Producing
"Most students want to direct and I do my best to convince them that producing is infinitely more challenging and satisfying. You get to follow a project from concept stage through to distribution and exhibition.
You’re responsible for the overall quality control of the film – as both artistic endeavour and marketable commodity. You can, and should, contribute to all the major creative decisions that determine the shape of the final film.
You’re the team leader who harnesses the collective creative energies of the team and creates the environment in which they can do their best work." Says Jenny Day - Producer
Jenny Day
Jenny Day has 30 years experience in the Australian film industry as a production manager and producer of short films, feature films, television drama and documentaries.
She production managed and co-produced Bill Bennett’s 1980s feature films ‘A Street to Die’, ‘Dear Cardholder’ and ‘Jilted’. She was production manager and associate producer of Beyond Films’ first feature ‘The Crossing’.
Her credits during the 1990s include producer on the feature film 'Resistance', producer of Gillian Armstrong’s feature documentary 'Not Fourteen Again’, co-producer of the feature film ‘Radiance’ (directed by Rachel Perkins), producer of indigenous director Cathy Eatock’s SBS documentary ‘Speak Quiet Speak Strong’ and co-producer of ‘Copyrites’ (directed by Cathy and Kim Mordaunt).
More recently Jenny has produced the acclaimed short film ‘Turn Around’, the documentaries ‘The View From Here’ for ABC TV Arts and ‘Mohammad Hossain’s Intensive Care’ for SBS. She was line producer on Safina Uberoi's documentary '1800 India' and collaborated with Safina again on 'A Good Man', which won the Foxtel prize for Best Documentary at the 2009 Sydney Film Festival and has been selected for a number of prestigious overseas Festivals. She also produced the Gillian Armstrong feature documentary 'Love Lust & Lies" which had a successful theatrical run in Australian capital cities before its broadcast on ABC1.
In 2011 Jenny is producing the feature film "Careless Love", directed by the internationally acclaimed John Duigan.
Jon Ossher
Jon Ossher has worked for many years in film and television as a director of broadcast documentaries and television drama series. In 1989 he directed a major documentary for the ABC on Australia’s premier jazz entertainer James Morrison, which radio commentator John Laws described as mandatory viewing for anyone learning about jazz.
From 2003 - 2006 he worked as a course creator, presenter and facilitator for AFTRS' Centre for Screen Business lecturing in Screen Business Skills.
He has been a Business & executive Coach for Major clients such as Monthly Imag Magazine Group, Royal Rehabilitation Centre and Big Time Media.
As writer and script editor he worked on museum exhibition audio guides for the National Gallery, Canberra and Singapore Museum.
He directed 40 episodes of Drama series 'Home & Away' and 5 episodes of 'Echo Point'. He also worked as a writer/director/producer on broadcast documentaries and educational programs for the ABC, SBS and Channel 7.
