Documentary Australia Foundation Australia

The Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) is unique in Australia as the only organisation that builds and nurtures partnerships between filmmakers, non profits and philanthropic funders to enable them to tell stories and build campaigns that inspire change.  

Susan and Mitzi are ready to take your meetings relating to Good Pitch Australia.

Susan MacKinnon
Susan MacKinnon
COO 
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Bio

Susan has over 25 years of producing award winning films - Paul Kelly Stories of Me, Honeybee Blues, The Oasis, Life In Movement, Global Haywire, 4... She is a co-founder and director of the Documentary Australia Foundation, established to connect private funders, not for profit organisations and filmmakers, facilitating a new source of funding and establishing new partnerships around documentaries.

Susan and Mitzi are ready to take your meetings relating to Good Pitch Australia.

Mitzi Goldman
Mitzi Goldman
CEO 
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Bio

Mitzi has written, produced, edited and directed award winning international documentaries for over 25 years. Her films have screened in festivals around the world and have received many nominations and awards. She has made commissioned work for ABC, SBS, ITVS, ARTE, NGTI, Ch4, YLE and sold her documentaries to many other international broadcasters. Recent credits include End of the Rainbow, Memoirs of a Plague, A Common Purpose and Love & Sex in an Age of Pornography. From 2002 - 2008 Mitzi was Co-Head of Documentary at AFTRS. Her production company, Looking Glass Pictures Pty Ltd, specialises in social impact documentary. Mitzi is the CEO of the Documentary Australia Foundation, connecting private funders, non profit organisations and documentary filmmakers, facilitating new sources of funding for documentary and inspiring social change filmmaking. Mitzi holds a BA from University of Sydney and a Phd in Cultural Studies.

Mitzi and Susan are ready to take your meetings relating to Good Pitch Australia.

Prospero Productions Australia

Prospero Productions is one of Australia's leading independent documentary production companies. We have made quality, multi-award winning documentaries and documentary series for nearly 20 years. The Prospero signature is strong narrative-driven documentaries that appeal to a wide range of viewers.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Ed Punchard
Ed Punchard
Managing Director 
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Bio

Ed Punchard is a Managing Director of Prospero Productions. He has produced many internationally award-winning documentaries. In 1988 Ed survived the world's worst ever offshore oil rig disaster on board the Piper Alpha in the North Sea, when it exploded with the loss of 167 lives. This incident ended Ed«'s eight year career offshore and began his role as a documentary film-maker. He advised in the making of programmes for World in Action ITV, First Tuesday ITV, Yorkshire Television and BBC Panorama.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Julia Redwood
Julia Redwood
Managing Director 
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Julia Redwood established Prospero Productions with Ed Punchard in Perth in 1991. In addition to being joint Managing Director, Julia is a multi award winning Producer, Director and Writer. Her role within Prospero spans a broad spectrum; in addition to overseeing production and the research and development of new ideas, she heads up the marketing and distribution overseas of new and completed projects.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Jules Fortune
Jules Fortune
Head of Production 
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Jules joined Prospero Productions in 2010 bringing with her experience from both RTE and the independent sector in Ireland. After working as a Production Manager on some of Prospero's most challenging documentaries, Jules was appointed to the position of Head of Production in 2012. Now she overseas the day-to-day management of all areas of production, from contracting and budgeting to managing staff and creating schedules.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Suzie Punchard
Suzie Punchard
Marketing & Development Coordinator 
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Marketing & Development Coordinator at Prospero Productions.

Real to Reel Productions Inc. Canada

Real to Reel Productions, helmed by Bill Spahic and Anne Pick,  produces award winning films with compelling stories, strong characters, across a broad spectrum of subjects from series to docs to features.

Their latest film ANIMISM:PEOPLE WHO LOVE OBJECTS premiered last September and is enoying worldwide sales including Australia. Current production includes: ECCENTRICS and NO LIMITS both feature docs directed by Academy Award winner John Zaritsky respectively celebrating people who dance to the beat of their own drum and according to a study live longer, happier, healthier lives than the rest of us and the thalidomide survivors still fighting for justice 50 years after this crippling drug was released internationally. Their German co-production GAMBLING ON EXTINCTION is also about to go into production. Real to Reel also has signed four co-pro agreements, two in 3D, with Norm Wilkinson’s Visionquest in Queensland and look forward to launching them later in the year. 

I am interested in meeting potential co-pro partners interested in series suitable for both domestic and international markets particularly in wildlife and 'non destination' focussed travel shows.

Website:
www.r2r.ca
Anne Pick
Anne Pick
VP & Executive Producer 
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Bio

Anne Pick is an award-winning independent producer, director and story-editor. Her passion for story telling began as a teenager writing for her father‚'s country newspaper in South Australia. This led to a career in print and television journalism in Australia and Canada then as an independent filmmaker based in Toronto. Under her company banner Real to Reel Productions. Anne has a reputation for engaging and popular films and series. Learning to write from the front to the back pages of a newspaper ingrained an interest in all kinds of stories from social and political issues, to history, performing arts, science and natural history. Real to Reel is currently involved in several International co-productions, specifically with Australia and Germany in both 2D and 3D. Anne was a founding Board member and former co-chair of Hot Docs and is currently Co-Vice Chair of DOC Canada and on the board of Imaginative.

Zig Zag Productions United Kingdom

Zig Zag Productions is one of the UK’s foremost independent television production companies formed in 1999 by Danny Fenton and Kevin Utton.

With offices in London and New York, Zig Zag has produced over 600 hours of non scripted programming and has grown to become an internationally recognised, respected and award winning television producer both in the UK, USA and internationally. Zig Zag has produced programming for broadcasters including BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, TLC, MTV, Fox, National Geographic, Discovery, OWN, Logo and Syfy. The company has also won numerous awards including the Rose D’or for Best Format.

Zig Zag was rated 10th top sports producer, 7th top factual producer and 9th in the top specialist factual producers in the most recent Broadcast Indie Survey and is consistently listed in the Realscreen Global 100 Top Independent Production Companies.

Leila Monks
Leila Monks
VP: Commercial and Current Production 
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Bio
Commercial and creative factual/non scripted television executive. Proven skills in raising money for production through original commissions, coproductions, pre-sales and distribution. Specialty territories: UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Middle East and Scandinavia. Emerging Executive Producer with credits across a range of genres/broadcasters. Highly respected within field and excellent profile internationally. Currently Vice-President: Commercial and Current Production at one of largest independent production companies, Zig Zag Productions. Closed deals well in excess of £4.5 million and responsible for 14 hours going into production within last 18 months. Previous role was Director of factual distributor TVF International and credited with growing the company turnover by average of 40% year on year. Judge at Realscreen's "Factual Entertainment Awards" in Los Angeles, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Panelist at the Televisual Intelligent Factual Festival 2011: "How to Win the Coproduction Game". Presented for PACT on topics including "Coproduction" and "Emerging Markets".