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Feature Films - Casting Director


“TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN” – 2009
Producer:  Andrew Mason & Michael Boughen              
Director:  Stuart Beattie

“THE REEF
- 2009
Producer:  Michael Robertson & Andrew Traucki         
Director:  Andrew Traucki

“THE COMBINATION” – 2008
Producer:  John Pirrie                
Director:  David Field

“THE LOVED ONES
- 2008
Producer:  Mark Lazarus            
Director:  Sean Byrne
Soon to be released.

 “BEAUTIFUL KATE” - 2008
Producer:  Bryan Brown / Leah Churchill-Brown 
Director:  Rachel Ward
Soon to be released

“ACCIDENTS HAPPEN” – 2008
Producer:  Heather Ogilve / Anthony Anderson 
Director: Andrew Lancaster
Soon to be released

“THE DYING BREED” – 2007
Producer:  Michael Boughen            
Director:  Jody Dwyer
Soon to be released.

“THE NOTHING MEN” – 2007
Producer:  Marty Dingle-Wall, Andrew Windsor     
Director:  Mark Fitzpatrick

“UNFINISHED SKY” - 2006
Producer:  Cathy Overett            
Director:  Peter Duncan

“THE CHILDREN OF THE SILK ROAD” - 2006
Producer:  Catriona Hughes, Jonathon Shteinman, Arthur Cohen et al.
Director:  Roger Spottiswoode  

“HEY HEY ITS ESTHER BLUEBURGER” – 2006
Producer:  Miriam Stein                
Director:  Cathy Randall

“SEPTEMBER” – 2006
Producer:  Serena Paull / John Polson        
Director:  Peter Carstairs

“BLACKWATER” – 2006
Producer:  Michael Robertson            
Director:  Andrew Traucki

“MONKEY PUZZLE – 2006
Producer:  Tamara Popper            
Director:  Mark Forstman

“THE HOME SONG STORIES” - 2006
Producer:    Liz Watts and Michael McMahon    
Director:  Tony Ayres

“THE WATER DIARY”
– part of the feature length film “8” commissioned by the United Nations – 2005
Producer:   Christopher Gil            
Director:   Jane Champion

“HUNT ANGELS
– 2005  
Producer:  Sue Maslin                
Director:    Alec Morgan

“SUBURBAN MAYHEM” – 2005  
Producer:  Jan Chapman / Leah Churchill-Brown    
Director:  Paul Goldman

“RESTRAINT” – 2005 –
Producer:  Mark Lazarus, Anna Fawcett, Todd Fellman, Dal Halstead
Director:     David Denneen

“TOM WHITE”     - 2005    
Producer:   Daniel Scharf            
Director:  Alkinos Tsilimidos
Winner of Best Actor at IF Awards (Colin Friels)
10 AFI nominations, 11 IF nominations

“THE NIGHT THEY CALLED IT A DAY” - 2004
Producer: Emile Sherman        
Director:  Paul Goldman

“AUSTRALIAN RULES” - 2004
Producer:  Mark Lazarus        
Director:  Paul Goldman

“SILENT PARTNER” - 2003    
Producer:  Alkinos Tsilimidos        
Director:  Alkinos Tsilimidis

“DARKNESS VISIBLE” - 2003
Producer:  Ricky Strauss (Sony)        
Director:  Chen Kuo-Fu

“AVATAR EXILE” - 2002
Producer:  Chris Hatton            
Director:  Kuo Jian Hong

“THE GODDESS OF 1967” - 2001
Producer:  Peter Sainsbury        
Director:  Clara Law
Winner of Best Actress at The Venice Film Festival
Winner – Best Director at Chicago Film Festival

“MR ACCIDENT” - 2000
Producer:  Warwick Ross        
Director:  Yahoo Serious

“PASSION” - 1999
Producer:  Matt Carroll            
Director:  Peter Duncan

“FLOATING  LIFE” - 1998
Producer:  Briget Ikin            
Director:   Clara Law
Winner of the Montreal international Film Festival
Winner of the Silver Leopard Award Locarno International Film Festival

“CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION” - 1997
Producer:  Tristram Miall        
Director:  Peter Duncan


“THE STORY OF C.I.A”
Producer/ Director:  Jackie Chan (Australian casting)

Casting Assistant  on many other films Including: “SIRENS”, “THANK GOD HE MET LIZZIE”, “THE WELL”, “DALLAS DOLL”, “BABE”, “THE PHANTOM” plus many others.






TELEVISION – Casting Director

“SAVED” - 2008
Producer:  Michael McMahon        
Director:  Tony Ayres
Soon to air 09

“DARWIN” – 2008
Producer:  Sally Regan (Becker)      
Director:  Lisa Matthews
Soon to air 09

“THE CUT” – 2008
Producer:  Tom Blackett            
Directors:   Mandy Smith, Karl Zwicky

ROGUE NATION” – 2008
Producer:   Ian Collie            
Directors:  Lisa Matthews,  Peter Andrikidis
Essential Viewing Group – documentary drama for ABC

“THE CONFESSIONS OF ALEXANDER PEARCE” - 2008
Producer:  Nial Fulton            
Director:   Michael J Rowland
Essential Viewing Group – documentary drama for BBC and ABC

“CHIFLEY’S FIFTY DAYS” – 2008
Producer:     Perry Stapleton        
Director:  Geoff Burton
Film Australia – 55  min  Documentary Drama

“CATALPA” – 2006
Producer:   Ian Collie            
Director:  Lisa Harney
Documentary drama for ABC

“FIRST AUSTRALIANS” – 2006
Producer:  Darren Dale            
Directors:  Rachel Perkins / Bec Cole/ Ivan Sen
8 x 1 hour documentary series for SBS.

MARY BRYANT (2 x 2hr mini-series) - 2005
Producers:   Andy Harries, Andrew Benson (Granada TV UK)
Producers:   Des Monaghan & Greg Haddrick (Screentime Aust)
Director:  Peter Andrikidis

HELL HAS HARBOUR VIEWS (tele movie) - 2004
Producer:  Ian Collie            
Director:  Peter Duncan

PLAYHOUSE DISNEY - 2002
Producer:   Henrietta Clark        
Director:  Leone Carey
Children’s series for Disney Channel Australia and Asia and ATN 7

WHITE COLLAR BLUE
- 2002
Producer:  Steve Knapman        
Director:   Numerous    Channel 10
Tele-movie and Episodes 1 – 9

GRASS ROOTS     - 2nd series - 2002            ABC TV
Producer:  John Eastway        
Director:  Peter Andrikidis
Cast this jointly with Christine King

HOME & AWAY – 1995 - 2000
Producer:    Russell Webb        
Director:  Numerous    Channel 7
Casting Director of the show for 5 years  





SHORT FILM  – Casting Director

ALI AND THE BALL – 07
Producer:  Helen Panckhurst        
Director:  Alex Holmes

THE LAST CHIP - 2004
Producer:  Donna McCrum        
Director:  Heng Tang


QUEEN OF HEARTS (50 minute film) - 2003
Producer:  Charlotte Seymour        
Director:   Danielle McLean

WRONG ANSWER - 2004
Producer:   Laura Sivis            
Director:  Jon Cohen

BARELY VISIBLE - 2005
Producer:  Jody Dwyer            
Director:  Jody Dywer