Jo Porter
Managing Director – Curio Pictures

Award-winning Producer and Executive Producer, Jo Porter, was appointed Managing Director of Curio Pictures in May 2021, tasked with re-launching Sony Pictures Television’s film and television production business in Australia.

Recent Curio credits include The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which premiered at Berlinale and earned nine AACTA Awards and a Golden Globe nomination for Jacob Elordi; The Artful Dodger, seasons one and two (Disney+/Hulu), two seasons High Country (Foxtel/BBC1/Hulu), and Playing Gracie Darling (Netflix US/Paramount+).
Porter has been instrumental in creating some of Australia’s most successful and acclaimed series, including Wentworth, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Packed to the Rafters and the International Emmy-nominated Always Greener and All Saints.
From 2012 to 2020, she was the creative lead of Fremantle Australia’s drama slate as Director of Scripted.
In 2018, she was named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 Women in Global Television.