I got a uni degree in Mass Communications then worked as a print journalist.

Hard Copy turned me into a TV reporter - a highlight of that job was the Mark Chopper Read interview.  And after that, it was great fun to play the TV reporter in Andrew Dominick’s AFI-award winning movie starring Eric Bana.

After reporting on public affairs and crime, I shifted into movie reporting doing a range of shows for Movie Network Channels and I currently work on Movie Juice 6pm Monday nights on STARPICS channel 415.

I've interviewed many people from all walks of life, ranging from the unjustly incarcerated, pirates in jail (Manila, Philippines) to Oscar winners such as Morgan Freeman and Sylvester Stallone, along with Robert Downey Jr, Vince Vaughan, Gabourey Sidibe as well as A list directors including Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins), George Miller (Happy Feet) and Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill). I've also enjoyed talking to filmmakers such as Dean Semler who won the cinematography Oscar for Dances With Wolves and the mega-producer Joel Silver (The Matrix).

My work includes taking television from concept to transmission - writing, producing, editing and all the production steps that entails.

My Dad taught me how to write when I was 3 years old and it's still the thing I love the most, followed closely by the interview process.

Right now I live and work in Sydney, Australia.



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charities I support
Youth Off The Streets            http://www.youthoffthestreets.com.au/
All kids should have food, love and shelter as well as a real childhood and the freedom to pursue a future.

Amnesty International          http://www.amnesty.org.au/
No one should be in prison for his or her politics or ideas.


quotes I like
‘People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did.  But they will never forget how you made them feel.’ [Maya Angelou]

‘We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.’ [Bill Hicks]

‘You are defined by what you love, not what loves you.’ [from the movie Adaptation]

‘Even when others tell you no, don’t say no to yourself.’  [Heidi Klum]

‘Some days we are the bug, some days we are the windscreen.’ [not sure who said this]

'To make a difference in the world, you have to care about people you don't know.' [Henry Rollins]

‘The next revolution is going to be a revolution of ideas.’ [Bill Hicks]

‘My life is a balance between what I’m trying to live up to and what I’m trying to live down.’ [renée brack]


writer
feature articles, feature films, plays, poetry – I started out as a poor, starving writer and am no longer starving.
Short & Sweet – 2 plays performed at Newtown Theatre:  Red-Handed and One Star.
NSWFTO grant for feature film About The Money.
Australia Council grant for novel Accidental Agonies.


producer
I made 5 short films.  They’ll be up on this site at some stage.


interviewer
John Laws The Way We Were series – 9 Network.
Outstanding interviews over the years include Chopper, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Vince Vaughan, Robert Downey Jr, Matthew Weiner, Sylvester Stallone, Renée Zellweger, Gaborey Sidibe.


reporter
Hard Copy – Network 10
7 News Sydney


presenter
Movie Network Channels  mnc.tv
Corporate presenting for Visa International, Dalgety Group, Hutchison Telecommunications, IBM e-commerce, Paramount, Optus.


radio
I'm interviewed by various radio DJs on shows around the country about movie and film-related news as well as cinema releases.  The vibe is loose and irreverent - no gossip.


MC
The Australian Cinematographer’s Society Awards events
Andrew Gibbs’ Gala 30th Extravaganza on Hayman Island – I co-hosted with Warren Dunn
FACE (Forces Advisory Council on Entertainment) – Tours to the Middle East – Afghanistan, Kuwait, Baghdad; the Solomon Islands


adventurer
Pirates – documentary shot in the Philippines for ZDF German Television
Fair Dinkum Gold – documentary shot in Far North Queensland


what’s next?
I want to visit Ngunde in Africa and get back to the Middle East.