Screen Industry Advisory Council

Karen has over 30 years’ experience in Chartered Accountancy, predominantly in business advisory services and has lived and worked in Darwin since 1991. Karen wass the Managing Partner for the NT and leader for Advisory services for Deloitte in the Northern Territory. Karen has a deep commitment and passion to developing business in Northern Australia. She has been a partner of Deloitte since 1999, and was the 5th female ever to enter the Deloitte Australian Partnership.

During her time in professional accounting, Karen has had responsibility for providing accounting and taxation advice to a diverse range of private business and corporate clients. Karen understands the specific needs of her clients and acts as a trusted advisor.

Karen has significant experience in providing advice and assistance to the Northern Territory Government. Karen has experience in providing engagement plans, stakeholder engagement, economic development plans, strategic planning, performance improvement and change management to various government departments.

Karen is currently on the Northern Territory Investment Advisory Group   and on the Northern Territory National Security Advisory Panel. She previously been on boards such as the Darwin Festival, Darwin Port Corporation, Business Advisory Council for the Department of Trade, Business and Innovation and Petroleum Club NT.

Andrew is a director, cinematographer and broadcast television camera operator and has worked in this field for the past 26 years. He is a national board member of the Australian Cinematographers Society and was the recipient of the 2018 Bob Plasto Screen Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Northern Territory Screen Industry.

The current chair of the Northern Territory Government’s Screen Industry Reference, Andrew was also a founding member of the Film & Television Association of the NT serving three terms as president. Since 2012 Andrew has been President of the NT Branch of the Australian Cinematographers Society and currently serves as its National Assistant Secretary.

Having owned and operated Darwin based Production Company Exposure Productions Pty Ltd since 1999, Andrew is highly experienced in all facets of camera, sound and lighting design. Andrew has produced numerous documentaries including The Sweet Little Note of the Engine, The Great Air Race, Cattle Scars and Bright Horizons.

Alice Springs based Rachel is a co-founder of Brindle Films, recipients of the 2015 Screen Producers of Australia Breakthrough Business Award and the first NT production company to receive Screen Australia Enterprise funding. Recent projects include the 10 x 30 minute children’s series MaveriX for ABC ME and Netflix as well as feature documentaries include the cinema released Finke: There and Back (Sydney Film Festival), Audrey Napanangka (Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival) and The Song Keepers (MIFF Premiere Fund film).

Rachel has also produced drama projects including 8MMM Aboriginal Radio, the first Aboriginal narrative comedy series for ABC, and Double Trouble, the first Aboriginal children’s drama series for Australian network television (Channel 9 and Disney Australasia). Rachel has produced award winning documentaries Occupation: Native, Big Name No Blanket, Blown Away and Ochre and Ink. Rachel’s films have won AACTA, ATOM and AWGIE awards and have been screened at festivals including Sundance and Berlin.

Darwin based Aboriginal graphic artist and emerging filmmaker Cian Mungatj McCue is the founder of Moogie Down Productions. A born and bred Territorian with a passion for storytelling and all things creative, Cian has recently co-produced The First Inventors for NITV and Channel 10 with Ronde and is an accomplished camera operator in the observational documentary world having worked on show such as Outback Ringer Season 2, The Amazing Race, Gun Ringer, Jimmy Shu’s Taste of the Territory and Uncle Vic.

Cian is the recipient of the Business Champion award at the 8^th Indigenous Economic Development Forum and has an extensive graphic design background alongside his screen career.