CONSULTANT TEAM


To further expand into the world market and grow the product output, VISIONQUEST has signed on a consultancy basis four creatively talented personnel – specialists with invaluable industry experience.

Jeremy Hogarth - Director, Writer, Producer

Having just completed 'Sting of the King' in Sri Lanka for Nat Geo Asia and being in the final post stages of the jellyfish film - 'The Stinging Detective' for Discovery, Jeremy Hogarth’s most recent work has included the monumental task of the cutting of new versions of the classic documentary series 'The Miracle Planet' for The Discovery Science Channel, NHK, NFB Canada and Tele Images France.

Jeremy has been involved in the film and television business since he was 16, and has specialised in natural history programmes since 1975.
 
After moving to Australia, Jeremy worked as a film editor on natural history programmes for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1981 he left to pursue an independent career as a producer/director and writer of natural history documentaries.
 
He has filmed in many countries on every continent except Antarctica, including Pakistan, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Japan, and Indonesia, and has lived in five countries, including the United States.

Jeremy has won international awards including wide acclaim for his films 'Kimberley - Land of the Wandjina' with National Geographic and 'The Big Wet' with Discovery, both of those through ABC Natural History in Australia. Jeremy was the series producer for the Natural History New Zealand / NHK / Discovery award winning series Wild Asia as well as producing two episodes in the series: 'Realm of the Red Ape' and 'A Forest for all Seasons'.

Jeremy wrote the script for the international version of NHK’s award winning documentary 'Satoyama'.

 
 
Tim Moore – Marketing and Public Relations

Tim Moore is a communications specialist with a thirst for producing nature documentaries and educational resources for children.

Over the last 20 years he has written, produced and presented numerous television documentaries and children’s shows, radio programs, and published articles and feature stories for various print media.

Tim was employed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service as park ranger for eight years before taking on various communications roles within the larger Environmental Protection Agency.

'Ranger Tim' was previously one of the hosts on television broadcaster Network Ten's national environment show 'Totally Wild'.

Tim Moore PSM was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2000 for outstanding contribution to environmental education; an Australia Day Medallion in 1999 by the Queensland Government for outstanding achievement in use of media; was a finalist in the Australian Museum’s Eureka Awards for environmental journalism in 1999; and is presently Ambassador for Keep Australia Beautiful Councils ‘Clean Sites' and ‘Green and Healthy Schools’ programs.

He divides his time working as Principal Communication Manager for Queensland’s Environmental Protection Agency, writing and presenting documentaries for Network Ten Australia, and consulting to VISIONQUEST in producing HD nature documentaries.
 
 
David Franken – Development Consultant

David was a Programmer for Australia's Seven Network for twenty five years, based in Brisbane, during which he was in charge of Network documentary acquisitions and scheduling.

He graduated in 2003 and currently runs a programming and production consultancy. Under a retainership by three production companies throughout the East Coast of Australia, he also consults for more than thirty producers nationwide.

He created a seven hour documentary series for the Seven Network which screened in primetime in early 2005. A second ten hour series is currently under consideration by national broadcaster SBS.

He has completed his first feature film script dealing with iconic Australian themes, and is both developing a primetime drama series and writing the pilot for Australian broadcast television. In publishing, a global travel book dealing with revolutionary cultures is in development.
 
 
Karen McGhee – Researcher and Writer
Karen McGhee is a Sydney-based freelance journalist who specialises in the areas of natural history, health and medicine. She has written for books, magazines, newspapers and television documentaries in Australia, the US and the UK.
 
Magazine clients have included Australian Geographic, Time, Geographical, International Wildlife, Ecos, Australian Doctor and Cosmos.
 
Her work in books and documentaries has also involved the development of content outlines and the preparation of briefs for illustrators, picture researchers and other writers.
 

 
SIMON WILLOCK - International Consultant
 
With nearly three decades in television distribution, rights management and independent production, Simon Willock set up SWIFT in 2005 in response to the new opportunities for British Independents as a result of the 2004 Communications Act.
 
Up to 1999 Simon had been MD of Britain’s largest independent distributor Primetime TV Associates, until it was acquired by the Australian Southern Star Group. 
 
He was then appointed to establish Southern Star as both a major factual distributor through acquisitions and JV’s with third party producers and also to build the groups in-house production output through a recent acquisition of Oxford Scientific Films.
 
SWIFT works closely with a select group of independants from the UK and abroad developing international programme ideas, securing commissions and co-production finance and thereafter maximising future revenue potential from distribution.
 
A combination of sales experience as a distributor and co-production executive and latterly running a successful production company has given Simon a combination of skills and world-wide contacts uniquely adapted to work with producers in the post-communications act world where independants are now able to retain and control exploitation of their programming globally.
 

 

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