Meet the experts 1:1
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professional? Now you can.
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Booking spots reopen 5PM Sunday 14 July 2019.
Limited spaces available, must book prior to attending.
Thursday 18 July • 3PM – 4PM
Warwick Holt
Screenwriter
Warwick is a highly experienced, award-winning screenwriter, who’s written for many of Australia’s top comedians and presenters. Creator of web series ‘Bruce’, and Head Writer at The Project.
Bec Bignell
Storyteller
Bec is a multi-hyphenate producer specialising in audience centred story-telling, with twelve years of experience in film and media. Bec is a Partnership Executive at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Bec co-founded the new media production company, Cockatoo CoLab, in partnership with Marius Foley, Head of Design Futures at RMIT University.
Sergio sosa
VP of Operations of Flixxo
Sergio Sosa is an Argentinian audiovisual artist, music producer and Blockchain enthusiast. Currently he is the VP of Operations of Flixxo, an innovative blockchain based video platform, where he focuses on content and production.
Chris Thompson
Producer
Chris Thompson is the founder of Sydney based production company Four Leg Films as well as an award-winning producer, director, cinematographer and editor. In 2018 Chris produced the web series Patricia Moore, which won multiple awards world-wide and placed third in the Web Series World Cup.
Friday 19 July • 3:30Pm – 4:30PM
Ron Brown
Co-Founder, Ozflix
An accomplished writer, director, producer, cameraman and editor Brown began his career working in television, for companies such as ATN-7, ABC-2, ATV-0, Transmedia and Crawford Productions, and working on independent Australian feature films, including Mad Max and In Search of Anna. With partner Ruth Brown, he has produced and co-directed several feature films. including Let Me Not (Nine Network).
Tuck siver
Managing Director of Blinxel
Tuck is the Managing Director of Blinxel, a global leader in Augmented Reality technology. He has worked in the computer graphics industry since the mid 90’s in studios and as a freelancer around the world in theatre, games, advertising, movies and Anime.
laura clelland
Producer, Director
Laura Clelland is a Producer and Director, passionate about creating entertaining and engaging content. Laura’s most recent work as Director, Co-Producer, Co-Writer and Editor on the Screen Australia funded teen dramedy series ‘Life of Jess’ has received awards from around the globe.
Simon De Bruyn
XYZ Films
In 2011, Simon joined XYZ Films to do professionally what he had previously done for fun, and since then his role has expanded into project development plus acquisitions for XYZ-GFC, the financing, production and sales joint venture that XYZ Films formed in 2015 with NZ production company, General Film Corporation.
Saturday 21 July • 12 – 1PM
Jessica pearce
Producer, Filmmaker
Jessica is an internationally recognised Producer with experience in Feature Film, Short Film and Multi-Platform content. In 2018, Jessica created, produced and wrote the series, Dee-Brief which went on to be distributed by Network Ten. The show is now currently in development with CJZ and Network Ten for season two.
Lee Naimo
Screen Australia
Lee Naimo works at Screen Australia as Investment Manager for Online Production. Lee is a comedian, improviser, musician and artist best known as one-third of musical comedy trio The Axis of Awesome, who have over 200 million views online and an army of fans worldwide.
Tony Coombs
Co-CEO – Harvest Pictures China
Tony is a co-founder of East West Media Capital and Harvest Pictures Group. He is an experienced media executive who has worked across numerous roles in the industry, gaining a strong cross-section of skills over 15 years.
Sarah hickey
Creative Director
Sarah Hickey is a writer/director and a co-founder of Melbourne-based production company Monster & Bear. In 2018, Sarah made her series debut with the acclaimed web series Dee-Brief, which was swiftly acquired by Network 10 and can still be found on Tenplay today.
Belinda Dean
Founder of unko
Belinda Dean is a Sydney based creative producer and founder of independent production company unko. Her work spans TV, film and advertising, and reflects her passion for comedy as well as inclusive and diverse storytelling.
Paul walton
Producer
Paul Walton, best known for his time at Princess Pictures, has a large list of credits that span over thirty years working in feature films, sketch comedy, television drama, narrative TV comedy, light entertainment, live television and news.
Sunday 21 July • 11AM – 12PM
Enzo Tedeschi
Producer & Director
A versatile filmmaker, Enzo is recognised among his peers as a prolific and innovative Producer, Director, Writer and Editor. Over the last 10 years, Enzo co-produced the hit indie feature documentary Food Matter (2008), Hungry For Change (2012) and joined forces with Julian Harvey to write, produce and edit the horror feature film The Tunnel (2011) Most recently, Enzo produced Skinford (2017), Skinford Chapter Two (2018), and Pet Killer (2018) as well as making his theatrical feature film debut as a Director with Event Zero (2017).
Cristian Ponce
Filmmaker
Cristian Ponce is a professor and has a degree in filmmaking. He resides in La Plata, where in 2008 he co-founded the production company Tangram Cine. In 2017, he released his first animated project, “The Kirlian Frequency”, the result of nearly 10 years of development. In 2019, “The Kirlian Frequency” was re-released on Netflix.
Stayci Taylor
Screenwriter
Stayci Taylor is a screenwriter, script editor and story consultant, whose writing for television has earned her wins and nominations in the prestigious Qantas Television Awards and Screen Writing Awards of NZ (SWANZ). Her academic publications in books and journals include works on web series, mobile media and the Australian TV series Prisoner and Wentworth.
Ron Brown
Co-Founder, Ozflix
An accomplished writer, director, producer, cameraman and editor Brown began his career working in television, for companies such as ATN-7, ABC-2, ATV-0, Transmedia and Crawford Productions, and working on independent Australian feature films, including Mad Max and In Search of Anna. With partner Ruth Brown, he has produced and co-directed several feature films. including Let Me Not (Nine Network).