Katrina Mathers - concept/writer/producer/carol

Katrina has a broad production background having worked for many years with organisations such as the St Kilda Film Festival, Cornerbox, Immediacy, Mullinars, Grananda and ABC TV - where she was origianlly trained in all facets of production and worked on staff in the Comedy and Entertainment departments for many years.

Katrina has run her own company www.longshot.tv, producing and directing a range of corporate, entertainment and comedy material, and editing or authoring DVDs for many years. She has recently set up a new visual effects, animation and digital media studio in Melbourne called The Lampshade Collective.

Katrina also regularly freelances as a director for commercials and music videos and continues to also work as a writer and comic performer. She was a Moosehead Award Recipient at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for FOOTY CHICKS; a regular cast member of the ABC TV sketch series FLIPSIDE, and is mostly known as the character of 'Sandra Sultry' on the THE WEDGE for Network 10.

Katrina has produced, directed or edited hundreds of hours of content including the regular SKYBUS TV program through 2005-2006 (producer/director) and STANDING UP (Associate Producer), a comedy-documentary series for the ABC. She has received development assistance for various projects through the AFC and Film Victoria, been a commissioned writer for various production companies and producers and had projects selected for participation in the Australian Sitcom Festival and X|Media|Lab.

Katrina is regularly invited to be a guest speaker, teacher, judge or advisor, with organisations and events such as The AFI Awards (TV Grand Jury Member), St Kilda Film Festival, the Rock Esteddfod Grand Finals, Melbourne International Film Festival (Short Film Selection Panel), Melbourne Uni Short Course Program (Tutor), Australian Comedy Awards, Screen Actors' Studio (Tutor) and others.

Her many short films have won awards and screened around the world, including the Tropfest finals in 2003 with THE REFEREES. Her short feature CRAZY RICHARD (co-directed) is distributed on DVD overseas, and she most recently penned the short screenplay NO MAIL for the winning Project Greenlight team.

Katrina is represented as an actor, director and content creator through Stacey Testro International Management.

sti.com.au - management
longshot.tv - production company
katrinamathers.com - general info and clips online
lampshadecollective.com - animation, VFX and digital art
innersense.com.au/mif/mathers - filmography

 

Proposed writing team: tbc

Proposed director: tbc

Proposed cast attached: tbc