Film makers

Writer/Director Bree McKilligan

Bree has written and directed short fictional films including Till Human Voices Wake Us and We Drown (1996, Victorian College of the Arts), The Tale of the Paper Hearts (1997, Film Victoria) and Helga (2002, Australian Film Commisson, now Screen Australia). All three films screened internationally at film festivals.

She studied postgraduate fictional film at Victorian College of the Arts, film at Swinburne University and screenwriting at RMIT. Bree has taught directing and screenwriting at Swinburne University of Technology, Berwick TAFE and OPEN CHANNEL.

With filmmaker Suzi Taylor, she co-presents a radio show about film Jump Cut that broadcasts and podcasts on 3CR 855AM.

Producer Suze Houghton

Suze has worked as Producer or Producer’s Assistant for TV series, narrative, documentary and educational films.

From 2001 she committed her work life to Screen Resource Organisation OPEN CHANNEL in various film training coordinator roles, eventually becoming training manager for a final stint in 2006.

In the same year she was Supervising Producer on 5 short films commissioned by the Australian Film Commission, now Screen Australia.

Suze has worked on a number of documentaries in a technical capacity, and has produced and/ or directed a handful of short and independent documentaries including Invisible Borders and On the Map, with a number of one-hour documentaries in various stages of development.  Over the past 6 months Suze has come to feel very comfortable using the C word. She and Adis Hondo (below) form Hand in Hand Productions.

Cinematographer Adis Hondo

Adis honed his craft as film camera operator during the golden age of Yugoslavian government television, from 1982 to 1989. During this period he worked on a range of broadcast productions from current affairs to news gathering, drama to documentary and children’s television, eventually opening an independent broadcast TV studio and creating content for International media during the civil war in Bosnia.

In 1993 Adis found refuge in Australia and has continued to develop his career as a video camera operator and photographer.  Adis has credits on a number of Australian and international documentaries including:  The Life and Times of Malcolm Fraser (ABC), Trafficked (SBS), Liary: Highway of Tears, Invisible Borders, Ice Maverick, Living Labs, Donny and Namarali, Rushing to Sunshine and The Shearers (ABC). Adis is one half of Hand in Hand Productions with Suze Houghton (above).

Co-Producer Carmel McAloon

Carmel McAloon graduated from RMIT with a BA in Media Studies. Carmel has been producing independently for the past 7 years. She established her own production company Endangered Pictures in 2004 and has been commissioned to produce work for the Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria and SBS TV. Titles include the funded short dramas Parts of a Horse and The Road Ahead, and documentaries Paul’s Beautiful Laundrette and Endangered.

Carmel is most interested in creating crafted, social issue documentaries and drama, exploring strong characters and themes. Carmel is currently working on a one hour documentary Westall 1966: A Suburban UFO Mystery, financed by Screen Australia, a feature film Love Motel, with development finance from Film Victoria, and the documentary Cunts The Movie.

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Website Designer Jane Curtis

Jane is an audio tour producer, circus performer, and web and graphic designer. Her web folio is at saucybeige and her audio tours at People’s Tour. She is also an intrepid internet researcher for Cunts The Movie.