Freelance Producer

PROFILE

Producing TV commercials has provided Elizabeth with the experience of working alongside some exceptionally talented professionals and an array of vibrant characters.
She has played a key role in painting cows as strawberries, hanging cars off sea cliffs, and filming Japanese superstars leaning out of a moving train.
She has worked in Australia’s major cities and countless regional areas. Her jobs have taken her under the water, in the air, at the far reaches of the Gobi desert, on Bangkok roads and amongst numerous military exercises.
With over 25 years of production experience working with agencies and production houses on award-winning pieces, Elizabeth prides herself on bringing calm, commitment, and a sense of collaboration to every project. Her natural curiosity and ability to think out of the square are perfectly aligned with her passion for this unique industry.

Always excited by a new challenge, she remains dynamic and open to embracing new technologies. She has a positive approach to tight budgets and an understanding of generous ones. However minute, there’s always something to learn.
Elizabeth’s professional manner is alway complemented by a sense of levity.

Away from work she spends time with her husband and her two ungovernable dogs. She’s explored 52 countries to date.

Holding a baby cheetah in Namibia, snorkelling between two tectonic plates in Iceland and being nudged by a silverback gorilla in the Rwandan highlands are some of the highlights. In recent travels she was bombarded with solid tree branches by a wild orangutan, determined to shift her out of his territory. Such adventures leave her well equipped to manage the creative dance of TVC production.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

YEAR 2011 TO THE PRESENT

PRODUCER, LINE PRODUCER.

Production Houses and Agencies including Revolver Film, Finch, Airbag, Exit Films, DIVISION, Sedona Productions,  Honor Society NYC, TaProd Bangkok, Japanese Line Production Companies, 13&co, CKOL,  The Poole Collective, The Film Company, Clemenger BBDO, GPY&R

Directors include;  Jessie & Adam, Steve Carroll, Thibault Debaveye, Gemma Lee, Hiroki Ono, Glendyn Ivin, Celeste Geer, Simon Harsent, Will Horne, Brendan Gibbons, Justin Reardon, Peter Moore, Damien Toogood, Richard Keddie, Travis Hogg, Grantley Smith, Jolyon Watkins, Christopher Tovo, Hossein Khodabandaloo, Bill Irving, Tom Pollard, Nick Robertson,

Talent; Beyonce, Novak Djokovic, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ian Botham, Isabel Lucas, Cathy Freeman, Nick Riewoldt, Peter Brock, Hamish & Andy, Gemma Ward and numerous other celebrities, accomplished actors and high profile sporting personalities.

A six month Agency Producing stint at GPY&R.

Both Agency Producer & Production House Producer on various projects.

Pitch producer on low budget and multi-million dollar jobs

Producer on TV commercial shot in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

Selected freelance Production Managing assignments.

YEAR 2002 TO YEAR 2010

FREELANCE PRODUCTION MANAGER

A raft of  TVCs, Online Projects, Music Clips & Stills Campaigns with some of Australia’s best production houses.

Production Manager on over 50 Japanese, UK and American  TV Commercials.

 

 

 

MID 1999 TO YEAR 2001

IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION MANAGER – EXIT FILMS

Over 80 TVCs and several music clips.

At that time Exit Films had six producer/director teams.

Henrik Dannerfjord, Garth Davis, Glendyn Ivin, Jolyon Watkins & Maciek Wszelacki were the key directors.

YEAR 1993 TO MID 1999

FREELANCE PRODUCTION AND LOCATIONS

Starting in this industry as an all rounder for a boutique production company named Blazing Productions.

With further experience, stepping up to freelance PA and eventually moved to Production Managing.

Concurrently working as a location scout/manager.

REFEREES

WILF SWEETLAND

MANAGING PARTNER // EXIT FILMS

wilf@exit.com.au

RACHEL RIDER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER// VML

rachel.rider@vml.com

MICHAEL CICCONE

HEAD OF PRODUCTION// TRUCE FILMS

mike@trucefilms.com

 

SONIA VON BIBRA //

FREELANCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

soniavonb25@gmail.com

MARTIN BOX // FREELANCE

FORMER EP @ AIRBAG
+61 (0)467 490 201

ROMANCA JASINSKI// HEAD OF PRODUCTION

THE MONKEYS.

romancam@themonkeys.com.au

+61 (2) 8665 4200

JESSIE OLDFIELD // DIRECTOR

JESSIE & ADAM

CKOL & DIVISION

jessie@c-kol.com.au

 

AKIKO DAVIES //  PRODUCER/ MANAGING PARTNER

FILM REAKTOR
akiko@filmreaktorglobal.com
+61 (0)430 115 405

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