Experience

Canberra Institute of Technology

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Tutor, Screen and Media Production

  • Jan 2017 - Present



Freelance

• Writer/Director -- Theatre

  • 2013 - Present

  ~ For Canberra Institute of Technology: 'Orange Wolves', 2019 (comedy play performed in a bus with video installation and surround sound)~ Canberra Short+Sweet festival plays include 2018's 'Half a Mind', 2014's 'Gold Digger Nights' (winner Best Production, Best Actress, Best Director nominee), 2013's 'Written in Stone' (winner Best Actor)~ Tuggeranong Arts Centre: wrote and directed 'Polly+Molly', 'The Courage Game', 'Street Gang' and 'Comedy Revue'~ Canberra Youth Theatre: directed and co-wrote 'The Crystal Cove Classic' and 'So You Think You Can Talent'

• Novelist

  • 2001 - Present

  Children's reader 'Bottle from the Sea', 2010 (second edition 2021) -- Wendy Pye/Sunshine Books NZ. Novel 'Space Dogs' (with Justin Ball) (optioned for film and TV production) -- Random House USA and ABC Books Australia, 2006.www.spacedogs.infoShort stories:2018 Second Prize, GAMMA.CON Sci-Fi and Fantasy Story Competition: 'Thunderbox'.2012 ACT Winner, National Year of Reading short story competition: 'Written in Stone' (adapted to theatre -- award winner in the Canberra Short+Sweet Festival 2013).

• Writer/Director -- Short Films, Documentaries

  • 1998 - Present

  • 'Good Monster, Bad Monster' (short drama in anthology feature film) 2014• 'Exit Sandman' (documentary on comedians with alter-egos) 2012Finalist, Canberra Short Film Festival• 'Naked Painted People' (documentary on body painting) 2007Screened ABC TV and festivals• 'The New Crusaders' (short film) Tropfest screening 2000 • 'Opera Auteur' (musical short film) 1998First Prize Bayswater Short Film Awards, screened SBS TV

• Sound and Video Designer -- Theatre

  • 1989 - Present

  Audio/video sequences for theatre / dance performances include:• 'What Happened to Sandman' Steve Abbott, Newcastle Fringe Festival; Canberra Street Theatre 2016• 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest' The Acting Company, Canberra 2014• 'Prime Time' Shortis and Simpson, Canberra 2013• 'Music and Mandy and Scott' cabaret with Amanda (Wharf Revue) Bishop, Sydney 1999...and many others.

• Tutor -- Drama, Writing, Media Production

  • 2014 - 2018

  ~ Drama programs for:Canberra Youth Theatre, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Belconnen Community Service~ Writing courses (novels, film) for Lake Nite Learning, CIT Solutions~ Radio Presenter/Production courses for Community Radio 2XX



ABC

• Sydney, Australia

• Producer/Sound Designer -- Radio

  • 2001 - 2011

  • Created and managed the ABC Radio comedy unit, Humour Australia, 2001-2011 (600+ comedy sketches) • 2 x Finalist Award Winner, New York World’s Best Radio Programs 2010: 'Coming to Australia' (documentary broadcast nationally on ABC Radio) 'Birdbrain' (documentary/comedy radio serial) • 3 x winner ABC Radio Awards, ‘Comedy of the Year’, 2002-2005 • Released comedy album 'Humour Australia' (highlights compilation) and comedy single 'Get Gold' (satire on Olympic Games)



ABC

• Sydney, Australia

• Producer -- ABC Radio/TV

  • 1998 - 2000

  ~ Marketing, Radio and TV Promotions; ~ ABC Audio (producing talking books). ~ Marketing, Radio and TV Promotions; ~ ABC Audio (producing talking books).