DANIELLE BOESENBERG Award winning editor Danielle Boesenberg graduated from the UNSW College of Fine Arts (Media Art) with a BFA and began working in advertising, in-house for Singleton Ogilvy & Mather. She soon moved to Plush Films where she cut a wide variety...
2. Kevin Lim and Aaron McLisky: Collaborating With Your DOP
KEVIN LIM Kevin Lim has been a writer / director in the advertising industry for television commercials and branded content campaigns totalling 30 million views. His short films have played in over 25 international film festivals including Sydney, Palm Springs...
3. Claudia Pickering: How Do They Select Shorts for Festivals
CLAUDIA PICKERING Claudia Pickering is a Sydney-born director, screenwriter, producer and actor whose feature film projects have achieved widespread festival acclaim, including her $5000 directorial debut Frisky which, after a successful release in the US/UK...
4. Shelly Lauman: Directing With No Music
SHELLY LAUMAN From Sydney, classically trained as an actor in Melbourne at the Victorian College of the Arts, Shelly's filmmaking career is preceded by nearly a decade of of work as an actor and theatre maker on some of Australia's most prestigious stages. In 2015,...
5. Adrian Chiarella: Editor / Screenwriter Turned Director
ADRIAN CHIARELLA Adrian Chiarella grew up in Sydney and is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. His career began editing previsualisation for Baz Luhrmann on the feature film Australia. Following this, he edited short films Ostia: La Notte...
6. Andy Carbone: Actor Decides to Write A Screenplay
ANDY CARBONEAndrew Carbone is a Writer/Director originally from Western Queensland, Australia. He began his working life in stock camps mustering and droving cattle on large cattle stations in North Australia’sGulf of Carpinteria and the channel country of Western...
7. Brooke Goldfinch: How to Crowdfund Your Way to Film School
BROOKE GOLDFINCH Writer and director Brooke Goldfinch was an ABC news reporter in her hometown of Sydney when she decided to drop everything and move to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker. She was a scholarship student in NYU’s prestigious graduate...
8. Gareth Davies: What IS a Production Designer
GARETH DAVIES Gareth Davies is a production designer and director whose career started in graphic design, where he designed numerous campaigns for advertising agencies and design studios. He began working in film as a tech advisor on Superman Returns in 2006 and has...
9. Shideh Faramand and Kirsty Stark: How a Short Film can be a Proof of Concept for Your Feature
SHIDEH FARAMAND Shideh Faramand is an award-winning writer, director and actor, having written and directed over half a dozen shorts. Her standout short films ‘A Reluctant Bride’ and ‘Amalia Lucia Gomez is Gluten Intolerant’ have screened at prestigious film...
10. TJ Power: Trusting Your HODs
TJ POWER TJ is a writer/director, actor, & musician from Sydney, Australia. Having graduated from the prestigious acting course at WAAPA in 2008, he has starred alongside Julia Roberts & Javier Bardem in Eat Pray Love and with Deborah Mailman...