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Bye-bye Bunya
Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one part the Bunya Group of companies and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.
Zachariou is currently in post-production on “The Office” (Amazon) and “Ladies in Black” (ABC) and will deliver these series before she departs the company. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment include the six x half-hour sketch comedy series “The Moth Effect” (Amazon) and the comedy series “Nice Shorts.”
In 2020 Zachariou also created the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub, in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and directors to further develop their TV projects. The Hub was later extended to include a partnership with Safc, Screen Nt and Screen Nsw.
Jowsey and Simpkin will continue as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities,...
Australian TV producer Bunya Entertainment says that Sophia Zachariou will step down as co-managing director, after a five-year stint. Bunya Entertainment is one part the Bunya Group of companies and was established by Zachariou, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin in 2019.
Zachariou is currently in post-production on “The Office” (Amazon) and “Ladies in Black” (ABC) and will deliver these series before she departs the company. Other productions from Bunya Entertainment include the six x half-hour sketch comedy series “The Moth Effect” (Amazon) and the comedy series “Nice Shorts.”
In 2020 Zachariou also created the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub, in partnership with Netflix and Screen Australia, which funded and developed 10 First Nations writers and directors to further develop their TV projects. The Hub was later extended to include a partnership with Safc, Screen Nt and Screen Nsw.
Jowsey and Simpkin will continue as co-MDs of Bunya Entertainment. The separate Bunya Group entities,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Screenworks, the national not-for-profit organisation that provides industry and talent development programs and networking for people living in regional Australia, has attracted some of the industry’s biggest names for its annual fundraiser.
Top Row: Amanda Duthie, Cate Shortland, Tony Ayres, Paul Weigard, Sophia Zachariou, Sally Caplan Middle Row: Que Minh Luu, Nathan Mayfiel, Sally Riley, Daina Reid, Joanna Werner, Alastair McKinnon Bottom Row: Nash Edgerton, Jodi Matterson, Kylie Washington, Vanessa Alexander, Lana Greenhalgh
Each year, Screenworks runs a series of raffles to raise funds that directly support its programs and initiatives that are delivered across the country. After successfully raffling a selection of 1-on-1 consultations with industry executives last year, the organisation is doing it again this year to support the career pathways of emerging practitioners across Australia.
Screenworks has secured a range of prominent professionals working in the Australian screen industry, including Clickbait and Fires co-creator Tony Ayres,...
Top Row: Amanda Duthie, Cate Shortland, Tony Ayres, Paul Weigard, Sophia Zachariou, Sally Caplan Middle Row: Que Minh Luu, Nathan Mayfiel, Sally Riley, Daina Reid, Joanna Werner, Alastair McKinnon Bottom Row: Nash Edgerton, Jodi Matterson, Kylie Washington, Vanessa Alexander, Lana Greenhalgh
Each year, Screenworks runs a series of raffles to raise funds that directly support its programs and initiatives that are delivered across the country. After successfully raffling a selection of 1-on-1 consultations with industry executives last year, the organisation is doing it again this year to support the career pathways of emerging practitioners across Australia.
Screenworks has secured a range of prominent professionals working in the Australian screen industry, including Clickbait and Fires co-creator Tony Ayres,...
- 10/25/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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The world is melting but fear not: Amazon’s satirical sketch show The Moth Effect is here to repeatedly flap and bump into humanity until all our problems go away.
Created by Nick Boshier and Jazz Twemlow, the Bunya Entertainment series features some of Australia’s best and funniest performers as they punch up and punch themselves, tackling everything from climate change and reality TV to the military industrial complex and time travel paradoxes.
Stars include Bryan Brown, Vincent D’Onofrio, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Miranda Otto, Ben Lawson, Peter O’Brien, Kate Box, Zoe Terakes, Miranda Tapsell and Jake Ryan alongside Mark Humphries, Nazeem Hussain, Zoe Coombs Marr, Jonny Brugh, Lucinda Price, Dave Woodhead, Louis Hanson, Steen Raskopoulos, Tim Franklin, Sam Cotton, Christiaan van Vuuren, Sarah Bishop, Sam Campbell, Megan Wilding and Brooke Boney.
The Moth Effect is directed by Craig Anderson and Gracie Otto. Produced by Lauren Elliott and Jordana Johnson,...
Created by Nick Boshier and Jazz Twemlow, the Bunya Entertainment series features some of Australia’s best and funniest performers as they punch up and punch themselves, tackling everything from climate change and reality TV to the military industrial complex and time travel paradoxes.
Stars include Bryan Brown, Vincent D’Onofrio, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Miranda Otto, Ben Lawson, Peter O’Brien, Kate Box, Zoe Terakes, Miranda Tapsell and Jake Ryan alongside Mark Humphries, Nazeem Hussain, Zoe Coombs Marr, Jonny Brugh, Lucinda Price, Dave Woodhead, Louis Hanson, Steen Raskopoulos, Tim Franklin, Sam Cotton, Christiaan van Vuuren, Sarah Bishop, Sam Campbell, Megan Wilding and Brooke Boney.
The Moth Effect is directed by Craig Anderson and Gracie Otto. Produced by Lauren Elliott and Jordana Johnson,...
- 7/21/2021
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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Outgoing Screen Australia head of First Nations Penny Smallacombe is set to join Bunya Media Group as a producer.
Smallacombe will produce a number of the company’s upcoming projects, including Sbs drama series Copping It Black, working with directors Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, who both penned the script with Danielle Maclean.
While at Screen Australia, Smallacombe helped shepherd to screen several Bunya Productions projects, including ABC series Mystery Road, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Ivan Sen’s Goldstone, as well as helping to facilitate Bunya Talent Hub LA.
Smallacombe, a Maramanindji woman from the Northern Territory, tells If she has loved Bunya’s “big, bold” output over the past few years, and considers it a privilege to join the team. She is keen to use her new role to continue to bring authentic First Nations stories to screen, particularly from exciting new talent.
“They’re a trusted...
Smallacombe will produce a number of the company’s upcoming projects, including Sbs drama series Copping It Black, working with directors Erica Glynn and Steven McGregor, who both penned the script with Danielle Maclean.
While at Screen Australia, Smallacombe helped shepherd to screen several Bunya Productions projects, including ABC series Mystery Road, Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country and Ivan Sen’s Goldstone, as well as helping to facilitate Bunya Talent Hub LA.
Smallacombe, a Maramanindji woman from the Northern Territory, tells If she has loved Bunya’s “big, bold” output over the past few years, and considers it a privilege to join the team. She is keen to use her new role to continue to bring authentic First Nations stories to screen, particularly from exciting new talent.
“They’re a trusted...
- 5/26/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
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A television adaptation of 2018’s Ladies in Black, a feature film from Bryan Brown, and a television drama from one of the creators of Offspring are among the 21 projects to share in more than $730,000 in development funding from Screen Australia.
Of the projects to receive funding, 10 have been supported through the Generate fund and 11 through the Premium fund.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the agency was impressed by the “rigorous creativity” of Australian creators as the industry continued to rebound from Covid-19.
“It’s great to see a number of engaging stories set around iconic milestones in Australian history, from the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to the social change that took place in the 60s or the recession in the 80s, and I look forward to seeing these projects develop further,” she said.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Of the projects to receive funding, 10 have been supported through the Generate fund and 11 through the Premium fund.
Screen Australia’s head of content Sally Caplan said the agency was impressed by the “rigorous creativity” of Australian creators as the industry continued to rebound from Covid-19.
“It’s great to see a number of engaging stories set around iconic milestones in Australian history, from the building of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to the social change that took place in the 60s or the recession in the 80s, and I look forward to seeing these projects develop further,” she said.
Features:
Premium:
1989
Sewing Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Writer...
- 3/1/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Ratidzo Mambo.
Last year Ratidzo Mambo figured she wasn’t being offered the type of roles she wanted and so she made a pivotal decision.
The Zimbabwean-born actor and former sales agent and distribution consultant resolved to take her fate into her own hands by becoming a creative producer, developing her own TV and film projects.
“I’ve had to learn how to multi-task because acting jobs are scarce and the types of roles I want to do are seldom offered to me,” Rati tells If via Skype from Bali, where she is finishing the bibles and treatments for a bunch of projects.
“Rather than blame people or live in a space of negativity, I have to take accountability. I have a lot to say and I am a storyteller as well.”
With the help of her Us manager, Fictional Entity’s Krista Carpenter (a former head of development at...
Last year Ratidzo Mambo figured she wasn’t being offered the type of roles she wanted and so she made a pivotal decision.
The Zimbabwean-born actor and former sales agent and distribution consultant resolved to take her fate into her own hands by becoming a creative producer, developing her own TV and film projects.
“I’ve had to learn how to multi-task because acting jobs are scarce and the types of roles I want to do are seldom offered to me,” Rati tells If via Skype from Bali, where she is finishing the bibles and treatments for a bunch of projects.
“Rather than blame people or live in a space of negativity, I have to take accountability. I have a lot to say and I am a storyteller as well.”
With the help of her Us manager, Fictional Entity’s Krista Carpenter (a former head of development at...
- 12/16/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Lynette Wallworth.
Filmmaker and artist Lynette Wallworth, creator of the Emmy Award-winning Vr work Collisions and Awavena, is one of the 2020 recipients of the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award.
The Crystal Award celebrates the achievements of artists and cultural figures whose leadership inspires inclusive and sustainable change. Previous recipients of the award include Sir David Attenborough, Cate Blanchett, Margaret Atwood, Sir Elton John, Shah Rukh Khan and Shirin Neshat.
Wallworth is the second Australian to receive the honour and was awarded for her leadership in creating inclusive narratives. Wallworth’s Collisions premiered at the World Economic Forum and Sundance in the same week. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Virtual and and a member of the board of trustees of the Sundance Institute.
“I have sought to use my skills as an artist to bring unheard voices, including Indigenous voices,...
Filmmaker and artist Lynette Wallworth, creator of the Emmy Award-winning Vr work Collisions and Awavena, is one of the 2020 recipients of the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award.
The Crystal Award celebrates the achievements of artists and cultural figures whose leadership inspires inclusive and sustainable change. Previous recipients of the award include Sir David Attenborough, Cate Blanchett, Margaret Atwood, Sir Elton John, Shah Rukh Khan and Shirin Neshat.
Wallworth is the second Australian to receive the honour and was awarded for her leadership in creating inclusive narratives. Wallworth’s Collisions premiered at the World Economic Forum and Sundance in the same week. She is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Virtual and and a member of the board of trustees of the Sundance Institute.
“I have sought to use my skills as an artist to bring unheard voices, including Indigenous voices,...
- 12/16/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
(L-r): Melissa Lee Speyer, Gemma Bird Matheson, Lynette Wallworth.
Screen Australia has put almost $900,000 towards the story development of seven TV dramas, nine online projects, nine features and in an agency first – a podcast.
Podcast Engineering Consciousness, helmed by Emmy Award winner Lynette Wallworth, explores what happens to someone’s consciousness during a near-death experience. The idea is that the podcast will be used as a proof-of-concept for a television drama on the same topic. It will be produced by Bunya Productions’ Sophia Zachariou and Greer Simpkin.
Also on the slate is a live-action feature film from Ludo Studio (Bluey), written and directed by Daley Pearson, and a 10-part fictional TV series about what went on behind the scenes of the iconic Leyland Brothers’ adventures across Australia, created by Daina Reid and produced by Joanna Werner.
This is the first story development round of the year. Screen Australia runs...
Screen Australia has put almost $900,000 towards the story development of seven TV dramas, nine online projects, nine features and in an agency first – a podcast.
Podcast Engineering Consciousness, helmed by Emmy Award winner Lynette Wallworth, explores what happens to someone’s consciousness during a near-death experience. The idea is that the podcast will be used as a proof-of-concept for a television drama on the same topic. It will be produced by Bunya Productions’ Sophia Zachariou and Greer Simpkin.
Also on the slate is a live-action feature film from Ludo Studio (Bluey), written and directed by Daley Pearson, and a 10-part fictional TV series about what went on behind the scenes of the iconic Leyland Brothers’ adventures across Australia, created by Daina Reid and produced by Joanna Werner.
This is the first story development round of the year. Screen Australia runs...
- 11/11/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Courtney Botfield and Chris Kunz.
Bunya Productions has brought on Courtney Botfield to head up its distribution arm and Chris Kunz to help drive the company’s development slate.
The two new positions have been funded via Screen Australia’s Enterprise program. Bunya was the major recipient of Business & Ideas funding in July, which also allowed the company to hire Jenny Cooney to drive the company’s profile internationally as an executive VP, Bunya Productions La.
Bunya intends to also the Enterprise funding to establish talent development incubators in Queensland and South Australia, capitalise on existing and build new IP, and enhance digital marketing to increase online engagement.
As head of distribution and sales, Botfield will develop the IP and distribution arm across a slate of film, TV and online productions as well as other IP extensions including podcasts, theatre and events. Botfield, a former recipient of the Natalie MIller Fellowship,...
Bunya Productions has brought on Courtney Botfield to head up its distribution arm and Chris Kunz to help drive the company’s development slate.
The two new positions have been funded via Screen Australia’s Enterprise program. Bunya was the major recipient of Business & Ideas funding in July, which also allowed the company to hire Jenny Cooney to drive the company’s profile internationally as an executive VP, Bunya Productions La.
Bunya intends to also the Enterprise funding to establish talent development incubators in Queensland and South Australia, capitalise on existing and build new IP, and enhance digital marketing to increase online engagement.
As head of distribution and sales, Botfield will develop the IP and distribution arm across a slate of film, TV and online productions as well as other IP extensions including podcasts, theatre and events. Botfield, a former recipient of the Natalie MIller Fellowship,...
- 9/12/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Grainne Brunsdon.
Grainne Brunsdon has been appointed head of Screen Nsw, following a reshuffle of Create Nsw’s leadership structure.
After this year’s New South Wales election, Create Nsw was brought into the Community Engagement portfolio of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, headed by Deputy Secretary Kate Foy.
A broad-ranging leadership restructure of the agency was then announced last week, including the appointment of Brunsdon to lead the screen team, which has been rebranded as Screen Nsw.
When Arts Nsw and Screen Nsw were first merged in 2017 to form Create Nsw, the Screen Nsw banner was done away with. However, under the new agency funding for screen remained siloed and was overseen by a separate team.
The current leadership reshuffle reinstates the Screen Nsw brand, though it remains under the broader Create Nsw umbrella.
A Create Nsw spokesperson tells If: “The Nsw Government recognises the international strength of the Screen Nsw brand,...
Grainne Brunsdon has been appointed head of Screen Nsw, following a reshuffle of Create Nsw’s leadership structure.
After this year’s New South Wales election, Create Nsw was brought into the Community Engagement portfolio of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, headed by Deputy Secretary Kate Foy.
A broad-ranging leadership restructure of the agency was then announced last week, including the appointment of Brunsdon to lead the screen team, which has been rebranded as Screen Nsw.
When Arts Nsw and Screen Nsw were first merged in 2017 to form Create Nsw, the Screen Nsw banner was done away with. However, under the new agency funding for screen remained siloed and was overseen by a separate team.
The current leadership reshuffle reinstates the Screen Nsw brand, though it remains under the broader Create Nsw umbrella.
A Create Nsw spokesperson tells If: “The Nsw Government recognises the international strength of the Screen Nsw brand,...
- 9/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Screen Producers Australia has named the 12 members of the Screen Forever advisory board for this year’s event, including chair Bunya Productions CEO Sophia Zachariou.
Among the other members are Netflix’s newly appointed Australian head of public policy and government affairs, Nick O’Donnell, Film Victoria CEO Caroline Pitcher, Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira and Screen Australia head of Indigenous Penny Smallacombe and head of documentary Bernadine Lim.
The board helps to set the strategic of the conference, and according to a statement, aids in the creation of “an engaging, inspirational and business-focused program that reflects the broad spectrum of modern Australian screen content in a time when the industry is in a state of flux.”
“Each year around 850 delegates travel from over a dozen countries to do business on the Screen Forever floor. In the current regulatory and economic climate, the importance of an event that allows the...
Among the other members are Netflix’s newly appointed Australian head of public policy and government affairs, Nick O’Donnell, Film Victoria CEO Caroline Pitcher, Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira and Screen Australia head of Indigenous Penny Smallacombe and head of documentary Bernadine Lim.
The board helps to set the strategic of the conference, and according to a statement, aids in the creation of “an engaging, inspirational and business-focused program that reflects the broad spectrum of modern Australian screen content in a time when the industry is in a state of flux.”
“Each year around 850 delegates travel from over a dozen countries to do business on the Screen Forever floor. In the current regulatory and economic climate, the importance of an event that allows the...
- 7/5/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Jesse Cox (Photo credit: Will Reichelt).
Filmmakers, performers, musicians, journalists, writers and other creatives who have stories to tell are being encouraged to apply for the inaugural $20,000 Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship.
The fellowship honours the memory of Cox, a Walkley Award-winning radio producer with a passion for storytelling, who died in December 2017, aged 31, from a rare soft tissue cancer.
He left behind his partner Que Minh Luu, now an executive producer at ABC TV, and their young son Alfie.
Amazon’s Audible.com.au, where Cox was head of original content, has donated $20,000 which will fund the first year of the fellowship, helping a mid-career Australian storyteller to create an innovative audio work.
The recipient will get mentoring and guidance from Audible’s marketing and content teams while the ABC will provide production training, creative development mentoring and editorial support plus access to specialised equipment and services.
Audio content developed...
Filmmakers, performers, musicians, journalists, writers and other creatives who have stories to tell are being encouraged to apply for the inaugural $20,000 Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship.
The fellowship honours the memory of Cox, a Walkley Award-winning radio producer with a passion for storytelling, who died in December 2017, aged 31, from a rare soft tissue cancer.
He left behind his partner Que Minh Luu, now an executive producer at ABC TV, and their young son Alfie.
Amazon’s Audible.com.au, where Cox was head of original content, has donated $20,000 which will fund the first year of the fellowship, helping a mid-career Australian storyteller to create an innovative audio work.
The recipient will get mentoring and guidance from Audible’s marketing and content teams while the ABC will provide production training, creative development mentoring and editorial support plus access to specialised equipment and services.
Audio content developed...
- 6/2/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Former Create Nsw director of screen investment, engagement and attraction Sophia Zachariou will join Bunya Productions as CEO, a newly-created role, in January.
“Sophia will bring a great energy to Bunya and help us grow. Her ethos very much aligns with what we do,” says Greer Simpkin, who is partnered in the production company with David Jowsey and Ivan Sen.
“She will help us develop projects and with overall strategy and relationships,” added Simpkin, who worked with Sophia for many years at the ABC when the latter was deputy head of entertainment.
Signalling Bunya’s plans to expand its slate of features, TV series and documentaries, Jowsey said: “It is a great coup for the Bunya Group to attract a talented and admired executive such as Sophia, who has deep experience and wide respect within the industry.”
At the ABC Zachariou also served as network executive producer on the Gruen series,...
Former Create Nsw director of screen investment, engagement and attraction Sophia Zachariou will join Bunya Productions as CEO, a newly-created role, in January.
“Sophia will bring a great energy to Bunya and help us grow. Her ethos very much aligns with what we do,” says Greer Simpkin, who is partnered in the production company with David Jowsey and Ivan Sen.
“She will help us develop projects and with overall strategy and relationships,” added Simpkin, who worked with Sophia for many years at the ABC when the latter was deputy head of entertainment.
Signalling Bunya’s plans to expand its slate of features, TV series and documentaries, Jowsey said: “It is a great coup for the Bunya Group to attract a talented and admired executive such as Sophia, who has deep experience and wide respect within the industry.”
At the ABC Zachariou also served as network executive producer on the Gruen series,...
- 11/22/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Matt Deaner.
Next week’s Screen Forever conference offers attendees more opportunities to network and do business with international streaming networks and producers than ever before.
That’s according to Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner, who is excited about the line-up of keynote speakers and sessions including those modeled on the ABC’s Q&A and You Can’t Ask That.
This year the organisers made it a priority to invite overseas-based producers in the hopes of helping to generate co-productions or other forms of collaboration. Hence the participation of English showrunner Dominic Minghella; Sascha Rothchild, co-executive producer and writer of Netflix’s Glow; Eden Gaha, CEO of La-based Mother Media Group, who previously served as president, unscripted TV at Endemol Shine North America; and Tim King, head of production at Sweden’s Sf Studio.
The Netflix team headed by director of content acquisition Lauren Smith, YouTube Originals scripted...
Next week’s Screen Forever conference offers attendees more opportunities to network and do business with international streaming networks and producers than ever before.
That’s according to Screen Producers Australia CEO Matt Deaner, who is excited about the line-up of keynote speakers and sessions including those modeled on the ABC’s Q&A and You Can’t Ask That.
This year the organisers made it a priority to invite overseas-based producers in the hopes of helping to generate co-productions or other forms of collaboration. Hence the participation of English showrunner Dominic Minghella; Sascha Rothchild, co-executive producer and writer of Netflix’s Glow; Eden Gaha, CEO of La-based Mother Media Group, who previously served as president, unscripted TV at Endemol Shine North America; and Tim King, head of production at Sweden’s Sf Studio.
The Netflix team headed by director of content acquisition Lauren Smith, YouTube Originals scripted...
- 11/16/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has resigned as Create Nsw’s director, screen investment, engagement and attraction, and has already departed the agency.
The highly-regarded executive, who was previously head of development and production at Screen Nsw, quit late last week. She went to the office on Monday to inform the staff.
A Create Nsw spokesperson told If that Zachariou had decided to leave to “pursue other opportunities within the screen industry,” adding: “We thank her for her passion and commitment to Create Nsw and wish Sophia all the best for her future endeavours.”
Senior manager Sally Regan has been appointed as acting director, screen investment, engagement and attraction, and a recruitment process to appoint a new director will begin soon.
If understands she clashed with Elizabeth W. Scott, Create Nsw’s executive director, investment and engagement, who started in August, replacing Michael Brealey.
Some staffers who transferred across to Create...
Sophia Zachariou has resigned as Create Nsw’s director, screen investment, engagement and attraction, and has already departed the agency.
The highly-regarded executive, who was previously head of development and production at Screen Nsw, quit late last week. She went to the office on Monday to inform the staff.
A Create Nsw spokesperson told If that Zachariou had decided to leave to “pursue other opportunities within the screen industry,” adding: “We thank her for her passion and commitment to Create Nsw and wish Sophia all the best for her future endeavours.”
Senior manager Sally Regan has been appointed as acting director, screen investment, engagement and attraction, and a recruitment process to appoint a new director will begin soon.
If understands she clashed with Elizabeth W. Scott, Create Nsw’s executive director, investment and engagement, who started in August, replacing Michael Brealey.
Some staffers who transferred across to Create...
- 10/16/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Courtney Gibson..
Courtney Gibson has departed her role as Screen Nsw CEO ahead of the establishment of Create Nsw; a new agency that will merge Screen Nsw and Arts Nsw.
In a statement, Deputy Secretary, Justice Services, Arts & Culture, Samantha Torres said Gibson had led the agency through a period of .remarkable growth and renewal. and had achieved a great deal for the sector.
This included tripling project funding available for local and international production with introduction of the $20 million Made in Nsw fund, and increasing Nsw.s share of Aussie TV drama and features from 39 per cent in 2014-15, to 55 per cent in 2015-16 - with "an even higher share" expected in 2016-17, she said.
.Under Courtney.s leadership Screen Nsw has made unparalleled strides towards full gender equity with dramatic increases in the number of roles accorded female key creatives, and driven the creation of initiatives such as...
Courtney Gibson has departed her role as Screen Nsw CEO ahead of the establishment of Create Nsw; a new agency that will merge Screen Nsw and Arts Nsw.
In a statement, Deputy Secretary, Justice Services, Arts & Culture, Samantha Torres said Gibson had led the agency through a period of .remarkable growth and renewal. and had achieved a great deal for the sector.
This included tripling project funding available for local and international production with introduction of the $20 million Made in Nsw fund, and increasing Nsw.s share of Aussie TV drama and features from 39 per cent in 2014-15, to 55 per cent in 2015-16 - with "an even higher share" expected in 2016-17, she said.
.Under Courtney.s leadership Screen Nsw has made unparalleled strides towards full gender equity with dramatic increases in the number of roles accorded female key creatives, and driven the creation of initiatives such as...
- 1/11/2017
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Drama writer Rebecca Ingram with long time Screenworks member Andy Bambach.
Screenworks will bring leading film and TV drama executives to the Nsw Northern Rivers for Meet the Decision Makers, a one day seminar on August 8..
Guest speakers will include head of drama at Foxtel, Penny Win, whose commissions include Wentworth and The Kettering Incident; managing director at Porchlight Pictures Anita Sheehan, whose credits include The Rover and The Hunter; executive vice president of Entertainment One, Jude Troy, who has projects in development with Foxtel, Netflix as well as local and international networks; and head of development and production at Screen Nsw, Sophia Zachariou.
Last time Screenworks brought a panel of guest speakers to the region it was a career changing moment for local writer Rebecca Ingram, who had her drama project optioned by Goalpost Pictures.
.To have the opportunity to meet with screen industry executives has been extremely beneficial for my career,...
Screenworks will bring leading film and TV drama executives to the Nsw Northern Rivers for Meet the Decision Makers, a one day seminar on August 8..
Guest speakers will include head of drama at Foxtel, Penny Win, whose commissions include Wentworth and The Kettering Incident; managing director at Porchlight Pictures Anita Sheehan, whose credits include The Rover and The Hunter; executive vice president of Entertainment One, Jude Troy, who has projects in development with Foxtel, Netflix as well as local and international networks; and head of development and production at Screen Nsw, Sophia Zachariou.
Last time Screenworks brought a panel of guest speakers to the region it was a career changing moment for local writer Rebecca Ingram, who had her drama project optioned by Goalpost Pictures.
.To have the opportunity to meet with screen industry executives has been extremely beneficial for my career,...
- 7/6/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
Sophia Zachariou has been appointed Screen Nsw's new Head of Development and Production only three months after she became Screen Nsw Production and Development Executive.
Prior to that Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, where she developed iView comedy series Fresh Blood as well as.Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb, and was the network Ep on Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout and At the Movies.
She replaces Mark Hamlyn, who has resigned to return to active production after four years in the post.
.Sophia has a brilliant film and television brain, a deep respect for screen creatives and a passion for innovation", said Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson.
"She will bring tremendous energy to the work we do and we.re thrilled...
- 5/24/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou.
Sophia Zachariou has joined Screen Nsw as a Development and Production Executive..
Previously Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, and the network Ep on all of the Gruen programs, Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout, the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast and At the Movies.
She also developed digital formats for iView such as comedy series Fresh Blood, and Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences whilst at the ABC", Zachariou said, "and I am thrilled to be joining the executive team at Screen Nsw to again bring innovative, risk taking and unique stories to Australian screens".
Sophia Zachariou has joined Screen Nsw as a Development and Production Executive..
Previously Zachariou was Deputy Head of Entertainment at ABC TV, and the network Ep on all of the Gruen programs, Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, The Chaser's Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Saturday Night Crack Up, Agony, The Checkout, the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast and At the Movies.
She also developed digital formats for iView such as comedy series Fresh Blood, and Canberra Al Desko with Annabel Crabb.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences whilst at the ABC", Zachariou said, "and I am thrilled to be joining the executive team at Screen Nsw to again bring innovative, risk taking and unique stories to Australian screens".
- 2/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sophia Zachariou, ABC TV's deputy head of entertainment and executive producer of Gruen, Kitchen Cabinet and The Checkout, is departing in January.
In eight years with the broadcaster, Zachariou has overseen the development, commissioning and production of programs across many genres including Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Kitchen Cabinet election specials featuring Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott, the Agony series, Saturday Night Crack Up and the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast.
She also developed unique digital formats such as Canberra al desko with Annabel Crabb, a big hit on ABC iview, and she was the international format executive for the ABC brand The New Inventors when it was sold internationally.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences, but it.s time for me to take on new challenges outside of the ABC,...
In eight years with the broadcaster, Zachariou has overseen the development, commissioning and production of programs across many genres including Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Media Circus, The Chaser.s War on Everything, the Kitchen Cabinet election specials featuring Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott, the Agony series, Saturday Night Crack Up and the ABC.s New Year.s Eve broadcast.
She also developed unique digital formats such as Canberra al desko with Annabel Crabb, a big hit on ABC iview, and she was the international format executive for the ABC brand The New Inventors when it was sold internationally.
.I.ve been immensely proud of the shows I.ve been able to offer up to Australian audiences, but it.s time for me to take on new challenges outside of the ABC,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
The Chaser's Media Circus will return for a second season on September 10.
However, according to a statement from ABC TV, management has confirmed it hopes to replace the second series with cat videos.
.As soon as we can find enough left wing cats who instinctively hate Australia, they.ll be replaced,. said an ABC representative.
The game show about the news is hosted by Craig Reucassel with Fake Fact Checker Chas Licciardello.
It is produced by the creative team behind The Chaser and The Checkout, including Ben Jenkins, Zoë Norton Lodge, Scott Abbot, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow.
"ABC management confirmed that for the second series the show has been moved out of the news division to allow it to be more biased and have less rigorous vetting of the studio audience," according to a statement.
Filmed in front of a live audience each week shortly before broadcast, The Chaser...
However, according to a statement from ABC TV, management has confirmed it hopes to replace the second series with cat videos.
.As soon as we can find enough left wing cats who instinctively hate Australia, they.ll be replaced,. said an ABC representative.
The game show about the news is hosted by Craig Reucassel with Fake Fact Checker Chas Licciardello.
It is produced by the creative team behind The Chaser and The Checkout, including Ben Jenkins, Zoë Norton Lodge, Scott Abbot, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow.
"ABC management confirmed that for the second series the show has been moved out of the news division to allow it to be more biased and have less rigorous vetting of the studio audience," according to a statement.
Filmed in front of a live audience each week shortly before broadcast, The Chaser...
- 8/18/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder's Gruen is back for its 12th season on the ABC from September 9.
The series, which debuted in 2008, will return with Will anderson as host and executive producer. Advertising execs Todd Sampson and Russell Howcroft will also rejoin the panel.
But, according to a company statement, the show will include new panelists from spin doctors and marketing gurus both in Australia and visiting..
This time round the show will focus on the increasingly sophisticated methods advertisers are using to target their intended audience.
"We.re still the show that analyses what most other shows are there to sell: advertising. But we.re also the show that knows you can.t click on a link without surrendering all your personal data to a corporation trying to sell you shampoo," according to a Cjz statement..
"Gruen will run an X-Ray over advertising, spin, branding, positioning and image control, wherever they are found.
The series, which debuted in 2008, will return with Will anderson as host and executive producer. Advertising execs Todd Sampson and Russell Howcroft will also rejoin the panel.
But, according to a company statement, the show will include new panelists from spin doctors and marketing gurus both in Australia and visiting..
This time round the show will focus on the increasingly sophisticated methods advertisers are using to target their intended audience.
"We.re still the show that analyses what most other shows are there to sell: advertising. But we.re also the show that knows you can.t click on a link without surrendering all your personal data to a corporation trying to sell you shampoo," according to a Cjz statement..
"Gruen will run an X-Ray over advertising, spin, branding, positioning and image control, wherever they are found.
- 8/17/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
If the 3rd annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards could be categorised as a David vs Goliath battle between The Rocket and The Great Gatsby, Goliath is the hands-down winner.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
- 1/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jennifer Collins is quitting as ABC TV head of entertainment to join Screentime in the newly-created role of head of non-fiction.
In a related move, Screentime has promoted Simon Steel from executive producer non-fiction to head of factual, reporting to Collins.
The hiring of Collins, who starts in January, signals Screentime.s commitment to beefing up its non-fiction output including studio-based entertainment productions, comedy, panel shows and factual entertainment.
.We need to build up the entertainment side,. Screentime MD Bob Campbell tells If, while observing that area has not been a great focus for the company since Popstars. .We are delighted to welcome to Screentime an executive of the calibre and experience of Jennifer..
Campbell welcomes Nine Entertainment Co..s stock exchange listing, noting, .Nine has been a consistent supporter of good content and I am sure that momentum will continue..
Screentime.s non-fiction slate includes The Flying Miners for the ABC,...
In a related move, Screentime has promoted Simon Steel from executive producer non-fiction to head of factual, reporting to Collins.
The hiring of Collins, who starts in January, signals Screentime.s commitment to beefing up its non-fiction output including studio-based entertainment productions, comedy, panel shows and factual entertainment.
.We need to build up the entertainment side,. Screentime MD Bob Campbell tells If, while observing that area has not been a great focus for the company since Popstars. .We are delighted to welcome to Screentime an executive of the calibre and experience of Jennifer..
Campbell welcomes Nine Entertainment Co..s stock exchange listing, noting, .Nine has been a consistent supporter of good content and I am sure that momentum will continue..
Screentime.s non-fiction slate includes The Flying Miners for the ABC,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
ABC1 has commissioned a new late night weekly comedy series entitled Wednesday Night Fever.
From Quail Television, the creators of ABC1.s popular At Home with Julia, Wednesday Night Fever will feature a number of satirical characters, political impersonations and live music performed by an ensemble cast in front of a live audience..
Already demonstrating some of the show.s no-holds-barred humour, Creator/Executive Producer Rick Kalowski says, .Defamation lawyers contemplating a first class ski trip to Aspen should book with confidence. This is your year..
Executive Producer Greg Quail spoke of the troubles associated with casting the series, explaining, .We.re still searching for performers willing to join the witness protection program right after the first episode goes to air..
.Wednesday Night Fever promises to entertain and delight audiences with a provocative mid-week serve of satire and musical comedy,. said ABC TV.s Head of Entertainment, Jennifer Collins.. .There...
From Quail Television, the creators of ABC1.s popular At Home with Julia, Wednesday Night Fever will feature a number of satirical characters, political impersonations and live music performed by an ensemble cast in front of a live audience..
Already demonstrating some of the show.s no-holds-barred humour, Creator/Executive Producer Rick Kalowski says, .Defamation lawyers contemplating a first class ski trip to Aspen should book with confidence. This is your year..
Executive Producer Greg Quail spoke of the troubles associated with casting the series, explaining, .We.re still searching for performers willing to join the witness protection program right after the first episode goes to air..
.Wednesday Night Fever promises to entertain and delight audiences with a provocative mid-week serve of satire and musical comedy,. said ABC TV.s Head of Entertainment, Jennifer Collins.. .There...
- 4/22/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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