I direct commercials. I occasionally shoot things. I end up writing a lot. Writing pitches, treatments, shot lists, story concepts. I create mood boards and story boards. I research. A lot.  I feel very lucky. Lucky to work with great clients & brands, and to have been able to do what I love all over the world. When I was in High School I made all my friends create or star in a feature-length martial arts epic. It is, and I don't make this claim lightly, one of the worst films ever made. 

I have been working in the industry for over a decade now, and I live and breathe film and video. I cut my teeth in the Television industry at the ABC, before going on to head up film departments in remote Indigenous Western Australia and returning home to be the Director of Content at a wonderful production company in Melbourne. 4 Years of freelancing has given me so much, from relationships to experience to shooting overseas and building a great network of fellow collaborators. 

I Direct. I sometimes shoot things. Have I been known to cut offlines as well? Yes.




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Experience

2010-Current

Freelance Director & Cinematographer

2021-2023
Director & DOP
Betty Wants In


2014-2018
Director of Content
Goldeneye Media

2011-2014
Film & TV Coordinator
NG Media

2009-2010
Camera Dept. Video Split Operator
ABC Production "Lowdown"

Education

2006-2009
Bachelor of Communications (Media)
RMIT University