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President
Vincent is a co-founder, along with Liz Watts and Anita Sheehan, of Porchlight Films. An independent production company based in Sydney since 1996, Porchlight is committed to making innovative and distinctive Australian film and television. Porchlight Films has produced award winning short films, documentaries, television programs and feature films including the independent box office hit Mullet (2001), and Walking on Water (2002) winner of 5 AFI Awards. Porchlight's most recent releases include the critically acclaimed Little Fish directed by Rowan Woods and starring Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving. An Australian box-office hit of 2005, Little Fish went on to win 5 AFI awards and premiered internationally at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival. Also in 2005 the award-winning short feature Jewboy, directed by Tony Krawitz, screened in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival 2006. Currently in production is The Home Song Stories a new feature from writer/director Tony Ayres and starring Joan Chen. In 2004 US Variety magazine listed Porchlight Films in its "top ten producers to watch" and in 2006 Australia's Encore magazine lists Porchlight Films as one of the country's top twenty producers. In 2006 Porchlight launched Jetty Distribution as the distribution, sales and rights management arm of the company. Jetty is also the online agent for retail and institutional sales for the Porchlight Films catalogue. |
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Treasurer
David is currently with Qantas Airways Limited as General Manager Customer Insight and Business Improvement, within the Customer Product and Service division. Having been with Qantas since 1995 David has broad experience in a range of Finance, Strategic and Commercial roles including oversight of Loyalty Programs, Qantas Business Travel and Inflight Catering. Most recently David was responsible for overseeing all Product and Service aspects for the delivery into service of the Airbus A380. Prior to joining Qantas, David worked within the Audit division of Ernst & Young. In parallel with his professional career David has spent many years as a musician, writing and recording with Sydney band Hoolahan including performances at major events such as the Big Day Out and Glenworth Valley Festival.
David is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Australian National University.
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Commitee Member
Fiona is a director, producer and writer. As Director of Performance Space from 1999-2008, she was responsible for programming and producing a range of performances, installations, international exchanges and training and development projects. She's also been instrumental in negotiating the new space at the Eveleigh Carriageworks. Previously, Fiona was Artistic Director of Playworks - the women performance writers network. From 1990 to 1995 she was Artistic Director of Death Defying Theatre (now Urban Theatre Projects), relocating and relaunching the company in western Sydney in 1990, and initiating the company's practice of collaborating with local communities to make work fusing contemporary performance and popular culture. Fiona was awarded a Fellowship by the Australia Council's Community Cultural Development Fund in 1995. She was Writer-in-Residence at University of Western Sydney's School of Social Ecology the same year. She served on the NSW Ministry for the Arts' Theatre Program Committee from 1993 to 1998, including three years as Chair. Since 2002, she has been a member of the Asialink Performing Arts and Arts Management Program Committees. |
Committee Member
Clair has nine years experience specialising in brand development, communications strategy, copywriting and campaign management. While completing a Bachelor of Arts (Mass Communications), Clair began her career as Press Officer for the WA Minister for Employment and Training, Youth and the Arts. Since then she has worked in agency and in-house roles for clients in the arts, fashion, property, pharmaceutical, wine and education sectors. Currently she is the Brand Strategy Director at eskimo, a design consultancy in Sydney, working on the Westfield, Zu and Anthology business. |
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