Speaker Details

Full Name
Hannah Carroll Chapman
Company
Heartbreak High
Title
Creator
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Hannah is a screenwriter and script editor, most recently on both seasons of ABC Television drama The Heights, for which she was nominated for an Australian Writers Guild Award (AWG) in 2019. Hannah has written more than 20 episodes for Home and Away and previously worked as the storyliner and associate story producer on the program for three years.

Hannah worked in the development team for Matchbox Pictures on their projects including The Slap, Nowhere Boys, Deadline Gallipoli and Glitch – she also served as a production operator on Downton Abbey, Whitechapel and The Borrowers whilst working for Carnival Films in London.

Hannah holds degrees in screenwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and AFTRS, winning the UCLA Summer School pitching competition for her original comedy pilot Squatters in 2016. Hannah began her career in 3D animation, visual effects and post production. She has a degree in 3D Animation from AFTRS, and has held VFX roles on Iron Man 2, Tomorrow When the War Began and the Australian doco series First Australians.