Speaker Details

Full Name
Jo Austin
Company
Candid Films
Title
Exec Producer
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Jo specialises in based on true story drama.
From a career beginning in factual, Jo worked on major international productions such as LONG WAY ROUND with Ewan McGregor and other popular programmes such as INTO THE WILD with Freddie Flintoff. In Australia Jo, produced multiple NAT GEO projects and then the theatrical release of two feature length documentaries; UNDONE (2020) featuring surfer Laura Enever, which reached number 7 in the global iTunes movie chart alongside BOMBSHELL, and the Screen Australia and ABC commission, and TALL POPPY: A SKATER’S STORY (2021), about skateboarder Poppy Olsen’s journey to the Tokyo Olympics, which was filmed over ten years. More recently, Jo is completing a documentary about breaking's journey from art to sport at the Paris Olympics, and the aftermath by phenomenon, BGirl Raygun.

Passionate about real human experience but also high quality production value, focus is strongly directed towards based on true story drama. Projects completed in this genre include shorts, TWO BITES which premiered at Flickerfest in 2018 and FATHER which premiered in 2021.
Jo has a number of priority feature length dramas on her slate which she is currently developing under the production label, Candid Films. These include a Christmas comedy featuring Jane Seymour and Michael Caton (Co-produced by Kara Pisconeri and EP'd by Tania Chambers - Invisible Boys, How To Please A Woman).
Jo Austin