Catriona McKenzie Director of Satellite Boy

In a piece that first appeared in Encore, first time feature director Catriona McKenzie talks about making Satellite Boy.

You’ve directed quite a bit of TV including the ABC series Dance Academy and Redfern Now. How was directing Satellite Boy, your first feature film, different from your work in television? 

I was actually in short films before TV. I had made an adjustment to television, so in a way I was going back to what I’m most comfortable with, which is a bigger canvas. With TV you have a network behind you and a whole team there to back you up, but in a feature film you are on your own; the buck stops with you.

What was it like filming in the Kimberley region?