Madeleine was recently awarded the Lottie Lyell Scholarship to write Year 1 – a feature drama, and selected as a participant of the SAFC/AFF/Screen Australia Film Lab program to write and direct a low-budget dramedy feature. She’s in development on both documentary and narrative series, regularly mentors emerging talent and is passionate about supporting underrepresented voices to reach the screen.

Madeleine directed Emmy-award winning Hannah Gadsby: Nanette for Netflix, ten part comedy-documentary series Corey White’s Roadmap To Paradise and appeared in her own award-winning documentaries Murder Mouth, in which she killed her own food for the first time (Slamdance, Best Film – Bondi, Cineglobe, People’s Choice – SASA, Second Prize – Shorts, Nominated – St Kilda, IF Awards), Meatwork (Best Standalone – Australian Director’s Guild, Best Documentary – SASA) and series Maddie Parry: Tough Jobs (Nominated – Best Series – Australian Director’s Guild) in which she worked alongside meatworkers, loggers, as a receptionist in a brothel and as a support worker in an abortion clinic. Madeleine has been a development director, writer, field producer and/or shooter for Blackfella Films, Keo Films, Princess Pictures, Matchbox Pictures and Beyond Entertainment among others.

Television

NANETTE
Director
1 x 70-minute stand-up special. Netflix 2018
COREY WHITE’S ROADMAP TO PARADISE
Director
15 x 10-min documentary comedy series. ABC 2018
STRUGGLE STREET (Series 2)
Shooter/Producer
6 x 1-hour documentary series. SBS 2017
THE GODDAMN ELECTION! WITH JOHN SAFRAN
Field Producer/Contributing Writer
1-hour documentary special. SBS 2016
MADDIE PARRY: TOUGH JOBS
Writer / Director / Presenter
3 x half-hour documentaries. ABC 2015
MEATWORK
Writer / Director / Presenter
1 half-hour documentary. ABC 2012

Film

RUNNING 62
Executive Producer / Co-Director / Cinematographer
Short documentary film, 10 minutes. Adelaide Film Festival 2018
WALK
Director / Cinematographer / Editor
Short documentary film, 20 minutes. Adelaide Film Festival 2015
MURDER MOUTH
Writer / Director / Presenter / Editor
Short documentary film, 17 minutes. St Kilda Film Festival 2011 Slamdance 2012

Virtual Reality

UNTITLED TENT BOXING PROJECT
Director
In Development. Screen Australia 2018/2019
RUNNING 62: THE ARRIVAL
Director / Editor
Virtual Reality Documentary, 10 minutes. Adelaide Film Festival 2018

Research

MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI
Field researcher. Authored by John Safran. Penguin 2013

Awards & Scholarships

2016 Australian Director’s Guild: Best Direction in a Documentary Series for Maddie Parry: Tough Jobs
2013 Australian Director’s Guild: WINNER Best Direction in a Documentary (Standalone) for Meatwork
2012 BHP Biliton Film and New Media Scholarship
2012 Shorts Film Festival: WINNER Second Prize for Murder Mouth
2011 IF Awards: Best Short Documentary for Murder Mouth
2011 Bondi Short Film Festival: WINNERBest Film for Murder Mouth
2011 SASA: WINNER People’s Choice Award for Murder Mouth
2011 CineGlobe International Film Festival: WINNER Best Film for Murder Mouth