Rebecca Summerton

Title
Principal & Producer
Company
Closer Productions
Country (Address)
Australia
Biography
Rebecca is a producer and co-owner of the award-winning screen production company Closer Productions. Her feature film credits include 52 TUESDAYS, which won the directing award for World Cinema at Sundance and the Crystal Bear at Berlinale, and feature documentary SAM KLEMKE’S TIME MACHINE which premiered at Sundance and in Official Selection at HotDocs and Rotterdam and won. Her most recent feature, ANIMALS, an official Irish/Australian co-production based on the acclaimed novel, premiered at Sundance 2019.

For television, Rebecca has made numerous documentaries including Dendy Award-winning I WANT TO DANCE BETTER AT PARTIES and 3-part arts series HANNAH GADSBY’S OZ. Her television drama credits include 6-part series F*!#ING ADELAIDE, which premiered at Series Mania and was the most watched ABC iView Original in 2018. She produced THE HUNTING, a 4x1 hour drama series which premiered on SBS Television in August 2019 becoming SBS’ most successful commissioned drama ever. Most recently, Rebecca produced AFTERTASTE, a returnable 6x30 comedy drama for the ABC. The first season premiered at Berlinale Series Selects and was nominated for a Most Popular Comedy Logie in 2022, season 2 screened on ABCTV in July 2022. Most recently, Rebecca produced the ABC documentary series EAT THE INVADEERS, which premiered in January 2025.
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SCRIPTED TV | UNSCRIPTED TV | FEATURE FILM (NARRATIVE) | FEATURE FILM (DOCO)

At Closer, we are genre agnostic, and have a wide interest in both doc and drama, scripted and unscripted as well as genres, styles and tones. We are always looking at the 'why' of projects and what they can do in the world on top of entertain. We have a strong interest in TV projects, but are open to feature films that are the right fit for us. We prioritise authored work that is creator led and work closely with creatives to support, articulate and elevate their vision.
Rebecca Summerton
Closer Productions is a multi-award winning screen production company with a reputation for producing distinctive high-quality work. Closer’s first feature drama 52 Tuesdays won the Directing Award for World Dramatic Competition at Sundance Film Festival 2014 and the Crystal Bear for Best Film at Berlinale. Animals, based on the acclaimed novel by Emma Jane Unsworth, premiered at Sundance film festival in 2019, and JIMPA most recently premiered at Sundance film festival 2025.

Their feature documentary slate includes underground sensation Shut Up Little Man! (Sundance 2011), Sam Klemke’s Time Machine (Sundance 2015) and In My Blood It Runs (nominated for AACTA award 2019). Their television slate includes 4x60 TV series The Hunting released in 2019 to become SBS’s most successful commissioned drama. Closer produced Aftertaste, a 6x30 comedy drama for the ABC which premiered at Berlinale Series Selects 2021. Most recently, Closer produced 6x30 documentary series for the ABC Eat The Invaders.


Closer is dedicated to telling compelling stories that entertain, challenge and provoke. Stories that make the heart soar and celebrate the terrible, wonderful complexity of being alive.