Maryanne Paterson
Director
Stinga T
Writer / Producer
Thibul AKA renowned Aboriginal Rapper Stinga T was born in Perth, Western Australia. He wrote Friendship, Love and Loyalty and with it began a dream to see it produced into a feature film. As a first time Producer, Thibul called on people he had met in the industry who he felt could make this dream come true. With the help of a great professional network he pulled a production together and is now bringing to life the story he loves so much. It is his passion and commitment that will see this film go all the way.
Maryanne (Annie) was lucky enough to have grown up with Australia as her back yard. Living in out back towns and Aboriginal Reserves in Pintinjarra land and Laverton was the inspiration she drew upon when writing her many scripts including the infamous Lucky Valentine. Working with people like John Jarratt, Ian McFadyen gave her the inspiration to follow her dream to be a Director. In 2012 Maryanne was Nominated for Director of the year and won Producer of the year in 2011 at the ASIN Awards.
Marie Grew up just outside of Prague in Czech Rep and was destine to be involved with film. She was attracted to the concept of film production from a young age.
She studied at the S.A film school MAPS in 2012 and Majored in Production and Camera
Marie has worked on an educational health series as Producer/Director, Corporate videos, Promos - HAIRY FISH PRODUCTIONS together with DREAM STREAMS TV and was the Producer of " MY Shoes " short film directed by Niama Raofi, that was selected to be shown at the Cannes film festival.
Director Of Photography
Michael Selge
Marie Press
Producer
CREW
Photography has been a part of Michaels life since he was given a Kodak Instamatic when he was 8 years old. For many years photography projects were carried out after hours and the weekends fitting around full time work initially in Mechanical Engineering and subsequently in corporate Information Technology fields. Michael made the decision to leave the Corporate workplace in 2011 to pursue his passion for capturing images and focused his career towards the Film Industry. Completing a Certificate IV in Screen and Media at ACArts in 2012, Michael produced a corporate documentary promoting the work that Foodbank SA does in our community. In 2013 he was accepted into MAPs film school and completed his Diploma in Screen and Media with a busy workload being involved in 17 different productions. Since graduating he has worked on documentaries, short films and two feature films prior to coming on board as the Director of Photography for Friendship Love and Loyalty.