Jim Robison | Producer | Co-Founder
Jim Robison is a AACTA nominated producer from Australia . Jim studied a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance Major) at Newcastle University after short time in the Australian Army Reserve and after working for a Chartered Accounting Firm he moved to work in the finance department of Australia's largest record company, Universal Music. Since leaving the corporate world Jim has worked in a range of below the line and above the line roles ranging from producing, executive producing, assistant directing and writing. Jim has produced and executive produced feature films, Network TV series, Music Videos, TVC's and corporate videos ranging in budgets from $500K to $25M. Jim is an expert at raising private & debt equity and has assisted in raising finance for feature film projects and TV series with total cumulative budgets of over $60M AUD. Jim is producing the feature film "Switzerland", starring Helen Mirren, directed by Anton Corbijn, based on the award winning play by Joanna Murray Smith which New York based Sales Agent - FilmNation pre-sold multiple territories at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival / (European Film Market). Jim is working with renown director Alex Proyas on his latest feature film "Heaven" and negotiated and closed the pre-sale with ICON FILMS (Distribution) for Australia / NZ rights. Jim has produced and executive produced films which have sold to US distributors such as Saban, Vertical Entertainment, Cinedigm Entertainment Group and Australian steamers such as NETFLIX, STAN, BINGE / FOXTEL, PARAMOUNT+ & AMAZON, Channel Nine and Network Seven to name a few. Films that Jim has produced have played at over 40 film festivals in almost 20 countries around the world including Australia, USA, China, Poland, Norway, Ireland, United Kingdom, Middle East, South Korea, France, Spain & Germany picking up an array of wins & nominations; including winning the FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) Jury Prize in Germany in 2020. View his IMDB Page here.
Kurt Martin | Co-Founder
A writer and director living in Australia. Martin has over 4 wins and 21 nominations for feature and short films he has directed, written and produced. In 2019 Martin filmed his debut feature film "Moon Rock For Monday", which after a screening in Cannes, worldwide rights were picked up by EOne owned Seville International off-shoot company; Wazabi Films and sold to Cinedigm in North America. With an impressive 8 wins and 28 nominations the film was a hit on the festival circuit playing at Zurich Film Festival, Beijing Film Festival, Busan Film Kids Festival, Adelaide Film Festival and CinefestOz to name a few. It also earned Martin a nomination at the prestigious AACTA Awards for Best indie film in December 2021 as well as winning the Two Top FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) at Schlingel, Germany from a panel of independent judges from several European countries. Furthermore Martin's debut feature won the the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Gold State Award and National High Distinction Award for Best Indie Film for Cinematography in 2022. Martin, also Produced a short horror genre film directed by critically acclaimed director Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow, Gods of Egypt, I, Robot) which earned 4 wins and 29 nominations including SITGES short film section and Australia's largest short film festival 'Flickerfest'. Martin has Directed several TVC's, Music Videos, Web Series and Pilot TV Series but he started his career mainly directing short films and working as a First and Second Assistant Director on several feature films. Martin is now attached to direct his second feature film which he wrote, the psychological thriller/horror; "The Boy in the Room Below". Martin says he loves working with actors and has directed films with known actors like Samara Weaving, Nicholas Hope and Alan Dukes. Martin is a member in the Director's Chapter in the Australian Director's Guild, The Australian Writers Guild and the Australian Film Institute / Australian Academy of Cinema, Television and the Arts. After studying Law at Sydney University Kurt decided to move study and complete his Bachelor of Commerce at Macquarie University and then, finally went on to complete his Diploma of Film & Television at TAFE. Martin continued to further his education by completing an Advanced Diploma at Sydney Film School majoring in Directing. Martin is producing a film with Andrew Mason (The Matrix), Troy Lum (former Hopscotch Films, EOne) and Academy Award winning producer Gabrielle Tana based on the prolific writer Patricia Highsmith. CLICK his IMDB LINK: HERE
Tanya Mackey | Executive Assistant & Creative
Tanya earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne and then went on to complete her Masters in Media Practice at the University of Sydney. Tanya wants to also pursue a career as a screenplay writer and development producer and has several award winning short films she has written and produced.
Aron Walker | Marketing & Creative
Aron Walker studied a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Newcastle University majoring in Graphic Design. After earning his degree from Newcastle University Aron moved to Sydney to further study film, website development and marketing. Aron worked on major blockbuster films like Peter Rabbit and on Indie Films like the The School in the Art Department. Aron was a Co-Producer on “Moon Rock For Monday”.
David Bradley | Development & Creative
David began his film career as an Art Department assistant at the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), helping design and build student project sets. From there he quickly moved into working on some of Australia’s highest grossing and highly viewed TV shows in the Art Department including The Voice, Beauty & The Geek & MasterChef, as well as critically acclaimed Films such as Felony (2013 starring Joel Edgerton, Jai Courtney & Melissa George). David was also a Co-Producer on “Moon Rock For Monday”.
