Experience

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  Freelance

  • Australia

  • TV Director / Producer

    • May 1999 - Present
    • Australia

    • Television Director / Vision Switcher Various Opera Australia productions (18 in total), multi camera (up to nine camera shoots, including Jibs) shot ‘as live’ in 1080i - 2010 / 2016• Television Director / Vision Switcher HOSH (Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour) - 2012 / 2018“La Traviata”, “Carmen”, “Madama Butterfly”, “Aida”, “Turandot” and “La Boheme”The above projects include heading a team of up to nine camera personnel, technical staff and assistants.The various projects are shot in 1080i HD which I edit and package for International Cinema Release and DVD / Blu-ray for commercial release.• Television Director / Vision Switcher “Tristane and Isolde” - Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live at the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House June 2015• Video Screen Director / Vision Switcher - 1998 / 2018“Opera in the Park” – Semi-staged Operas for Opera Australia for eighteen consecutive years at the Domain – Sydney“Opera at the Bowl” – An annual event for Opera Australia at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl – Melbourne• Video Screen Director / Vision Switcher for “Symphony in the Park” for the SSO at the Domain - Sydney

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  Opera Australia

  • Broadcast Director

    • Jan 2010 - May 2018

    Freelancer contracted to Direct Live Operas for Cinema, TV, DVD and Blu-Ray release. I have been Broadcast Director for the past six Handa Operas on Sydney Harbour.I also directed several Mainstage productions for Opera Australia at the Joan Sutherland Theatre and Melbourne Arts Centre, for Cinema, DVD and Blu-Ray release.

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  Australian Broadcasting Corporation

  • Senior Producer / Director

    • Jan 1987 - Apr 1998

    • Producer on “Compass” – Magazine style Religion and Lifestyle program for ABC-TV• Associate Producer / Researcher on International Emmy Award Winning Documentary “Positive Art” for ABC-TV• Director / Producer of six Multi-camera ‘as live’ productions for Opera Australia and ABC-TV simulcast with ABC-FM “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Aida”, “Tales of Hoffman”, “Patience”, “Fledermaus”, “Madama Butterfly”• Coordinating Producer on ABC-TV’s 1996 multi-camera coverage of “The 1996 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras” • Director of ABC-TVs’ live-to-air 3 camera Studio broadcast of “Quest”. Opera talent show hosted by Margaret Throsby• Segment producer on “Playschool”