Screen Queensland appoints new head of development and production as it farewells two executives
Screen Queensland has appointed Jo Dillon as its new head of development and production as it farewells its director of development Jock Blair after forty years working in the industry and and Catherine Nebauer who leaves to take on the role as general manager of the new TV channel ZooMoo.
The industry body, whose role is to develop and support the local screen industry and attract production to Queensland, will welcome Dillon to the team towards the end of August.
She joins after nearly two and a half years as development executive with Screen Australia, where she covered the assessment of feature films, high-end television, multiplatform drama and shorts as well as working on the development and management of a slate of feature film projects.
Screen Queensland CEO Tracey Vieira said in a statement: “As Screen Queensland continues to work with industry to grow a healthy and sustainable industry, Jo’s experience with creative and thoughtful leadership will provide exactly what the industry is asking for.”
There’s one thing about these screen industry bodies. They write and apparently believe their own press releases. For example the comment “As Screen Queensland continues to work with industry to grow a healthy and sustainable industry, Jo’s experience with creative and thoughtful leadership will provide exactly what the industry is asking for.” Putting aside some bullshit unsupported assertions in that statement, what exactly is the industry asking for Tracey? I don’t know of a screen industry body in this country that knows the answer to that question. And by the way name we one film that has come out of Queensland that has genuine Australian content, creative worth and made any money?
And don’t say ‘Coolangatta Gold’
Poor old Screen Queensland – they still think that a “Queensland film Industry” is one that is busy making American telemovies at Warner Studios. They’ve done nothing to develop local filmmakers and are so far behind the other state film agencies it’s embarrassing. The new CEO has said nothing to contradict these views and theres barely been a word out of her or the board re the new “direction’ of the organisation after the disaster that was the appointment of the 2 thoroughly inappropriate, inexperienced executives of the last regime. And that ended well didn’t it? Still a laughing stock. Queensland deserves better.
Jo who? This is a joke. When will Queensland filmmakers get the agency and the experienced staff they deserve?