Tanya Phegan
Tanya is Head of Development at Screen Australia, with over 25 years of global experience as a scripted media executive and producer. Prior to joining Screen Australia, Tanya served as head of scripted at Guesswork Television.
She has worked extensively in the United Kingdom and United States, including holding development, commissioning, production and acquisition roles across BBC Films, DNA Films/Fox Searchlight, Universal Pictures and Easy Tiger and Porchlight Films in Australia.
Tanya served as executive producer on Prime Video’s globally successful, 5-time AACTA Award-winning series Deadloch. She co-created and produced Operation Buffalo which won Best Comedy Series at the 2020 Berlin TV Festival and developed global hit series Colin from Accounts, Scrublands, The Kettering Incident, Rake and more.
Her film credits include Oscar-winner The Last King of Scotland, 28 Weeks Later, Dredd, BAFTA-nominated film The History Boys, internationally acclaimed feature Never Let Me Go, Sunshine, Berlin International Film-winner Notes on a Scandal, Far From the Madding Crowd and 360°.
