Doco, Film & TV
Based on the long running column in The Monthly, and narrated by Geoffrey Rush, the ABC's Australian Encounters is a 10 part animated history series that celebrates bizarre, poignant and humorous historical encounters between a famous Australian and an international mover and shaker.
Produced for The Australian Institute of Family Studies, this 45 minute documentary is a fascinating real life representation of the institutes longitudinal study into intergenerational family joblessness.
Winner of the Melbourne International Film Festival's 2008 Footy Shorts competition, Walpeup Underbool explores the true meaning of football to rural communities. When this small farming community, in the midst of a massive drought, faces losing its football club, extraordinary steps are taken to ensure its survival, and the survival of the towns themselves.
Filmed in India and Bhutan, Beyond the Backyard is an hour long ABC documentary that follows the extraordinary journey of a rag tag bunch of Australian 'cricketers' in search of one last glorious innings.
This super short film staring yours truly and my daughter, was based on the short Reddit story by Juan J Ruiz and received an amazing response from the crowd when it opened the St Kilda Film Festival. Check it out if you dare.