Speaker Details

Full Name
Katherine Slattery
Company
Matchbox Pictures
Title
Scripted Development Manager
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Katherine is the Scripted Development Manager at Matchbox Pictures. Recent Matchbox titles include ‘Bad Behaviour’ (Stan/ Berlinale), ‘House of Gods’ (ABC/Series Mania) and ‘Class Of ’07’ (Amazon). She was previously the Fiction Development Manager at Film Victoria and has worked as a Production/ Development Executive at Screen NSW, Screen QLD and Screen Australia. She was Head of Development at Arenamedia/Footprint Films when the company developed projects including ‘The Turning' and 'Paper Planes', produced the feature film 'Balibo' and distributed four feature films including 'Samson and Delilah' (winner - Camera d’Or). She was Script Consultant at Waking Dream Productions and during her time developed projects including 'The Babadook', 'The Daughter' and 'Babyteeth' (Official selection, Venice Film Festival, winner 9 ACCTA Awards). Her producing credits include the short film 'Family' (‘The Turning’ – MIFF) and the two-part doco-drama television series 'Stories I Want to Tell You in Person' (MIFF, ABC TV).