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Afghanistan: Inside Australia's War
- 2016
- Documentary
- 3 x 60mins
- Completed
This is the story of Australia’s longest war, told through the experiences of those who fought it. From the Special Forces operatives who landed only weeks after 9/11, to drone pilots who fought a new kind of war via remote control, to the engineers who built schools with an eye out for snipers. From prime ministers and generals to private soldiers, the series' characters reveal themselves before, during and after their war. Some are badly damaged. Others just did their jobs. All have been transformed by their experience. They reveal why Australia went to war and how our objectives and strategies changed over 13 years.
Desert War
- 2012
- Documentary
- 2 x 57mins
- Completed
For the 70th anniversary of the Battles of Alamein in 2012, DESERT RATS is an exciting, insightful and subtly revisionist account of one of the most celebrated campaigns of the Second World War.
Enigma Man: A Stone Age Mystery
- 2013
- Documentary
- 57mins
- Completed
In March 2012, Australian and Chinese scientists announced the startling discovery of prehistoric human remains from a remote cave in China unlike any found before. With access to an unfolding scientific investigation, we dramatically reconstruct the ancient lives and Ice Age world of the Red Deer Cave People and join an international team as it hunts for answers to solve the mystery: Who were the Red Deer Cave people and why did they disappear?
Fighter
- 2015
- Documentary
- 27mins
- Completed
The moving story of a middle aged Indigenous pro wrestler who must face up to strong emotions as he relives the traumatic death of his mother and their troubled history together.
The Great Escape - The Reckoning
- 2009
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Completed
The story of a heroic Australian pilot murdered by the Nazis and of the post-war manhunt to not only find his killer, but those responsible for executing 50 Allied airmen in the aftermath of the Great Escape of World War II.
Harvest: an online documentary and social media project
- 2012
- Interactive
- Online
- 8 x 8mins
- Completed
Via the produce that takes root in a community garden, HARVEST digs deep into Australia’s multicultural cuisines, the traditions surrounding them and what it means to ‘belong’.
Inner Quality
- 2013
- Short film
- 8mins
- Completed
INNER QUALITY is the story of two rival street buskers: a Homeless Man and a Rich Kid. When they learn to jam together the rewards are greater.
Leaky Boat
- 2011
- Documentary
- 55mins
- Completed
The extraordinary trilogy of The Tampa, The Siev X and the 'children overboard' is a tale about democracy and how power works amidst an inconsolable paranoia that is the national inheritance of the most laid back people on earth.
The Lloyd Rayney Story
- 2014
- Documentary
- 68mins
- Completed
When high profile lawyer Lloyd Rayney was accused of murdering his wife Corryn in 2007, it divided a city, the legal fraternity and a family, amidst a frenzy of sensational media. Having been found 'not guilty', Rayney finally shares his ordeal.
My Mum Talks to Aliens
- 2010
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Completed
On the surface, mother and son, Mary and Chris Rodwell have a normal, loving relationship but there is one issue driving a wedge between them – the existence of Extraterrestrial life. Chris is a vet, a man of science and a self confessed sceptic whilst Mary is the leading Australian authority on the Extraterrestrial phenomena. Something has to give! Packing nothing but an open mind, Chris has agreed to enter Mary’s world and has given her two weeks to convince that the truth is out there.
Perished
- 2011
- Short film
- 15mins
- Completed
Amidst a zombie outbreak a broken man on the run seeks refuge in a shed and accidentally locks himself inside. Isolated, alone and low on supplies, he is quickly stripped of all his humanity as he struggles to survive. As the days go by the deteriorated man must rebuild his inner strength to escape and finally confront his ultimate fear.
The Secret History of the Eurovision Song Contest
- 2011
- Documentary
- 2 x 52mins
- Completed
Some see it as an outdated, second-rate entertainment show. But as the Contest enters its second half century, this is an opportunity to take it seriously in a documentary series that mixes politics and pop music to tell the stories behind one of the great institutions of European broadcasting. The program will peer beyond the glitz to examine the Eurovision Song Contest and how it has tracked – and at times even influenced – the changing social and political life of Europe.
Surviving Mumbai
- 2009
- Documentary
- 52mins
- Completed
Told entirely from the perspective of the survivors of the Mumbai terrorist attack, this is the revealing story of the emotions we experience, the decisions we make and the desperate actions we take when death is staring us in the face.
Wadumbah
- 2011
- Documentary
- 6mins
- Completed
An uplifting and hectic look at one day in the life of the Wadumbah Aboriginal Dance Group.
Walk Tall Stand Strong
- 2011
- Documentary
- 6mins
- Completed
The thoughts, regrets and dreams of Nyoongar men, whispered through the concrete walls of prison.
The War That Changed Us
- 2014
- Documentary
- 4 x 57mins
- Completed
THE WAR THAT CHANGED US is a four-part dramatised television series produced by Electric Pictures for ABC prime time television. The series tells the epic story of Australia’s involvement in World War I through the lives of six Australians. Their transformative journeys through conflict on the war front and the home front are brought to life through a blend of personal testimony, drama, expert analysis, location filming and archive. THE WAR THAT CHANGED US has substantial Australian history heritage value. This documentary series is a remarkable Australian story told on a grand scale.
Who's Been Sleeping in My House? series 1
- 2011
- Documentary
- 8 x 30mins
- Completed
Presented by Melbourne-based archaeologist and cultural heritage expert Adam Ford, he takes the viewers on an investigative journey. We follow Adam as he zigzags his way through archives, family albums, interviews, databases, and home movies. Meeting social historians and relatives of past owners along the way, he pieces together a past that isn't recorded in the history books.

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