Unearthing extraordinary ideas and making them land.

Senior Producer & Writer

CJZ (Cordell Jigsaw Productions) - Award-winning production company behind global hit Bondi Rescue and Emmy-winner Go Back to Where You Came From

Mar 2025 - Present

Story lead for primetime documentaries airing on the ABC, Australia's most trusted broadcaster. My core differentiator: successfully developing and pitching shows, and then leading them through production to episode delivery and promotion.

Key Impact

• Under NDA (S1, ABC) - led development and shaped the editorial arc for an original format series on ADHD, hosted by comedian influencer Celeste Barber (10M followers).
• Shaun Micallef's Going For Broke (S1, ABC) - drove series treatment on the most comprehensive investigation into gambling ever made for Australian television, securing co-funding from ABC, Screen Australia, and Screen NSW.
• Owned contributor strategy end-to-end: casting/securing, pre-interviewing, and briefing host before interviewing high-profile talent, including gambling influencer Luca Kante (291K followers), and rugby star turned Senator David Pocock (538K followers).

Writer & Director

Beyond Productions - International production company behind global hits Mythbusters, My Lottery Dream Home and Deadly Women

Mar 2018 - Aug 2025 (various contracts)

Produced and wrote multiple shows for U.S. and international networks, from series development through to episode delivery.

Key Impact

• Before 2000 (S1, Documentary Central) - originated a new digital series; managed full creative and editorial ownership across all 13 episodes: story development, scripting, directing, and post-production that achieved a two-season renewal.
• Deadly Women (S12-14, Investigation Discovery) - researcher and episode writer on one of true crime's most enduring franchises, distributed to 86 million US households at peak; wrote digital promotions and press kit materials.

Senior Producer

Lune Media - independent studio behind the critically acclaimed War On Waste

Oct 2023 - Apr 2026 (various contracts)

Producer for social impact and health documentaries.

Key Impact

• Do You Want To Live Forever? (S1, Channel Nine) - field produced and directed on-camera talent including co-hosts Dr Nick Coatsworth (20K followers, former Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia) and veteran journalist Tracy Grimshaw, and contributor Nick Bell (80K followers), a tech entrepreneur who underwent experimental gene therapy in Mexico for the series.
• The series was the most-watched show in its timeslot and was nominated for best lifestyle program at Australia's premier TV awards.

Story Producer

Baltimore Films - boutique film agency owned by renowned award-winning Australian filmmaker and adventurer, Todd Sampson

Jan 2023 - Jul 2024 (various contracts)

Developed, secured, and wrote stories across Todd Sampson's premium documentary slate for Paramount+, Apple TV, Network Ten and ABC.

Key Impact

• Todd Sampson's Why? (S1, Apple TV and ABC) - developed and led story creative for high-stakes shoots including a paraplegic base jumper, wingsuit stunts, and parachute training with the Australian 1st Commando Regiment; renewed for an additional two seasons.
• Todd Sampson's Mirror Mirror: Are You Well? (S3, Paramount+ and Network Ten) - owned shoot development and creative for high-profile stories including longevity entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, Miranda Kerr's leech therapist, celebrity detox clinic We Care Spa, and an illicit ayahuasca clinic; the most-watched program in its timeslot among under-50s.

Associate & Development Producer

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Australia's public broadcaster

Apr 2021 - Dec 2023

Producer on Australia's flagship science program Catalyst, working with world-leading scientists and translating complex research into stories for mainstream audiences.

Key Impact

• Keep On Dancing - found and cast twelve Australians for an observational series on the power of dance to stave off ageing. Gold Winner, New York Festivals Television Awards 2023.
• Listen Up - developed and launched an original digital series on men's health; 5M views in the first fortnight, still running five years later.

Awards & Recognition

• Gold Winner New York Festivals Television Awards
  Keep On Dancing · 2023
• Australian Premier Television Industry Awards (TV Week Logies) Nominee
  Do You Want To Live Forever? · 2025
• New York Festivals Finalist
  Better Date Than Never · 2024
• Realscreen Awards Nominee
  Better Date Than Never · 2024
• Rockie Awards Nominee
  Better Date Than Never · 2024
• Venice TV Awards Nominee
  Better Date Than Never · 2023

Education