
Kingston Anderson
The ADG works to promote excellence in screen direction, to encourage communication and collaboration between directors and others in the industry, and to provide professional support for its members.
The ADG membership includes directors of feature films, television, documentary, animation, commercials, shorts and digital media as well as assistant directors and like minded industry partners.

Australian Directors Guild
Executive Director
Harry Bardwell
Beyond Screen Production is a subsidiary of Beyond Productions. Since its establishment in 1984, Beyond Productions has produced over five thousand hours of global television programs. The company is based in Sydney, Australia, and has development and production offices worldwide.
Beyond Screen Production has produced or co-produced a range of specialist and popular factual programming including series such as Outback Kids (ABC), The Science of Self Harm (SBS), The Years That Made Us (ABC) and Whitlam: the Power & the Passion (ABC).
In 2013, Beyond West was established in Western Australia to collaborate on local, national and international co-productions with independent producers and to provide executive production services, finance and distribution for productions.
Bardwell Media, Zinc Finger Films, Factor 30 Films and Spearpoint Productions are Western Australian production companies working with Beyond West to develop a diverse range of programs with both a national and international focus in key content areas including history, science, contemporary and social issues and factual entertainment.

Beyond Screen Production
Executive Producer, Screen West
Nick Batzias
Madman Entertainment is one of Australia’s leading independent film and content distributors, working across all rights and many genres including feature film, documentary, television, animation, children’s programming and more.
Recently Madman has launched Madman Production Company broadening its remit to include the development of film and television projects for the domestic and international market.

MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
Licensing & Acquisitions/Head of Production
Thierry Bled
Joined Up Films is an Australian Production Company that specialises in factual formats and documentaries.
Our focus is on different and interesting ways to tell stories and entertain people.
Our original format Who's Been Sleeping in My House? was a finalist in the Best Factual Entertainment Format category at the C21/FRAPA Awards in 2012 and has been optioned in multiple territories.

Joined Up Films
Development Producer
David Braithwaite
With a background as Australia’s multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting Australia’s diverse society. SBS inspires all Australians to explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so contributes to social cohesion.
SBS carries out this function through an ever-increasing number of distribution platforms including free-to-air television channels, subscription television, analogue and digital radio, online, and via mobile devices and apps.
For more information, please visit www.sbs.com.au

SBS
Managing Editor Online
Dan Brown
Joined Up Films is an Australian Production Company that specialises in factual formats and documentaries.
Our focus is on different and interesting ways to tell stories and entertain people.
Our original format Who's Been Sleeping in My House? was a finalist in the Best Factual Entertainment Format category at the C21/FRAPA Awards in 2012 and has been optioned in multiple territories.

Joined Up Films
Creative Director
Anita Brown
ABC Television delivers commercial-free, nationally available, free-to-air screen content via a multiplatform multi-channel network. It is the destination of choice for viewers and users seeking quality and diversity in screen content; in particular engaging audiences in distinctly Australian content across a wide variety of genres. ABC TV platforms include ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, ABC iview and the most comprehensive array of online content for download or streaming on abc.net.au/tv. We seek to commission and acquire programming with a strong multiplatform presence.

ABC Television
Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment
Michael Byers
Showbrands is Australasia’s only independent branded content measurement company. Showbrands specialises in holistic branded content measurement, product placement, education and insights across Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific. Michael Byers conceived and founded Showbrands in 2009 to provide a cost-effective, dedicated measurement system for the growing and ever- evolving branded content and product placement industry. As an independent company Showbrands is able to partner with brand owners, producers, agencies and networks, on a confidential project basis, in the development and management of content and placement strategies.

Showbrands
Managing Director
Julie Byrne
Formed in March 2011, Triptych Pictures slate encompasses television, feature film and multi-media projects, with the development and production of factual and drama television series forming the cornerstone of the company’s vision. Coming from diverse yet related backgrounds, the Triptych producers bring a wealth of production experience and knowledge to the table, each having worked in the industry professionally for over 15 years, ideally situating the company for domestic and international co-production opportunities.
Producing credits include feature films, Boxing Day, Lucky Country, The Babadook (Sundance 2014), The Dead Speak Back, Touch, with co-producing credits on Shut Up Little Man! an Audio Misadventure (Sundance 2011) and One Eyed Girl; factual television series producing credits include mY Generation (2008 SBS), Croc College (2013 ABC1) and Jillaroo School (2014 ABC1), as well as the multi-media multi-platform project Stasis, currently in the first stage of production.

Triptych Pictures
Producer
Mandy Chang
ABC Television delivers commercial-free, nationally available, free-to-air screen content via a multiplatform multi-channel network. It is the destination of choice for viewers and users seeking quality and diversity in screen content; in particular engaging audiences in distinctly Australian content across a wide variety of genres. ABC TV platforms include ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, ABC News 24, ABC iview and the most comprehensive array of online content for download or streaming on abc.net.au/tv. We seek to commission and acquire programming with a strong multiplatform presence.
