Natasha Pizzica is a creative Series Producer with over a decade of experience in television. She specialises in casting, storytelling and managing productions across reality, lifestyle, children’s programming and animation. With four years of experience as a Series Producer, she has built a reputation for delivering engaging, high-quality content across a variety of genres.
For the past three series, Natasha has Series Produced Gogglebox Australia and in 2024, she won her first Logie Award for Best Structured Reality Program. She has also worked on a range of notable series, including Supervising Casting Producer on Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Series Producer of Australia’s longest-running children’s program Play School, and Series Producer and Director on Teletubbies Let’s Go, where she worked with motion capture to create the first 40% of the animation. 

Natasha also worked on Sourced, a travel/food series for the online platform Tastemade, where she travelled to five countries to explore the origins of incredible flavours. Her diverse experience, from unscripted formats to innovative children’s content, demonstrates her ability to lead creative teams and deliver stories that resonate with audiences across the globe.

Duncan Jones is the founder and CEO of Myriad Studios, a visual effects (VFX) support company specialising in pre-visualisation, digital capture, animation and virtual reality specifically for the film, television and gaming Industries. Based at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast Australia, Myriad’s customers include Disney, Warner Bros. and Netflix. His film experience extends for more than 20 years working across Australia and the Pacific not only in VFX, but also sourcing locations for some of the biggest films to come to Australia including Aquaman, Thor: Ragnarok and Love and Monsters. His unique position in the industry has exposed him to some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes, unique and unusual places, fascinating and famous people, and some of the most technically advanced film-making tools available.
https://myriadstudios.com.au/

Laura Clelland is a Queensland based Producer and Director, passionate about creating entertaining and engaging content.  Having freelanced in production in Queensland for over two decades, her experience began at Network 10 and has since included work on national television commercials, online series, Australian / US television series and features.
As owner of Essential Crew, Queensland’s Crew Booking Agency, Laura champions the immense talent of our Australian crew to Australian and International Productions. Essential Screen Skills (the training arm of Essential Crew) is an extension of her long term commitment to help nurture and grow the Screen Industry. 
Her passion for crew and production is further evident in guest lecturing (freelancing and the industry) at various universities and film schools including Bond University and Griffith Film School.  Laura’s commitment to securing the future of the Industry is further demonstrated through her role on Industry Advisory boards and taskforces.
Laura was one of Screen Producers Australia ‘Ones to Watch’ Alumni (2018), selected by the Australian Directors Guild delegation (2019) and selected to pitch her project at MIPTV in Cannes (Kids Live Action Pitch 2019). Laura is actively creating and producing high quality Australian content right here in Queensland.

Greg Sullavan will take you through his journey as a sports photographer, sharing what it’s like to capture the action, emotion, and atmosphere of live sport. His career includes shooting behind-the-scenes and game day content for the Gold Coast Titans, and working trackside with top V8 Supercar teams like PremiAir Hire Racing, Shell V-Power Racing, and Red Bull Ampol Racing (Triple Eight). While the NRL handles official on-field coverage, Greg’s focus is everything around the game — sponsor activations, fan experiences, and content crafted for social media. In this session, you’ll get an inside look at the skills, tips, and gear that help create high-impact sports imagery that grabs attention and connects fans to their favourite teams.
His session is an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it’s really like working as a Game Day photographer with a professional sports team. Greg Sullavan will break down the realities of the role — from interpreting creative briefs and understanding what the marketing team actually needs, to the fast-paced challenge of delivering engaging content on the fly. This isn’t traditional sports photography — it’s content creation for a brand that just happens to be a sporting team. Greg will also share insights into working alongside other major media teams, including the NRL, Fox Sports, NEP, Nine Network, and News Corp, and what it takes to stand out in a crowded media space.

Shonee Samia is a Māori-Polynesian creative artist born in New Zealand and raised on the Gold Coast, Australia. With a background spanning acting, producing, motion capture, gaming, and stunts, she brings a dynamic and diverse skill set to the screen industry. Her experience includes working on award-winning games, feature films, television series, commercials, and independent projects. Shonee recently returned from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival as a producing partner between her company Mana Film Productions and New Dream Productions with the feature film “Heart of the Man.” They are currently developing a slate of new film, TV & documentary projects. She was nominated for the 2024 and 2025 Gold Coast Screen Professional of the Year award at the Gold Coast Film Festival and continues to build her career across multiple areas of the entertainment industry. She is passionate about storytelling, representation, and creating new opportunities for diverse and underrepresented voices in the arts. Outside of her creative work, she is a nationally ranked powerlifter – she can thank the KFC colonel for that!

Shonee an emerging Screen Professional will take you through her career from the Games Industry to an emerging Screen Professional. Hear about stories from the field both in front of the camera as an Actor, Stunt performer and behind the camera as an emerging Independent Producer.