River - 2021
Writer / Director / Producer
Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, poetic script will create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognises their vulnerability.
Screen Australia / Madman Entertainment / Dogwoof / ABC / BBC
Narration Script: Robert Macfarlane
Narrated by Willem Dafoe
Festivals: Sydney, Melbourne, International Festivals to be announced shortly!
Mountain - 2017
Writer / Director / Producer
Synopsis: Jennifer Peedom returns to the mountains that so captivate her to explore that very captivation, hers and humanity's, in a unique cinematic and musical collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Screen Australia / ACO / DCM / Madman Entertainment
Narration Script: Robert Macfarlane
Narrated by Willem Dafoe
Festivals: Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand, San Sebastian, London, Bergen, Busan, Hamptons international film festivals.
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life - 2017
Executive Producer for Stranger Than Fiction Films
Synopsis: Theatrical feature documentary follows renown film critic, David Stratton on a very personal journey through the stories of Australian Cinema.
Screen Australia / ABC / Adelaide Film Festival / Transmission
Director: Sally Aitken / Producer: Jo-anne McGowan
Official Selection - Cannes Classics, 2017, London International Film Festival
Sherpa - 2015
Director for Felix Media
Synopsis: Theatrical feature documentary following the ill-fated 2014 Everest season from the Sherpas’ point of view
Screen Australia / Universal Pictures
Producers: Bridget Ikin and John Smithson (UK)
Festivals: Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand, Telluride, Toronto, London International Film Festivals (and many more).
Winner - Grierson Award for Best documentary, BFI London Film Festival 2015
BAFTA nomination - best documentary, 2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place – 2014
Executive Producer for Jungle
1 x 1 hour documentary for ABC 1 (Directors: Paul Clarke & Alex Barry, Prod: Joanne McGowan)
A history of the gay rights movement, 20 years on from the launch of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.
Nominated - Best TV documentary, AACTA Awards 2015.
The Life Series – Life at 9 (2014)
Series Writer / Director for Heiress Films 2 x 60 mins for ABC1
Nominated - Best director in a documentary series at the Screen Directors Guild Awards
As You Dreamt It (2014)
Exec Producer / Co-Director for Jungle 1 x 30 mins for ABC Artscape
Documentary Lecturer – AFTRS (2012)
The Life Series – Life at 7 (2012)
Series Writer / Director for Heiress Films 2 x 60 mins for ABC1
Winner, Best Director in a documentary series at the Screen Directors Guild Awards
Inaugural Recipient of the David & Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship (2011)
The fellowship recognises and rewards creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema.
Living the End (2010)
Director / Producer for Cordell Jigsaw Productions.
1 x 60 min documentary for SBS
Winner, Best Social / Humanitarian documentary, BANFF World Media Festival, Canada, 2011
Nominated, nominated for the UNAA Peace Media Awards
Miracle in the Desert (2009)
Writer / Director for Essential Media & Entertainment. 1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, France 5 & National Geographic Channel
SOLO (2008)
Producer / Director for Essential Media & Entertainment.
1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, BBC, National Geographic Channel US & ITVS.
SOLO won the AFI for best documentary, the Film Critics Circle Award and the Directors Guild award. It won 6 major awards at international film festivals and screened at 15 major festivals, including IDFA.
Miracle on Everest (2007)
Producer / Director for Essential Viewing. 1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, France 5 & National Geographic Channel US
Miracle on Everest won multiple awards on the International ‘Adventure Film’ festival circuit.
Everest: Beyond the Limit (2006)
High Altitude Director, on Mt Everest for Tigress Productions, UK.
6 x 1 hour series for Discovery Channel US.
The show was Discovery Channel’s second most watched program in 2007
The Sherpas’ Burden (2004)
Writer / Director and Producer for Dateline SBS.
1 x 20min documentary about the role of the Sherpas on Everest.
IF Media (2000 – 2006) Publishers of Inside Film and Producers of the IF Awards
From 2000, Jen worked at IF Media where she held the following roles:
2000: Marketing Manager
2001-2: General Manager / Producer IF Awards
2003-6: Managing Director / Publisher
Winner - NSW Young Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2004
Race Around Oz, ABC (2000)
Participant on the ABC Series (One of six participants chosen from 15,000 applicants)
7 films screened on the ABC from 17th May – 16th August 2000
Bachelor of Business, RMIT (1995-1997)
Graduated with Honours