FILMOGRAPHY.

  • 100min, Feature Documentary, Australia (2023)
    Producer/Director. Jolyon Hoff (Australia)
    Produced by LIGHT SOUND ART FILM & ELEMENTS POST PRODUCTION

    Supported by SCRENN NSW, Adelaide Film Festival Fund and South Australia Film Corporation

* World Premiere - 2023 Adelaide Film Festival
* Official Selection - 2023 Brisbane International Film Festival
* Official Selection - 2024 CinefestOZ Film Festival

A poetic avant-garde documentary of Australia’s early surf counter-culture with unearthed footage of digitally scanned and restored 16mm surf films of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Inspired by ‘Moonage Daydream’, this cinematic journey tells the story of a community that took off up the coast and discovered a new way to live.

Credited as: Editor / Writer

  • 73min, Feature Documentary, Indonesia (2022)
    Producer. Nick Calpakdjian (Australia)
    Director. Arfan Sabran (Indonesia)
    Produced by TWO ISLANDS DIGITAL
    Supported by IN-DOCS, Tokyo Docs & DMZ Docs Industry

    Broadcast | NHK Japan, EBS South Korea, Al-Jazeera

* Best Feature Documentary - 2022 Festival Film Indonesia,
* Official Selection - 2023 EBS International Documentary Festival
* Official Selection - 2023 Verzió International Film Festival
* Official Selection - 2023 CinefestOZ Film Festival.

Ininnawa: An Island Calling is a story of obligation and sacrifice, told through a family dedicating their lives to provide health care in the remote islands of Indonesia’s Flores Sea.

Credited as: Editor

  • 102min, Feature Documentary (2021)
    Producer. Ewa Wojkowska (Australia)
    Produced by Visinema Pictures, Kopernik and NETFLIX

    Streaming Platform | NETFLIX

* Best Documentary Nominee - 2021 Warsaw International Film Festival Poland
* Official Selection - 2022 SXSW EDU Festival Austin, Texas USA.

An in-depth exploration of the extent of plastic pollution in Indonesia, and how it has entered our food chain and is impacting our health, is shown through the eyes of three individuals fighting this environmental crisis. The documentary is available on the NETFLIX streaming service globally.

Credited as: Editor

  • 92min, Feature Documentary (2017)
    Producer/Director. Sue Useem
    Produced by Spotted Frog Production (USA)
    Supported by DOCS In Progress

* The John Michaels Memorial Film Award - 2017 Big Muddy Film Festival Illinois, USA
* Official Selection - 30th Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival 2018 France
* Official Selection - Social Justice Film Festival 2017 Seattle, USA

The Peace Agency follows one woman's journey from her rural village in the conflict area of Poso, Indonesia, to create the Woman's School. This institution transforms its all-female class into agents of peace and non-violent grassroots activism.

The feature film won the John Michaels Memorial Film Award at the 2017 Big Muddy Film Festival, which honors films as activism, addressing themes of peace, justice, community action, human rights, and environmental conservation.

Credited as: Editor / Writer

  • 107min, Feature Documentary (2013)
    Producer/Director. Daniel Ziv (Canada)

    Supported by ITVS International, BIFF Asian Cinema Fund/Asian Network of Documentary Fund

* Winner of Best Documentary - 2013 Busan International Film Festival
* Best Documentary (People’s Choice) - 2014 Melbourne International Film Festival
* Best International Documentary Feature – 2014 Edmonton International Film Festival
* Best First Feature Film – 2014 Biografilm Festival
* Official Selection - 2014 DOK Leipzig Film Festival

Streetside (Jalanan) follows three marginalised street musicians in Jakarta who struggle to lead meaningful lives, in a city rapidly overrun by the effects of globalisation and corruption.

Credited as:
Co-Producer / Editor / Writer

  • 63min, Feature Documentary (2007)
    Director. Harold Monfils (New Zealand)
    Produced by EARTHSYNC India/UK

* Best Documentary - 2007 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
* Imaginaria Audience Awards - 2008 Imaginaria Film Festival Italy
* Best Film - 2008 Byron Bay Film Festival Australia

A musical, visual journey, recorded and filmed on location in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India, and Myanmar. Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit through the music of the coastal communities affected by the 2004 Tsunami.

Credited as:
Line Producer / Research / 2nd Unit Director / Cameraman

 TELEVISION CREDITS.

  • 22min, TV Documentary, Singapore (2014)
    Producer. Ernest Hariyanto & Nadya Hutagalung (Australia)

    Broadcast | National Geographic

* 2014 Asian Television Awards Nominee for Best Wildlife Programme

A journey into the world of elephants, from the wilds of Africa to the back alleys of Asia, to discover the connection between Africa's escalating poaching crisis and the growing demand for ivory in Asia.

Credited as:
Producer / Writer / Editor

  • 48min, TV Documentary, Australia (2014)
    Director. Leah Purcell (Australia)
    Director of Photography. Dylan River McDonald
    Produced by CAAMA Productions & FOXTEL Australia
    Suported by Screen Australia & Reconciliation Australia

    Broadcast | Bio Channel, FOXTEL Television

Who We Are: Brave New Clan follows the lives of six exceptional young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who share stories about their communities, history, and cultures in contemporary Australia.

Credited as:
Editor / Writer

  • 6 x 23min, TV Documentary Series, Australia (2013)
    Director. Ramahn Allam
    Director of Photography. Dylan River McDonald
    Produced by CAAMA Productions
    Supported by Indigenous Languages Support Australia

    Broadcast | SBS Australia

A six-part documentary series, exploring the revival, maintenance, and creation of indigenous languages in Australia. Talking Language with Ernie Dingo is a personal journey providing a unique understanding of how ancestral connections to the land shape knowledge of Aboriginal languages. The series premiered on NITV and SBS Australia.

Credited as:
Series Editor (Producer)

  • 52min, TV Documentary, Indonesia/USA (2012)
    Produced by Daniel Ziv for ITVS International (USA)

    Broadcast | PBS USA, CBC Canada, YLE Finland, SVT Sweden

A young, gifted street musician searches for identity, legitimacy, and love on the frenzied streets of Jakarta, Indonesia. Premiered on PBS across the US as part of GLOBAL VOICES, an independent documentary series that showcases the best of international documentaries.

The one-hour documentary was selected by The New York Times as one of the Best Non-Fiction TV shows in 2012.

Credited as:
Editor