Open Channel: Drama & Comedy Conference
Lachy Hulme, Rick Maier, Jason Stephens, Mary-Anne Carroll & more will speak at a conference for emerging industry practitioners.
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Melbourne-based industry training organisation Open Channel is hosting a Generation Next Drama and Comedy Conference later this month with some impressive industry names in panel discussions.
Aimed at emerging practitioners, it begins with a key note address from Film Victoria CEO, Jenni Tosi.
Speakers include:
Lachy Hulme (Actor – Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War, Offspring and Beaconsfield)
Laura Waters (Princess Pictures and Producer of Sporting Nation and Chris Lilley’s Angry Boys and Summer Heights High)
Mary-Anne Carroll (Executive Producer – Comedy at the Seven Network and Series Producer of Winners and Losers Series 1 and 100 eps of All Saints)
Chris Oliver-Taylor (Managing Director, Matchbox)
Jason Stephens (Creative Director, Freemantle Media)
Dan Fill (Chocolate Liberation Front – Game Masters (Game), Figaro Pho, 2012 Titanic Miniseries (online)
Lisa Fitzpatrick (Director Development and Production – Network 10)
Peter Hudson (CEO TV1 SF Channels, TV1 General Entertainment Partnership)
Rick Maier (Executive Producer – Network 10)
Jane Roscoe (Network Programmer – SBS)
Joanne Azzopardi (Vice President International Sales Australasia, Beyond International)
Brett Sleigh (Development Manager – ABC)
Deborah Allanson (Studio Ish)
Sue Edwards (Acting General Manager, Film Victoria)
Anthony Mrsnik (Director of Legal and Business Affairs, Showtime)
Linda Klejus (Producer – Conspiracy 365)
Mark Bamford (Partner – Tresscox Lawyers)
Peter Moon (Australian Writers Guild Vic.)
Dan Bennett (Script Producer – Winners and Losers)
Gina Black (Unit Production Manager – Terra Nova)
Mike Cowap (Investment Manager – Screen Australia)
Ewan Burnett (Burberry Productions and Executive Producer – Small Time Gangster, Last Man Standing)
Deb Huxley (Media Mash – Consultant to Fetch TV)
Steve Luby (Ruby Entertainment, Producer of Bed of Roses, Crackerjack and The Brush Off)
Tim Phillips (Investment Manager, Drama – Screen Australia)
Anna Whitelaw (Head of Marketing and Communications, Pozible)
Guila Sandler (Writer – Rescue Special Ops, Out of the Blue, McLeod’s Daughters)
Australian Directors Guild, Australian Cinematographers Guild, Australian Screen Editors Guild, Australian Writers Guild
August 30th and 31st, 2012
Cinema Nova, Carlton