Mums in Film

Lucy Gaffy is an award-winning filmmaker who, over the last decade, has worked across a range of productions and media. She is mother to a gorgeous boy who will proudly tell everyone and anyone that he is four years old. Most recently, Lucy directed the opening story “We the Spiders” for the anthology feature film, Here Out West (Co-Curious/ ABC, 2021) alongside directors Ana Kokkinos, Leah Purcel...

Part 2 of Ruby (your host) and Leonie (your editor and producer of this poddy!) in front of the mic! Leonie interviews Ruby, hot off the plane from Cannes about her experience traveling to the huge festival with small children in tow! When Ruby and Mums in Film producer Leonie Marsh first met, Leonie interviewed Ruby as she was fresh off the plane from France after her film MumLife had premiered a...

This is a special ep! You are getting both Ruby (your host) and Leonie (your editor and producer of this poddy!) in front of the mic! When Ruby and Mums in Film producer Leonie Marsh first met, Leonie interviewed Ruby as she was fresh off the plane from France after her film MumLife had premiered at Cannes Film Festival. This chat is split into two parts as we couldn't stop talking, and it&#39...

Michelle Carey is a film programmer, curator and creative producer. For eight years she was Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival.  Since relocating to Berlin in 2018, she has been a member of the features selection committee at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and a mentor at the Berlinale Talents, as well as a program advisor for the New York Film Festival and t...

Rose is a freelance creative producer working across film, podcasts, and festivals and events. She works closely with artists and visionaries to build networks of support around projects, charging each endeavour with the energy derived from her diverse experience in the arts, community engagement, social change and maternal activism. In 2022, Rose attended the Venice International Film Festival wi...

Danielle Boesenberg is an award-winning editor with films screened at Berlin, Toronto, Clermont-Ferrand, Tribeca, Palm Springs, Sydney, Melbourne, and Heartland. Nominated for the Australian Screen Editors award for her work on Kiss in 2011, Danielle was nominated again in 2014 for her work on the Guineafowl music clip Little Death (Make It Rain) and again in 2017 for web series Attack! Attack! Ar...

Tsu Shan Chambers is an Actor/Writer/Producer, who is passionate about bringing awareness to issues that matter through telling provoking stories.  She was recently elected to the SPA Council, picked as one of the Producers on IF Magazine's Rising Talent List 2023 and was included in the inaugural AA122 list - recognising Asian Australians who have had the most impact on Australian culture, so...

Yolandi (NSW JP) is a Film and TV Producer and has been in showbiz since the turn of the century. She produced three feature films, a two-part documentary series, two TV series, and hundreds of shorter format stories, some winning festival awards. Her experience in front of the cameras and as MC is also vast. She joined WIFT (Women in film & Television) Australia and is currently the Secretary...

TJ Hamilton is a retired police officer, a criminologist, a published author, one-time print journalist, and an emerging screenwriter. With a deep understanding of the crime genre, TJ is one of Australia's most sought-after crime researchers and technical consultants on scripted dramas. This episode is sponsored by ⁠⁠Screen Vixens⁠⁠ and produced by ⁠⁠⁠Ruby Challenger ⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Leonie Marsh⁠⁠⁠...

Alicia Rodis pioneered the role of the intimacy coordinator in the US. Mother to Finn - 2.5 years old and Imogen - 3.5 months, she is married to husband Casey and they have two old cats in their family. They live in the land of the Munsee Lenape and the Schaghicoke in the United States - just outside of New York City. She is the in-house intimacy coordinator for HBO studios and the creative direct...

Shayna Weber is a screenwriter, producer and director originally from Bend, Oregon.  Mother to Max (6) and wife to Alex, they also have a cat and a new puppy in their home, where they live on Chumash, Tongva (Gabrieleno) and Fernandeno land. Shayna started out in unscripted television where she produced shows including: “So You Think You Can Dance,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Weakest Link,” VH1’s “Ban...

Naomi Just has over 20 years of experience in the film industry, producing such content as as the new to Stan Christmas Ransom, the hilarious The Unusual Suspects, the Children's Spy Comedy series, Born to Spy, and the moving short film Safety net, which screened at Slam Dance. She also is the proud mother of a 15 year old daughter and 13 year old son. Naomi's screen projects span comedy,...

In our very first episode, Ruby chats with Lark Lee . Lark is a Korean-Australian director, writer, and actress who loves entertaining audiences with heartfelt stories. She also is the proud mother of an 11 year old daughter. Starting in the industry as an actress, she worked on the ABC TV show ‘Harrow’ seasons 1 and 2. As an emerging writer/director, her first feature film project ‘Street No. 4’,...

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