Our People

Producer, distributor and broadcaster with over 40 years’ experience as a senior executive in the screen industry. Former CEO, Australian Film Commission; former Director, ABC Television; former Chair, Freeview Australia; Chair, Asian Animation Summit and recipient of Order of Australia medal for service to the Australian film and television industry.

Head of Business Affairs at the ABC, with over 24 years at the national broadcaster in her current role and within the ABC Legal department. Starting out as an Intellectual Property lawyer with Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Georgina is a former lecturer in Media Law at UTS, lawyer at the Arts Law Centre of Australia, and board member of Metro TV.

Over 40 years’ experience in school education with an emphasis of equity and quality teaching. Tom is former chair and CEO of the NSW Educational Standards Authority and General Manager of Strategic Policy for NSW education. He is now adjunct professor of education at the University of Sydney and director of the Teaching and Educational Standards Alliance.

CEO of Greenstone TV, Rachel has produced hundreds of hours of content in both NZ and Australia. She was recently one of the group facilitating the creation of NZ’s 2030 Screen Sector Strategy  government; is an active member of WIFT and SPADA; a member of the NZ Institute of Directors; and on the Board of theatre company Nightsong.

Chief Operating Officer, APRA AMCOS. Director, Australian Copyright Council and Support Act Ltd; Global Policy Committee, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.

Product coach and digital product leader with Organa practising across telco/broadband, IoT, cross-platform content, interactive TV, sport, libraries and consumer advocacy. Former Chair of CHOICE, and current Board member of .au Domain Administration and Editorial Board member of the Business Agility Institute.

An award-winning film director and screenwriter, an advocate for diversity and disability inclusion and a Deaf individual who has served previously on the Board of the National Australian Theatre of the Deaf and as a member of the advisory panel for Film in Revolt.

A founder and first Executive Chairman of Matchbox Pictures and currently a Director and Executive Producer of Big and Little Films. A former lawyer with extensive experience in arts and entertainment law, Michael is also an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. He started producing film and television projects in 1997 and was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award by Screen Producers Australia in 2018.

Kelly is co-creator of the critically acclaimed series The Circuit and her credits include The Doctor Blake Mysteries, The Code, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Black Balloon and The Merger. She currently sits on the Film Victoria Board.

Anthony is a Chartered Accountant and a Registered Company Auditor in Australia & New Zealand. As a Partner with Hall Chadwick, Anthony has over 30 years of experience across audit, financial reporting, governance and risk. Previous roles include Senior Audit Partner with WilliamBuck and Lead & Audit Partner with KPMG Australia.

Founder CEO, Madman Entertainment. Executive Produced 20+ feature films & documentaries. Established streaming platform DocPlay. Distributed more than 25 Oscar nominated / winning films in ANZ. Current President of Australian Independent Distributors Association (AIDA), Co-Chair Australian Documentary Conference (AIDC), Board Member of Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI).

A scriptwriter, story advisor and accredited trainer, Dot is a Noongar woman who was Head of Productions at Goolarri Media for ten years and now serves as a Board Director there as well as for Cinefest Oz Film Festival, and as Chairperson of the First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group to Minister Rowlands.