Summary

Skilled professional with extensive experience in television and film development, research, writing, production and casting in the US and Australia.

Credits

11/15 – 11/15

Development Producer N/A (Multiple Pilots and Sizzle Reels) (Pilot)

TV — The Feds Details
11/15 – 11/15

Researched new programs with a history and science focus. Wrote pitch documents, grant applications and research documents.

10/15 – 10/15

Associate Producer Keeping Australia Alive (Season 1)

TV — ITV Studios Australia Details
10/15 – 10/15

Organized on camera releases, logged notes during filming, liaised with the Media Director of the hospital and assisted the producer with arranging filming in the maternity ward, and through-out the hospital.

8/14 – 6/15

Writer Metropolitan Museum of Art residency

Live/Special Event — The Civilians Details
8/14 – 6/15

Co-writer for THE END AND THE BEGINNING, produced in the Temple of Dendur in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in March. Writer for THE WAY THEY LIVE, produced in the Grace Rainey Rodgers Auditorium in May. Lead and trained a team of 12 Field Researchers. Together with my team we interviewed over 300 staff, visitors to the museum and contemporary artists. From these interviews I wrote the 2 plays, collaborating with co-writers for THE END AND THE BEGINNING, and 7 composers for THE WAY THEY LIVE. I presented a Sunday at the Met session on the creative process behind the work. THE WAY THEY LIVE was included in 3 'Best of' lists at the end of 2015, by the New Yorker, Theatre Mania and New York Theater.

10/14 – 11/14

Researcher Pilot

TV — FremantleMedia Details
10/14 – 11/14

Researched outstanding and unusual talent across all performing genres for new non-fiction series.

10/14 – 10/14

Script Department Trainee Neighbours (Season 30)

TV — FremantleMedia Details
10/14 – 10/14

Performed duties of a Writer's Assistant including writing text featured on props onscreen, research of events and trends for inclusion in story-lines and observed plotting meetings.

6/14 – 10/14

Production Coordinator

Staff Position — Indievillage Details
6/14 – 10/14

Coordinator for the release and distribution of the films AUSSIE RULES THE WORLD and I LOVE THIS PLACE both around Australia and internationally.

5/14 – 6/14

Researcher Pilot

TV — Silk Studios Details
5/14 – 6/14

Responsible for sourcing and producing 9 stories for a pilot of a new non-fiction health and lifestyle series. This included finding patients to appear on camera in a studio based show, to discuss their illnesses and lifestyle choices.

12/13 – 3/14

Casting Assistant Gods of Egypt

Film (Feature-length) Details
12/13 – 3/14

Researched and found unusual talent. Scheduled and coordinated castings. Filmed screen tests, interviewing actors and models. Edited and uploaded self tests.

Orgs

  • Australian Writer's Guild

Recos

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Education

Class of '11

National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia

Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art/Playwriting
Class of '05

Charles Sturt University

Bachelor of Arts (Television Production)/Television Production,

My Gear

  • Macbook Pro

Skills

  • Video Production
  • Film Production
  • Media Production
  • Social Media
  • Reality TV
  • Screenwriting
  • Research
  • Drama
  • Playwriting
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Dramaturgy