Gillian Arnold

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Biography

Gillian Arnold is a television creator/producer/director with a comprehensive range of international and local experience. As the TV medium has grown and developed, so has Gillian’s range of expertise. Directing prime time drama at 23, she has gone on to develop and produce cutting edge interactive daily drama, direct Reality TV, adapt multi platform formats cross culturally and set up fledgling drama divisions in places such as Singapore and Indonesia.

More recently she was given the unique opportunity to produce and direct an Australian episode of a Singaporean docudrama series.

Gillian remains alert to new ideas, is known for her pro-activity and works with a large network of talented writers, directors, and creatives in all facets of Television throughout Oceania.

Qualifications

LECTURER/JUDGE/SCRIPT ASSESSOR
2007 – Judge WA Screen Awards Drama Director, Early Career (WA)

2006 – Script Assessor and Panel Judge Film & TV Institute (Australia) – Bigfoot Entertainment – Director Mentor 2006 (Cebu, Philippines) – Judge WASA – Drama Director – Early Career (Western Australia)
2004 – Teaching acting for Young People 2004 (Sydney) – Guest Lecturer JMC Academy 2004: Sydney Australia – (Directing and performance), (lighting), (Pre-production)

2002 – Speaker ANU (Telenovella/soap opera seminar) 2002 (Canberra, Australia) – Guest speaker (Making television in foreign countries) Southern Missouri University 2001 (Missouri USA)

2001-2002
Judge – Tropfest (Comedy) (Sydney Australia)

COURSES:
BANFF Executive Leadership Inc. Singapore Nov 2006

Filmography

2006 INCREDIBLE TALES 4 Producer/director
Ep: “The Souvenir”
Dreamfactory/Mediacorp 5
Half hour Docu/drama
Singapore/Australia

2005 STREETSMARTZ Co-producer
Eps 38/39 Kids drama
AIP Entertainment /Channel 9

2004 BIG BROTHER Director
Southern Star/Network 10

2001 – 02 TWENTYFOURSEVEN Series Producer
Interactive weekly drama for McElroy Television/SBS

2000 – 01 GOING HOME 2ND SERIES Series Producer
(also director Ep 51) 65 episodes

1999 – 2000 GOING HOME Originating Producer
65 episodes half hour strip McElroy Television/SBS.
Also Developed the Methodology and template for series.

1988 – 89 HOME AND AWAY Director
1/2 hour drama serial
7 Network

1986 – 88 NEIGHBOURS Director
1/2-hour drama serial
Grundy Television/Ten Network

1984 – 86 SONS AND DAUGHTERS Series Director
(Staff Director)
Half hour weekly then 1 hour serial
Grundy television/Network 7

INTERNATIONAL DIRECTING CREDITS 1993 -1998

SINGAPORE
1993 – 96 Gillian worked as director alongside Joanne Brough (EP – Dallas, Falcon Crest, Waltons) to set up an English Drama Unit with the Television Corporation of Singapore. They developed drama from the ground up, training scriptwriters, directors, cast and crew and achieved the recognition of creating the first English Speaking Drama in Asia.

1996 GROWING UP Director
13 episode series.

1995 TRIPLE 9 Director
13 episode police series including Pilot

1994 MASTERS OF THE SEA Director
14 episodes (incl. Pilot) and
Supervising Producer for 26 episodes.

1993 SILENT NIGHT Director/Producer
1 hour Telemovie.
Awarded Best Drama 1994

RCTI NETWORK – JAKARTA Director/trainer/producer
1996-98 Dua Sisi Mata Uang
Indonesian Televison series.
26× 1 hour episodes.

1998 Head of Drama Unit – RCTI

LIFESTYLE & CORPORATE CREDITS – AUSTRALIA

1993 HOME SHOW Director/Field Producer. Half hour. Lifestyle show for ABC TV.

1990 -92 AUSTRALIAN TOURIST COMMISSION
Producer/Director.
International Incentive Invitations,
Corporate Videos, Reels, Television Commercials, etc. List available upon request

Referees

Posie Greame-Evans – Millenium Pictures (Australia)
Paul Barron – GWE (Australia)
Ny Say Yong (VP Mediacorp Singapore)
(Numbers provided upon request).