I cut my teeth in one of Australia’s toughest industries – fishing. At 23, I was the industry’s youngest female executive officer. In 1997, disillusioned with the corporate world, I left to travel overseas where I wrote two novels.
I returned to Australia to work as a freelance writer and editor and some years later, and at 37 I forged my own path into filmmaking by producing, directing and distributing my first feature documentary Tibet’s Cry for Freedom.
I returned to Australia to work as a freelance writer and editor and some years later, and at 37 I forged my own path into filmmaking by producing, directing and distributing my first feature documentary Tibet’s Cry for Freedom.
It was done with no experience, no funding and no film agency support. The project was fuelled by a burning desire to use film as a catalyst for change and understanding.
Tibet’s Cry for Freedom screened in Australia, the US, the UK, Europe, and Asia. It was also broadcast in the Czech Republic and New Zealand for three and four years running. The documentary included exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama and a Tibetan independence activist who broke a three-year media silence to be involved.
