Speaker Details

Full Name
Rachel Gardner
Company
Curio Pictures
Title
Creative Director
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Rachel joined Curio Pictures – a Sony Pictures Television production company - as Creative Director in 2021 to drive and oversee all creative aspects of the company’s scripted slate.

Rachel has Produced and Executive Produced a wide range of award-winning film and scripted television in both Australia and New Zealand, having spent seven years at See-Saw Films, most recently as Head of Drama, and prior to this as Head of Drama at Great Southern Film and Television.

Recent credits include Producer of The Stranger, writer/director Thomas M Wright's upcoming film starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, and Executive Producer of Warwick Thornton and Brendan Fletcher’s series Firebite which launched AMC+ in Australia. She was also Executive Producer of Sam Strauss’s acclaimed series The End for Foxtel, Showtime and Sky and both seasons of the Netflix original The New Legends of Monkey. She was Producer of John Maclean’s Sundance winning film Slow West starring Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.

Rachel joined See-Saw Films after collaborating with them on writer/ director John Maclean’s Sundance winning film Slow West starring Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn, which she produced. Prior to this, Rachel co-owned Great Southern Film and Television, one of New Zealand’s premiere production companies, for seven years – either producing or executive producing all film, drama and scripted comedy. In her role as Head of Drama she built the company from being a factual producer to include high-end scripted content.