I specialise in entertainment journalism and screenwriting and am currently completing my Advanced Diploma in Professional Screenwriting at RMIT.
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Actress Jacqueline McKenzie (Romper Stomper, The 4400) once said I sounded like Jeremy Sims. When I told her I was actually his ’stunt bum’ in Chances, she went silent. It was awkward.
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As a child of the 80’s I grew up on Spielberg and dreamed of one day owning Corey Feldman. In the mid-90’s I took possession of the drug-addled child star on the condition that I also sponsored Scott Baio. The less said about that the better.
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My hero is Ricky Gervais. My parents are a little uncomfortable with me idolising a slightly rotund 45 year-old man, but you get that.
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I have a degree in Media Studies at Latrobe, majoring in film and television with a minor in journalism and over 6 years journalistic experience. I’ve been an editor for Beat Magazine as well as working freelance for a number of publications including Mixdown, Buzz, The Brag, Stu, Our People and Fashion Journal.
My work has included interviewing the diverse likes of Toni Collette, Jay-Z, Viggo Mortensen, INXS, Sarah Blasko and Chris Lilley.
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In the last year I’ve co-hosted a radio show on SYN 90.7 called Three Times A Lady and in a previous life I wrote, produced, directed and performed segments for Channel 31’s The Rumpus Room.
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So far 2007 has included the premiere at Gasworks of a children’s play I co-wrote (Fairytale Superstars), script editing and funded concept development workshops for a children’s TV series, a narrative comedy series and a multicultural drama series. In addition to this, I have several of my own film and TV projects in development.
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I can’t decide which is the greatest film of all-time, Citizen Kane or Fletch and I often suffer from a recurring fantasy nightmare that I’m actually Phil Collins.
I’m a writer for hire with talent to burn (well at least singe).
Call me.
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