated by the punk era. Meeting the young ‘punks” who are taking back the stitch and making knitting cool.
Student stripper
STAGE Research
The rise in the number of cash-strapped students turning to prostitution to fund their studies.
Why Being 16 is no longer sweet
STAGE Research
What’s it like to be a teenager growing up in UK nowadays.
WORK HISTORY
Producer The Whisper Stop 8', Whisper Stop Productions Sydney
Dir Emma Rozanski, Apr 06 – Jun 06
Awards: Best Drama and Best Overall Film at Poppy Jasper Film Festival (US); Best Short Film at Hawkesbury Film Festival (Australia) - Screenings: Melbourne Underground Film Festival; Poppy Jasper Film Festival; Access All Areas Film Festival; International Festival of Cinema and Technology; Hawkesbury Film Festival; Portable Film Festival; New York Downtown Short Film Festival.
Co-Producer The Fair Sex (10’ 16mm),
Loud Mouse Productions
Dir Patrick Mather, Prod Gary Holding, Apr 09 – May 09
Film currently in post production.
Production Manager
Almost: A film about a film (90’ 16mm/HD)
Divine Madness Films, Sydney Dir Chris Burnham Prod Adriana Nunez,
Nov 04 – Feb 05
Production Manager Left Ear (90’ 16mm/HD) Red Rug Productions, Sydney
Dir Andrew Wholley, Prod Clare McKay Feb 04 – Apr 04
Production Manager The Mystic Halls of Time (10’ / HD)
Archnemisis Productions, Sydney Dir Ben Lucas, Prod Janelle Landers
Aug 05 – Sep 05
Freelance Co-ordinator / manager for commercials.