Production company Northern Pictures sold

Australian Northern Pictures has been acquired by Sydney-based David Haslingden, adding to his stable of global independent production houses, New Zealand-based NHNZ and Beach House Pictures (BHP) in Singapore.

Northern Pictures is currently producing series two and three of Once Upon a Time in… franchise for SBS and are in production with BHP on the four-part series on Kakadu for the ABC and 10-part series for international distribution.

Sue Clothier (pictured), who established Northern Pictures in 2010, says the grouping is a perfect fit for her production company.

“I have been an admirer of NHNZ and BHP for many years and have always felt there were obvious synergies between our companies and people. Australia, New Zealand and Singapore locales give us distinct Southern Hemisphere advantages,” she said.

“We share similar storytelling sensibilities and have complementary slates with content covering a range of genres. Our combined teams and wealth of knowledge in the global production market should see us extremely well placed.”