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2009 |
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PENGUIN ISLAND
(6x30/3x52 BBC, ABC, Arte France, National Geographic TV International) Series Producer.
Follows life in the Little Penguin colony of Phillip Island Australia. Produced with the assistance of Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
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| 2009 |
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EYE FOR ARCHITECTURE
(SBS/AVRO/ National Geographic TV International) Producer/Director.
Biography of the work of Australia's top architectural photographer John Gollings. Produced with the assistance of Film Victoria.
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| 2008 |
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TIBET:MURDER IN THE SNOW
(SBS,BBC, TSR, RTBF, YLE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL) Producer.
In September 2006 a group of young Tibetans were shot at by Chinese border guards as they tempted a daring escape from their homeland. The incident was witnessed by a team of mountain climbers who filmed the shooting. This is their story. Produced with the assistance of Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
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| 2008 |
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COMMUNITY COP
(SBS) Producer.
Follows the work of an innovative community policing program in inner city Melbourne. Produced with the assistance of Screen Australia.
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| 2008-07 |
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SEED HUNTER
(55 minutes ABC, RTE, ARTE, SVT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL) Producer/Director.
Developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission and Financed with the Assistance of Film Finance Corporation. Follows Australian scientist Dr Ken Street on a quest through Central Asia to find rare plants whose genes may help save our food from the threat of climate change.
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| 2006 |
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2 MUMS AND A DAD
(52 mins SBS) Producer
When Fiona and Kelly meet Darren he seems like the perfect sperm donor to make their baby. But life gets complicated when he wants to be Dad.
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| 2005 |
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WELCOME 2 MY DEAF WORLD
(52 mins SBSI) Writer/Producer
Bethany and Scott are two ordinary teenagers who live in the extraordinary world of the deaf.
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| 2002 |
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MUDDY WATERS
(52 mins SBSI) Writer/Director/Co-producer
The Great Barrier Reef is dying - can anything be done to save it?
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| 2000 |
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DOLPHINMANIA
(55 mins ABCTV) Producer/Director.
About the impact of tourism on wild dolphins in Port Phillip Bay, Australia.
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| 2000 |
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PAINTING COUNTRY
(55 mins SBSTV/NHK) Writer/Director.
HDTV documentary which takes a group of Aboriginal artists on a journey back to their traditional country.
Winner Silver Chris Award best Arts Documentary Columbus Ohio Film Festival 2001
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| 1999 |
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PANDORA'S SECRETS
(50 mins BBC/Discovery Channel) Associate Producer.
Archaeological underwater shipwreck expedition for Journeys To The Bottom Of The Sea series.
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| 1997 |
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MAO'S NEW SUIT
(16mm, 51 minutes, Mandarin/English subtitles ) CH 4; SBSTV; Producer/Director.
Documentary which charts the course of two Beijing fashion designers as they launch themselves on the Shanghai market.
Winner Kodak Eastman Award Windy City Documentary Fest. Chicago 1998 Nominated Best Documentary Hawaii Int. Film Festival
1997 Dendy Award Nominee Best Documentary Sydney Film Festival 1998
Sold to Ch 4 UK, Discovery Channel USA, Spain, Poland, NHK Japan, Norway, Sweden, & Netherlands.
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| 1996 |
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SILK AND STEEL
(56 mins, Indonesian/English subtitles) ABCTV; Writer/Director.
Documentary about the changing role of women in Indonesia.
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| 1995 |
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THE ISABELLAS
(54 mins, Cantonese/English subtitles) SBS TV Producer/Director.
Documentary about 56 Chinese 'boat people' who landed in Australia's remote North West and their ongoing battle to
receive refugee status.
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| 1993 |
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THE TENTH DANCER
(16mm 52 minutes, Cambodian with English subtitles) Producer/Director.
Documentary about a master teacher and her pupil who survived the Cambodian holocaust and returned to rebuild the
Cambodian Dance Company after Pol Pot.
Sold to ABC TV; BBC TV'S Under The Sun; CANAL PLUS France; Germany; NHK Japan; Poland; Discovery USA; Hong Kong;
Taiwan; Singapore; Malaysia; New Zealand; Spain and Belgium.
Invited to over 20 international film festivals, including Cinema Du Reel and winning awards in Japan, Chicago and San
Francisco (Golden Gate Award) plus a nomination for Best Documentary at Hawaii International Film Festival. Won BEST
Documentary 1994 Australian Teachers of Media Awards.
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| 1990 |
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SHOWMEN
(52 mins). Producer/Director.
Follows the adventures of the Bell Family as they travel around Australia touring a boxing tent and carnival show.
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| 1990 |
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MAYDAY
(30 mins) SBS TV: Producer/Director.
Follows the lead up to a multicultural arts performance for Mayday in Darwin, Northern Territory.
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| 1989 |
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BUDDHA WISH ME LUCK
(30 mins) SBS TV Producer/ Director.
A migration story about a Thai/Hungarian couple.
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| 1988 |
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FOR BETTER FOR WORSE
(30mins) SBS TV Producer/Director.
About the experiences of Filipina wives in Australia's outback.
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