Maren Smith Email & Phone Number

Minchinbury, New South Wales

Established in 2017 by Vonne Patiag and Maren Smith, we develop and produce film + tv projects that speak to intersectional issues, with a focus on championing and inclusively collaborating with community and marginalised voices. We work with established and emerging talent, creating teams mixing experience and authenticity.In-Between Pictures was awarded Screen Australia's Hot Shots Plus grant to develop and produce the pilot episode of series 'Boy Space Friends' called 'Too Many Ethnics', which is a contemporary take on male friendship set in Western Sydney. Their SBS and Create NSW GEFF funded short film 'Tomgirl' aired nationally on SBS Viceland for the 40th anniversary of Mardi Gras on February 15th, 2018, and is currently available to stream On Demand.The company's online series Halal Gurls, showrun by Vonne, was commissioned as part of the ABC, Create NSW and Information + Cultural Exchange Digital First Comedy program, is viewable on ABC iView and is one of the highest viewed series on ABC Comedy's Youtube.Previous work together includes 'Window' (Best Film, St Kilda Film Festival Olympus Filmmaker Challenge 2016), and 'Yang' (Runner Up Best Film Made In The West 2016)

Radio presenter and producer on Cinemascape, your show on the radio about the movies, Thursdays 6pm on Eastside 89.7FM and broadcast across Australia via the Community Radio Network.http://eastsidefm.org/cinemascape/

Alternative arts half hour hosted by a rotating roster of presenters with focus on the visual, performative, audio, mutimedia and experimental.http://somethingelse897fm.wordpress.com/http://eastsidefm.org/arts/somethingelse/

Leading the production department of the hybrid production studio & creative agency, guiding business strategy, processes and outcomes around production, stakeholder and client management, managing and training producers and the wider production team.Senior producer of large scale campaigns across video, radio and print, and liaison for high value clients.Heading up the narrative development arm and producing television and game content for market.

Sydney, Australia

Mentoring the production team I manage high value campaigns from development through to delivery and distribution. Shepherding great creative through scripting, pre-production, production and post production to deliver exceptional outcomes in video, TVC, radio and print content, I’m adept at balancing creative outcomes, stakeholder requirements and time and budget constraints, always with the audience front of mind.I also develop and produce entertainment and scripted content across television, games, short film and virtual reality, expanding the company’s slate and developing projects for market.

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Producer at full service creative agency Paper Moose. Production of video, radio and branded content for clients across government, financial sector, technology, information, media and charity.Projects include branded content series “On the Road to Retirement” and financial literacy series “What Is...” for AMP starring Adam Spencer, behaviour change and internal training videos for Westpac, and recent TVC for the Cancer Council Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea.

My work includes the Environmental Protection Authority's 2018 'Hey Tosser' radio campaign, branded comedy series 'Sleep Myths' for Domain, brought to you by Simba, the Australian Museum's Mammoths Exhibition, including stop motion animated TVC (National Geographic 11/17), radio spots and bus wraps, Winc's branded comedy series 'Jeanette: Office Detective' (as featured in Mumbrella 14/12/17), Sydney Opera House's heritage and conservation management plan launch video and a recruitment series for Groupon ANZ.

Blue Mountains, Central Coast And Sydney, Nsw

Producer of multi-award-winning Australian Feature film 'One Less God' inspired by the Mumbai terrorist attacks.Grand Jury Prize (Winner) Dances With Films, Los Angeles 2017Industry Choice Award (Winner) Dances With Films, Los Angeles 2017Best Film (Winner) Byron Bay Film Festival, New South Wales 2017Writer/Director - Lliam Worthington, Producers - Maren Smith, Joel Hagen, Lliam Worthington, Co-Producer Nelson Lau, Production company - New Realms Films, Domestic distributor - Umbrella Films, International Sales Agent - MultiVisionnaire PicturesNew Realms Films is an independent film production company on the Central Coast of New South Wales Australia.

Broadcast Operations Manager at Commonwealth Bank, Group Corporate Affairs, Group Communications. Worked within the communications team, my role was production management of national closed network satellite channel and associated news program CBA TV. Booking crew, call sheets, scheduling, post production supervision, managed budgets and accounts, supplier sourcing and management, advice on brand and legals, content production, live events broadcast, webcast, video conference, facilities maintenance and upgrades, video archives, and liaison for producers, freelance crew, talent, editors and clients.Audience: 52,000+ nationally.

Worked in senior role at a martial arts school of over five hundred students of various ages, abilities and goals. Duties included teaching classes, enrolling new students, goal reviews, receptionist duties, data entry, advertising, editing monthly newsletter, writing letters, coordinating special events, organizing graduations, dealing with stock and merchandise, accounting, filing, statistics and general administration work.

Worked in senior role at a martial arts school of over five hundred students of various ages, abilities and goals. Duties included teaching classes, enrolling new students, goal reviews, receptionist duties, data entry, advertising, editing monthly newsletter, writing letters, coordinating special events, organizing graduations, dealing with stock and merchandise, accounting, filing, statistics and general administration work.

Bachelor Of Arts (Honours), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Geisteswissenschaften Ausstausch (One Year Exchange To The Humanities Faculty), Film Studies, Literary Adaptation, Documentary Studies, Art History, German

Studied German Film, Literature, Art, History and Culture in the German Language.

Ba In Communications (Media Arts And Production) With International Studies (German), Film, Media, Communications, Cultural Studies, Sociology, German Language, German Culture