GUEST SPEAKERS – Veronica Fury, Paul Gillett and Laura Clelland
Veronica Fury is an Executive Producer, Producer, and Principal of factual production company WildBear Entertainment. With over 75 commissioned television series and feature documentaries to her name, some of her prominent feature credits include the AACTA nominated biopic Brock: Over the Top, released by Universal Pictures; and the Netflix commissioned documentary Iron Fists & Kung Fu Kicks. Veronica’s latest feature, Hating Peter Tatchell, Executive Produced by Elton John, is now streaming on Netflix. Veronica’s recent television credits include Aussie Mega Mechanics and Demolition Down Under for Discovery, And We Danced for ABC, and Scottish Vets Down Under, for BBC Scotland and ABC. Veronica works with the major television Australian broadcasters as well as key international broadcasters/streamers including ZDF, Nat Geo, American Heroes Channel, Netflix, BBC, TG4, France 5, and Arte. Her work is screened globally via a broad range of leading distributors.
Paul Gillett is the Founder, Creative Director & Managing Director of Pixel Zoo Animation Studio in Brisbane, Australia. He began his career working as a classical animator on Disney and Warner Bros series, before spending many years as a lead animation director on high profile advertising campaigns. In 2013, Paul launched Pixel Zoo Animation Studios, which has grown to a team of over 40 artists who specialise in both 2D and 3D animation, with a keen focus on children’s content. Paul’s depth of animation experience and ability to deliver for clients makes Pixel Zoo a preferred studio for clients around the world, including MGA Entertainment, Spinmaster, eOne, Moose Toys, Moonbug Entertainment and many more His recent credits include Thomas the Tank Engine, Rainbow High, LOL Surprise The Big Picture, Go Buster, Little Baby Bum, Heroes of Goo Jit Zu, Mermaid High, Num Noms, Awesome Little Green Men, Shopkins and more.
Laura Clelland is a 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. Her passion for crew and production is evident in her ownership of Queensland’s crew booking agency, Essential Crew. Laura was the Producer (Director, Co-writer and Editor) of the Screen Australia and Google funded series ‘Life of Jess’ that won the Asia Web Award for BEST DRAMEDY, BEST KIDS SERIES at Sydney Web Fest, BEST WEB SERIES at the Australian Screen Industry Network Awards, awarded BEST WEB SERIES PROMO at New Media Film Festival, ACS QLD Bronze Award, nominated at the New York City International Film Festival for BEST WEB SERIES, Melbourne Web Fest for BEST DRAMA, BEST FAMILY CONTENT at Toronto Web Fest and BEST YOUTH SERIES at Minnesota Web Fest. In 2021, Laura Produced and Director ‘Long Black’, a comedy starring Indigenous comedians Gab Willie and Steph Tisdell funded by Screen Australia and Google.
