About

Biography

A graduate of UTS, Australia with a Master of Creative Arts (documentary | VR) and Macquarie Uni in screen and media studies, Renée Brack is a storyteller, journalist, writer & screen professional with experience in film, TV, print & digital. She has written, produced & directed short films; scripted and directed plays produced in the world’s largest play festival, Short+Sweet; pioneered research into a scripting template for immersive content (VR, CVR, 360) originated by filmmaker Elia Petridis of Fever Content, LA & scripted the award-winning short film Red Handed which has screened in multiple international film festivals, directed by Tony Tilse, produced by Chris Ramos & earned an AACTA cinematography nomination for DoP, Ron Howard.

Under the Mandible Media shingle, she has a development slate and rights catalogue of mostly female-centric stories for screen, audio & books. A recent film is the award-winning social impact documentary Ticketyboo: a Secret in Plain Sight about art, dementia & staying connected to people we love living with a diagnosis which she wrote, directed & co-produced. It earned her a Master of Storytelling award. The companion book is Ticketyboo: An Illustrated Story of Learning to Love Dementia available on Amazon, Apple and Smashwords platforms. The Australian premiere is on SBS in September 2025 with various international SVOD to follow.

Written, directed and co-produced by Renée, Carshare is suspenseful thriller with a heartwarming twist & is winning awards on the international film festival circuit in 2025. Awards so far include Best Narrative Short & Best Female Director.

A common response to her writing is, “I’ve never looked at it that way before” – testament to her creative & fresh approach to the stories she crafts.

At SAE University College, she gives back to the filmmaking community by nurturing emerging screen professionals creating a range of award-winning films, documentary & web series, over-seeing production from concept to transmission.

She is also a frequent speaker, Q&A panelist & judge / juror for film festivals, & currently immersed in a PhD on the impact producer charting alternative pathways to funding & audience.

Qualifications

Master of Creative Arts (MCA) by Research – UTS
Blended Learning Essentials – Navitas 
Certificate – Online Teaching Techniques – Centre For Excellence In Education
Certificate – Qualitative Research Methodology – UTS
Diploma – Training & Assessment TAE40110
Certificate – Retention Methods – Centre For Excellence In Education
Diploma – Frontline Management & Business Administration BSB40812
Robert McKee ‘The Art Of Story’ (twice)
Michael Hauge & Steve Kaplan – ‘The Art Of The Romantic Comedy’
Dr Chris Stevens – ‘Managing Creative Energy’ Seminar
Dr Chris Stevens – ‘Managing Creative People’ Seminar
Robert McKee’s – ‘Thriller Writing’ & ‘Comedy Writing’ Seminars – AFTRS
Ron Blair – Documentary Writing – ‘From Information To Emotion’ – AFTRS
Dov Simens – ‘Film School’
Chris Vogler’s – ‘The Hero’s Journey’ – AFTRS
Bachelor of Arts – Mass Communications – Macquarie University

Memberships

Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts [AACTA]
Screen Producers Association [SPA]
Australian Cinematographers Society – [ACS – Honorary member NSW branch]
Australian Writers’ Guild [AWG]
Screen Illawarra
Screen Vixens
Australian Screen Production Education & Research Association [ASPERA]
Sydney Screen Studies Network [SSSN]
Screen Studies Association of Australia & AOTEAROA New Zealand [SSAAANZ]

Speaker

ICMI | acta | Finders Speakers | LassWho | Zest

Publications | Conferences

SSSAAANZ Conference 2024 – Seen/Unseen, Flinders University, SA – present paper of PhD interim findings – The Impact Producer

Visible Evidence Conference 2024 – Decentring Documentary, Monash University, VIC – present paper of PhD interim findings – The Impact Producer

ASPERA Conference 2021 – The Business: Valuing the Screen Industry, School of Creative Industries, University of Newcastle
https://www.aspera.org.au/wp-content/uploads/ASPERA-Program-FINAL_vssm.pdf
http://www.aspera.org.au/annual-conference/the-business-valuing-the-screen-industry/

Scripting for screen and space: how alternative exhibition platforms such as virtual reality are impacting documentary practice – thesis published 2019 – https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/handle/10453/134163

SSAAANZ 2018 – The Uses of Cinema: Film, Television, Screen – Monash University – https://ssaaanz.org/conference/ 

FASS UTS Higher Degree Research Conference 2018
Intervention. Intersection. Impact https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/2018-11/FASS-HDR-Conferenece-Nov-2018.pdf

SSSN Dial S for Screen Studies 2018 UNSW – https://research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94680186/2018_SSSN_Program_Booklet_25Oct_.pdf
Sydney Screen Studies Network https://sydneyscreenstudiesnetwork.com/ 

Love & Addiction – the Lorraine Wood story, CEO South Pacific Private – Renée Brack ghostwriter
Book 100k words 232 pages Publisher: Ventura Press 2017 ISBN13: 9781925384093
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Love-and-Addiction/Lorraine-Wood/9781925384093 –

Projects | Productions

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