Jeanie Davison Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As GM of Media Mentors, I manage the company's strategic activities, overseeing the delivery of workshops, masterclasses, events and initiatives for screen industry creatives across Australia - specifically, producers, directors, writers and on-screen talent (actors and presenters). I also manage our newly launched Membership Program, which nurtures and supports a vibrant community of highly engaged screen creatives who enjoy free access to all MMA’s offerings plus exclusive networking and social events. I host many of our workshops, masterclasses and special events on Zoom and in person, liaising with a wide range of industry executives and creative leaders who join us as speakers, tutors and guests.I also collaborate closely with our sister organisation, Screen Careers, which focuses on training and events for below-the-line crew roles.

🎬 Co-Executive Producer of an exciting new international factual series featuring a major A-list Hollywood talent (project is yet to be publicly announced).

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ongoing casual assessment work for Screen Australia’s busy Documentary Unit, reviewing and recommending creative projects for the agency’s Development, Producer and Commissioned funding streams. I assess projects against Screen Australia’s key funding criteria, including creative innovation, financial viability, pathway to audience and credentials/potential of key creative talent. Diversity and equity are also key considerations in whether to recommend or decline projects.I attend Screen Australia decision meetings as needed, to speak to my assessments and answer any additional queries arising from my reviews.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A wide-ranging senior management role developing and implementing partnerships, programs and initiatives between the screen industry and Australia’s national film, TV and radio school.During my time at the School, I brokered partnerships with many key industry organisations including SPA (Screen Producers Australia), Australian Screen Editors (ASE) and Australian Production Designers Guild (APDG), AACTA, Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Edith Cowan University (ECU) and Brisbane and Adelaide Film Festivals. I also managed key training initiatives including the Leading Lights program for emerging filmmakers at AIDC 2023 and the Screen Warriors skills transference program for ex-Defence Force personnel, in partnership with the Veterans Film Festival, as well as delivering a highly successful Music and Sound on Screen showcase at Vivid Sydney in June 2023 and a Hollywood Masterclass with The Fall Guy Director David Leitch and Producer Kelly McCormick.

Ballina, New South Wales, Australia

Worked alongside the CEO to develop and manage innovative and industry-relevant screen initiatives, programs and events for filmmakers in regional, remote and rural Australia. Managed key partnerships with AACTA, AIDC, Australian Directors’ Guild, Screen Producers Association, Australians in Film, Australian International Screen Forum, and a wide range of broadcasters, streamers and independent producers.Programmer of Screenworks' flagship annual three-day industry conference, the Regional To Global Screen Forum, in 2022.

Sydney, Australia

I managed Screen Australia’s Documentary Development slate, working across broadcast TV, theatrical features, SVOD/streaming, online and VR interactive projects. This included assessing and recommending projects for development funding and liaising with funded filmmakers on creating high-quality creative deliverables (treatments, trailers, sizzles etc), as well as advising prospective applicants on how to make their applications competitive. I also assessed applications for the agency’s popular Enterprise Program, which encourages submissions from those wishing to develop their screen business and/or creative personnel and strategies.I ran a number of special initiatives including a joint commissioning initiative with Al Jazeera English’s Witness international documentary strand, culminating in a Pitch Forum at the AIDC (Australian International Documentary Conference) and an initiative to commission films for ABC’s Art Bites strand. I’ve developed and ran a very successful talent incubator initiative with the SAFC (South Australia Film Commission).I’ve represented Screen Australia at industry events including the World Congress of Factual & Specialist Producers, the Australian International Documentary Festival (AIDC), Doc Edge NZ 2020, as a Jury Member for the Flickerfest Film Festival and, in late 2020, on the judging panel for the AFTRS/Doc Society New Perspectives Pitch Lab.

Sydney, Australia

I managed a team of five content specialists plus external contractors in the production of high-quality digital and broadcast content on a wide range of human rights and topical news issues. This included liaising with local and international Amnesty International offices and field producers, as well as Australian creative agencies. I also developed and ran a production training program for Amnesty activists and volunteers, to enable them to capture their own content in the field to a high quality.

London, United Kingdom

Steered Unicef UK's long-form broadcast TV output and strategy, working with independent producers and film-makers to develop and produce compelling factual and documentary programmes, facilitating access to locations, stories and characters around the world. I also developed TV projects for Unicef's stable of celebrity ambassadors which includes Ewan McGregor, David Beckham and Tom Hiddleston. As part of the role, I completed a major piece of research and development strategy work for UNICEF, including a five-year Strategic Business Plan which was incorporated as part of the organisation’s overall Communications Strategy.Production companies I collaborated with include Drummer TV (The Boy On The Bicycle, BBC - BAFTA and Broadcast Awards winner), Lightbox Entertainment (War Child, Channel 4 ), October Films (Walking The Americas, Channel 4).

Lusaka, Zambia

Recommended for the role by BBC Media Action, I managed the finances and editorial for a large-scale film project in Zambia. Based on the ground in the capital Lusaka, I also provided mentoring and skills support for the local Zambian creative team and crew.

Vauxhall, London

I was a Producer for Comic Relief’s high-profile BBC Sport Relief campaign, field-producing stories on beneficiaries in Africa, segments with high-profile celebrities. I oversaw production of Road To Rio, a full-length feature doc on the Street Child World Cup, filmed in India, Brazil and Tanzania, setting up the project from scratch and working closely with key stakeholders including BT Supporters Club and the BBC.

Melbourne, Australia

I headed up the factual and documentary slate for December Media, one of Australia's leading production companies. A key focus was a project called HIDDEN UNIVERSE, the first 3D IMAX film to be produced by an Australian production company (distributed by MacGillivray Freeman in the US). I collaborated with December’s Head of Giant Screen and staff at Swinburne University to bring this ambitious project to fruition, including filming in South America. Other projects I developed during this time were the ABC1’s history series AUSTRALIA ON TRIAL and popular factual series CHRIS HUMFREY’S WILD LIFE.

Melbourne, Australia

Story Producer and Scriptwriter on "The Triangle Wars", a social action feature documentary about the fight to save the St Kilda Triangle, a much-loved strip of heritage land in Melbourne, Australia. It was produced by Circe Films for ABC1 and selected for the 2011 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).

Melbourne, Australia

I headed up development for one of Australia's leading independent production companies, based in Melbourne. My remit was to develop and pitch new programme ideas across a range of factual and entertainment genres, for local networks (including the ABC, SBS, Seven Network, Nine Network, and Channel Ten) and international broadcasters (Discovery, National Geographic, Travel Channel, MTV, etc...).My biggest development success during this time was "Tony Robinson Down Under", a six-part series jointly commissioned by History Channels Australia and UK - a history of the Poms Down Under, fronted by Tony Robinson, the popular host of Channel 4's Time Team series.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

I headed up the Popular Factual and Formats division of one of New Zealand's largest independent production companies, based in windy Wellington. This included developing, producing and executive producing projects across various genres including observational documentary, format, branded entertainment, children's and multi-platform.Along with company owner Dave Gibson, I was Gibson Group's key international representative at global film and TV TV markets including MIPTV, MIPCOM, Banff, Realscreen and Kidscreen. My remit was to secure international distributors or sales agents for the company's finished programmes and formats, seek formats to option and produce in NZ, scope out potential international co-production partners and financiers for projects, and pitch new projects to international broadcasters.Producer/EP credits included TOUGH ACT (10 x half-hour observational documentary series on multicultural Toi Whakaari, NZ Drama School, for TV2), SEX AND LIES IN CAMBODIA (primetime documentary special for TV One) and THE SIMON ELIOT SHOW (26 x half-hour interactive kids science show for TV3).

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Devised and ran a regular - and very popular - Factual Entertainment TV workshop for young TVYP delegates (promising new screen industry talent) at the annual Edinburgh International Television Festival, encouraging them to develop and show their new television programme ideas. As well as devising the workshop content and structure, I also ran hands-on training in various aspects of TV production, including camera operation, editing, screenwriting and presenting. The main workshop usually consisted of around 25 delegates who had to be managed and mentored, both collectively and individually, through a 3-day weekend of courses and activities.

London, United Kingdom

Headed up the Factual Entertainment division of this leading independent production company. Developed and produced shows for the BBC, Channel 4 and Five, including the first five Test The Nation shows for primetime BBC ONE, Do Fish Fart (comedy quiz for Channel 4), It's Your Funeral (celebrity talk show for Five), and Our Vera (entertainment special on Coronation Street's Liz Dawn, for primetime ITV).I developed TEST THE NATION: THE NATIONAL IQ TEST from the original Eyeworks format produced in the Netherlands. Following the success of the first show, which aired to 9 million viewers on BBC ONE on a Saturday night, I went on to produce a further five Test the Nation shows for the BBC, as well as contributing to the book accompanying the series and playing an integral part in developing the online and in-studio technologies to make this complex interactive show a truly multi-platform experience.I also developed and produced 26 episodes of a new formatted celebrity interview show called IT'S YOUR FUNERAL for Channel Five in which celebrities as diverse as Germaine Greer, Gordon Ramsay and Tanni Grey-Thompson revealed the guests, music and other features they'd have for their final send-offs (less macabre than it sounds!!).

London, United Kingdom

Developed and produced the first five Test The Nation shows, including the first National IQ Test, for BBC ONE. This was an ambitious primetime live-event series and as Producer I managed a team of over 100, including a core team at production company Talent TV (where I was Head of Factual) and personnel from various BBC departments including New Media/Interactive and Communications and external contractor Monterosa (digital company supplying the technical infrastructure for the show). At the time, this was a ground-breaking show which required rapid development and testing of technology in order to come to fruition. The live events shows were regularly watched by primetime audiences of 8 or 9 million.

London, United Kingdom

Day Producer on This Morning, ITV's popular two-hour daily live show, fronted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. Responsible for developing and filming content for every Monday show, including writing scripts and studio producing on the day.

Part of the core production team on the BBC's flagship entertainment show THIS IS YOUR LIFE, researching and producing shows on celebrities including Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman, Driving School star Maureen Rees, a number of Coronation Street actors including Bill Roache, and various sports stars.

London, United Kingdom

Part of the core production team on BBC ONE's highly popular primetime factual entertainment show HOW DO THEY DO THAT? fronted by Eamonn Holmes and Esther McVey. Produced for the BBC by Reg Grundy Productions.

London, United Kingdom

Worked on a number of primetime documentaries, including a two-part CUTTING EDGE special for Channel 4 called PARADISE ISLAND (following a family's worldwide search for a remote island to start a new life on - filmed worldwide including Panama/San Blas Islands) and CYBERSECRECY, a documentary revealing the secrets of computer encryption for Channel 4's EQUINOX strand, filmed in the UK and US.

London, United Kingdom

Worked on the Foreign Newsdesk for Channel 4 News, providing research and logistics back-up for international journalists, arranging carnets and visas, logging raw feeds, writing/editing scripts etc.