Meet the WIFT WA Board

BOARD MEMBER: CODY GREENWOOD Cody Greenwood is a producer of factual & drama content. Cody started her career in London making music video and brand content, before moving across to LA to join Heath Ledger’s production company, The Masses. In LA she production managed music videos, short film content and developed TV projects for MTV and other US networks. She has production managed multiple TV series (Family Rules, From The Western Frontier, Light), feature documentary (The Kimberley Project) and TV documentary projects (Shark Hunters, The Third Space, Owning Your History, Angela’s Rules, Fighter, Whadjuk to Wadjemup) for broadcasters such as The Discovery Channel, ABC2, SBS and NITV. She most recently co-produced two half-hour episodes in the third series of From The Western Frontier, produced two short films Abduction & Cover and a short documentary entitled The Beeman which will premiere at Perth Revelation International Film Festival. Cody has been selected for the Screen Producers Australia 2018 Ones To Watch program. She is also a committee member of Women In Film & TV (WIFT) Western Australia.

CO-PRESIDENT:
CODY GREENWOOD

SECRETARY: EMILIA JOLAKOSKA Emilia Jolakoska is a Perth based creative producer of many award-winning festival short films such as Still Take You Home and Blue , which both went on to international festival success, including being selected for TIFF’s Kids Corner. She produced The Fan (2014) nominated for a record breaking nine WA Screen Awards, taking home three, including Best Short Film. The Fan is distributed by Ouat Media in Toronto, and has screened nation-wide on both France Televisions and Rai in Italy. It is now available to rent on iTunes. After production managing and co-ordinating on shorts and series like the Mad Kids production The Legend of Gavin Tanner and production company Siamese, Emilia has experience working across multi-platform film, television and advertising productions. Emilia most recently completed a drama/comedy short-series Calling , with Miley Tunnecliffe and has multiple scripted projects in development with Screenwest and SBS.

CO-PRESIDENT:
EMILIA JOLAKOSKA

VICE PRESIDENT: TENILLE KENNEDY Tenille Kennedy ’s credits include producing feature film Bad Girl (Busan International Film Festival 2016); co- producing three chapters of the compendium feature film based on Tim Winton’s best-selling novel, The Turning (Berlin Film Festival 2014) ; and as Associate Producer on ABC telemovie An Accidental Soldier . Prior to this, Tenille was a producer’s assistant and worked across television, feature film and children’s animation including The Circuit , Stone Bros and Dogstar . She has production managed and post production supervised feature film and has worked in development for Screenwest. Tenille is currently in post production on Australian French co-production Slam , and in pre production on the family film H is for Happiness.

VICE PRESIDENT:
TENILLE KENNEDY

TREASURER : HALLIE MCKEIG

TREASURER:
HALLIE MCKEIG

BOARD MEMBER: ALI ROBERTS

SECRETARY:
ALI ROBERTS

BOARD MEMBER: BREE BILLINGTON

BOARD MEMBER:
BREE BILLINGTON

Nicole Ferraro is an emerging Costume Designer with feature credits including Top Knot Detective (2016), and soon to be released The Naked Wanderer (2019) and Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019). Nicole communicates costume across various mediums including TV, Film and print. She also works within costume departments across costume buying, assisting and standby roles. She has worked on many Television commercial campaigns for various clients including HBF, Lotterywest, St Johns and Tourism WA. Combining her technical and creative abilities. Nicole passionately collaborates with colleagues and creative teams and is particularly drawn to challenging projects that engage and evoke audiences. Nicole recently received an Australian Production Design Guild AWARDS 2017 nomination for Best Costume Design on a Television Production for her work on " Top Knot Detective " and is also currently engaged in the Australian Production Design Guild’s inaugural MENTORAPDG 2017 Program.

BOARD MEMBER:
NICOLE FERRARO

BOARD MEMBER: ALEXANDRA NELL Alexandra Nell is a South African born, Australian based Actor. Graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2015, Alexandra was recognised as the first person in history to take out three prestigious awards, including; Hazel Treweek Excellence in Shakespeare Award, Keith Bain Excellence in Movement Award, and the Leslie Walford Scholarship for Creative achievement. Post graduating, Alexandra starred in the the short film 'We Were Here' directed by David Vincent Smith, winning the Jaguar Award for 'Best Performance by an Actress' at the 28th annual Western Australian Screen Awards in 2016. She currently co-leads the 6-part Screenwest funded web-series, 'Single Ladies', and the short sci-fi drama, 'Abduction'; both of which will premiere early 2019. Alexandra recently attended the Cannes Film Festival in May 2018 to present 'We Were Here' as part of Festival Antipodes, and represent WIFT Australia. She has a valid US 01 working Visa, and is a proud member of Equity.

BOARD MEMBER:
ALEXANDRA NELL

BOARD MEMBER: SAMANTHA MARLOWE Samantha Marlowe is an emerging documentary writer & director, who kickstarted her career as a video editor in TV news. Samantha’s love of documentary led her to study journalism and film, where she wrote and directed several pieces that featured on the ATOM nominated NITV series, Noongar Dandjoo. The personal connections she made during the series influenced her belief that documentary can inspire social change. With experience in broadcast TV, Samantha has worked on projects ranging from current affairs, live performances and documentary series’. In 2016 she was awarded runner up “Best News Editor” for the Channel 9 ANZAC day special “The Battle of Long Tan”. Samantha co-wrote and directed a short documentary funded by the City of Vincent, which premiered at Perth Revelation Film Festival 2018. Currently, Samantha is co-writing & directing a feature documentary on gender reassignment. She is also a committee member of Women In Film & TV (WIFT) Western Australia.

BOARD MEMBER:
SAMANTHA MARLOWE

BOARD MEMBER: FRANCES ELLIOTT Frances Elliott is a 26-year-old filmmaker who has an unwavering passion for telling stories. Her work often explores themes of female repression, feminism and giving a voice to those squashed by the patriarchy, and has recently been elected onto the board for WIFT 2018 (Women in Film and Television) for her efforts. Entering the industry as a video editor in 2011, she has worked for both broadcasters and independent film and documentary, transitioning into writing and directing for drama and factual content in recent years. Her direction has won her ‘Best Film’ and ‘Audience Choice Award’ at Perth’s Revel-8 (Revelation Film Festival), and her writing has been selected for The Bill Warnock Initiative, and shortlisted her from over 1000 applicants across Australia for ‘Smart For a Girl; Roar.’ Frances is currently co-writing/directing a short documentary funded by The City of Vincent Film Project, and a feature documentary on gender reassignment. Both documentaries are being made in collaboration with producer Cody Greenwood and co-writer/director Samantha Marlowe; the trio want to advance their careers as a team, as working with empowered, strong women is where they feel the most creatively free.

BOARD MEMBER:
FRANCES ELLIOTT

BOARD MEMBER: XOE BAIRD

BOARD MEMBER:
XOE BAIRD