Bec Peniston-Bird

Director / Producer / Editor - Bec Peniston-Bird

DP - Katie Milwright

Camera - Shannon Morris

Sound - Joel Valerie

Premiere: Melbourne International Film Festival

Official Selection: Sao Paolo Film Festival

Commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne

In 1984, iconic New York artist Keith Haring created a vast outdoor mural in the working class precinct of Collingwood, Melbourne. This is the story of that mural - one of only 32 Haring murals still in existence worldwide - and the battle to save it.

Executive Producer ABC: Kath Earle

Executive Producers Renegade Films: Jo Connor & Ken Connor

Producers: Jo Connor, Ken Connor, Bec Peniston-Bird

Director: Bec Peniston-Bird

Director of Photography: Kathy Chambers

Second Camera: Sam Frederick, Dale Cochrane, Will Gunn

Location sound: Dean Judd, Lewis O’Brien

Editor: Sam Frederick

Colour grade: Marcus Hopton Smith, Blue Post

Sound mix: Dean Judd

Music: Oscar Dawson

Produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015

Nearly 1.5 million Australian adults don’t have a driver's licence.

This series, Find Your Drive, follows four Aussies, Zac, 30, hearing and vision impaired; Suzzanna, 48, who has failed her learner’s test six times; Harley, 32, who suffers from ADHD and Maddy, 35, a diabetic single mother.

Over three episodes our hopeful drivers work with expert driving instructors, counsellors and a VR driving school, as they navigate their own personal challenges and the roads ahead.

Client: Toyota Australia

Production Company: AIRBAG

Agency: HERO

ECD: Shane Geffen

CD Andrew Woodhead

Broadcast Producer: Margot Ger

Director: Bec Peniston-Bird

Producer: Johanna Rayner

Prod Manager: Jess Junor

EP: Adrian Bosich & Martin Box

DOPs: Aaron Farrugia & Marden Dean

Post Producer: Nick Venn

Offline: Louise Mullins (longform), Michael Hoolihan (TVCs)

Grade: CJ Dobson, Moodlab

Sound: Gusto

Online: Stafford Wilson, Kitset

Casting: Zak Hamer, Catapult Casting

Cast/drivers: Maddy Butler, Zac Bird, Harley Ogilvie, Suzzanna Selvey

Cast/instructors: Cathy Maguire, Harry Graeve

Cast/counsellors: Mishma Kumar, Merryn Snare

As children, we all have big hopes and dreams. But are we creating the change we once imagined?

Using AI technology, we created childhood versions of each of our interview subjects to help them answer the age-old question: would your younger self be proud?

This is the latest iteration of Monash University’s multi-award winning, thought provoking and inspiring brand #ChangeIt campaign.

7 x 5” episodes

Client: Monash University

Production Company: AIRBAG

Agency: VML Australia

Group ECD: Jake Barrow

Creative Director: Jack Delmonte

Copywriter: Charlie Dejean

Art Director: Andrew Bao

Lead Producer: Mel Herbert

Integrated Producer: Maddie Fricker

Director: Bec Peniston-Bird

Producers: Martin Box & Jess Junor

EP: Adrian Bosich & Martin Box

DOP: Marden Dean

First AD: John Sandow

Art Director: Paige Anderson

HMU: Lin Parups

Sound: Lynne Butler & Steve Bond

VFX Director: Travis Hogg

Post Producer: Nick Venn

Offline: Louise Mullins & Ramon Watkins

Grade: CJ Dobson, Moodlab

Sound: Bang Bang

Online: Stafford Wilson, Kitset

Cast: Jackson Koh, Dr Susie Ho, Gabrielle Henry, Ass Prof Deirdre O'Neill, Hamidullah Nadeem, Dr Kristen Bubb, Jess Hepworth, Ashlyn Mayes, Igor Subasic de Azevedo

4 x 5 mins

Shooter/producer: Bec Peniston-Bird

Production Company: Easy Tiger

Commissioned by ABC TV

A video diary style film capturing parents and guardians of small children speaking frankly about the guilt, as well as the long-lasting benefits, of daycare.

Client: G8 Education

Agency: CHEP

CD: Amy Weston

Art Director: Magnus Flynn

Copywriter: Finn Astle

Agency Producer: Elena Szymanski

Production Company: Truce Films

Director/Editor: Bec Peniston-Bird

DP: Joel Betts

Producer: Michael Ciccone

Campaign: 3 x 5-7 minute videos

Client: U by Kotex

Agency: Genero

Production Company: Truce Films

Director: Bec Peniston-Bird

Producer - Carla McConnell

DP - Sky Davies

Editor: Delaney Murphy

4 x 2 mins - Shane Warne the Musical

Director/Producer/Editor - Bec Peniston-Bird

Camera - Sky Davies & Shannon Morris

Sound - Martin Kay

Photography - Meredith O’Shea

Music - Eddie Perfect

2.5 mins Online Mini Doc

Director/Producer/Editor: Bec Peniston-Bird

Cinematography: Sky Davies

3 x 10” online series

DP - Marden Dean

Featuring:

Macromantics

DJ Elf Tranzporter

MC Azmarino

Diafrix

Mantra

Ptero Stylus

Custom

And introducing:

Dr STB

VIP

MVP

Norman

Herbal Poetry

Lash

Skitzo

Akrem Ghebrat

4 x 4 mins online educational series

Production Company: Renegade Films

DP - Marden Dean

3 X 3” mini docs about Aidan Fennessy’s new Australian musical inspired by Tim Rogers' iconic album , What Rhymes With Cars & Girls. Musica directed by Clare Watson for MTC.

Director/Editor/Producer: Bec Peniston-Bird

DP: Sky Davies

Location sound: Gunay Demirci

Directors / Producers - Bec Peniston-Bird & Richard Gray

Research and interviews - Bec Peniston-Bird

DP - Katie Milwright

Production Design - Julian Ashton

Commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne

Exhibited at Australian Centre of the Moving Image and as part of the Arts Centre Melbourne’s touring exhibition Rarely Everage: The Lives of Barry Humphries.