The Federal Government has appointed Feisty Dame Productions founder Tania Chambers to the Screen Australia Board for three years.
Chambers has worked as an executive and creative, including as chief executive of both Screenwest and Screen NSW, and other roles at Barron Entertainment, the Film Finance Corp, and as a lawyer for the ABC in Sydney.
She founded Feisty Dame Productions in 2012, with credits including How to Please A Woman, Itch, A Few Less Men, Kill Me Three Times, and the upcoming Stan series Invisible Boys. She’s also been an EP on One Fine Day, High Tide, Dark Whispers, A Shared Affair, and Tango Underpants.
Her board experience includes chairing the Media Reconciliation Industry Network Group, the Perth Theatre Company, the Film and Television Institute (WA), and the WA Screen Industry Diversity Leadership Group.
She has also been a council member and vice president of Screen Producers Australia, a board member of the WAAPA Advisory Board, Screenrights, and Ausfilm, and a member of several committees including the Western Australian Screen Industry Advisory Group and the Perth International Arts Festival. In 2016 she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for her service to the arts, and to the film and television industries.
Arts Minister Tony Burke said the board was lucky to welcome someone that had “spent her life’s work in the creation, production and support of Australian film and television”.
“Tania has worked on set as a producer and executive producer, and with various state-based screen funding agencies,” he said.
“Her involvement and knowledge of the industry will help Screen Australia continue to seek out and help tell unique Australian stories.”
The Screen Australia board comprises chair Michael Ebeid and members Marta Dusseldorp, Sacha Horler, Helen Leake, Deborah Mailman, Pallavi Sharda, and Nicholas Pickard.