Former Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia head of television Shaun Murphy has launched a production company with the backing of private equity group, Balance Vector.
Former ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason Campbell is set to join Fremantle Australia as head of unscripted (content and development), as the company looks to step up its focus on high-end factual and docs.
Created by Anna Barnes, SBS thriller 'Safe Home' is the first project to be produced under Imogen Banks’ Kindling Pictures, with Emelyne Palmer co-producing and Stevie Cruz-Martin directing.
There are positive signs for filmed entertainment and free-to-air television in PwC’s annual Media and Entertainment Outlook, which shows both sectors experienced a resurgence in 2021.
Seven Network has appointed executive producer Sylvia D'Souza to the newly-created role of head of reality.
2019 coming-of-age documentary 'No Time For Quiet' has inspired an ABC live-action children's series, 'Turn Up the Volume' - in production now in Melbourne.
Following on from 'Neighbours' and 'Lie With Me', Network 10 and the UK's Channel 5 have partnered again to back another Fremantle Australia drama, 'Riptide'.
When Julia Moriarty first began studying screenwriting at the University of California, Los Angeles, she was adamant that her Yanyuwa/Marra heritage would not influence her storytelling.