Anne is a highly respected Australian born, Canadian based award-winning producer and director. Over the past 20 years her films have covered all genres and feature strong, passionate characters making a difference in their world whether its social or political issues, arts and music or the environment.

Most recently she produced and co-directed the HD feature drama-documentary IRIS CHANG, THE RAPE OF NANKING. The narrative is from the perspective of Chinese-American author Iris Chang, who wrote the best selling book revealing for the first time since 1937, the horrific details of the forgotten holocaust of World War II when hundreds of thousands of innocent Chinese people were systematically and brutally killed at the hands of the invading Japanese Imperial Army. It was broadcast in full length with no commercials on the 70th anniversary of the massacre by History Television and is currently in theatrical release in Asia. The film weaves together the story of Nanking, that of the author with a message ultimately that we can all make a different. At the same time Anne produced the award-winning and highly rated documentary THE PRINCE OF POT: THE US vs MARC EMERY, that has been repeated many time on CBC Newsworld as Marc’s legal dilemmas continue as he fights extradition to the United States to face drug trafficking charges for selling packets of ten marijuana seeds over the internet. Mentoring filmmakers in Canada’s Yukon lead to her HD series OUT IN THE COLD for Discovery Canada about people who live and work in the north. Ten episodes have been produced to date and have been distributed around the world.

Anne’s earlier work includes Gemini winner Ronnie Hawkins, Still Alive and Kickin’ a year long emotional journey the old rockabilly credited for bringing rock and roll to Canada whose band became “THE Band” battled dealt with a cancer diagnosis and then a miracle recovery. One of her favourite productions is Yours Al a performance drama based on work of Canada’s ‘people’s poet’ Al Purdy, starring Gordon Pinsent in one of his finest performaces to date. Australian anti nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott refusal to stop fighting to save the world from nuclear weapons inspired Helen’s War, Portrait of a Dissident which one many awards including an AFI. Ryan’s Well is the little film that continues to inspire young and old around the world is about young Ryan Hreljic’s determination to build a well near a school in Northern Uganda – he has now built over 100 wells. The Bunny Years continues to be a favourite about the women who were the first Playboy Bunnies in the early 1960’s produced for CTV. A&E and the BBC. The long running environment/lifestyle series Harrowsmith Country Life for Life Network and Discovery Canada one of the first programs featuring stories about people living alternative lifestyles, off the grid or in environment friendly housing before any one ever mentioned ‘green’. Foodstuff and Firestation are other series produced for Discovery.

Anne was born in Adelaide, South Australia where she worked as a journalist before traveling overseas and settling in Canada. She is a founding Board member and a past co-chair of Hot Docs and remains on the Hot Docs Toronto Forum international advisory committee. She served ten years on the board of DOC including terms as co-chair and over a decade on the board of the Children’s Aid Society Foundation. Currently Anne is a member of the Academy of Film and Television, DOC and WIFT and a member of the International Advisory Committee for the Australian International Documentary Conference.

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