Biography
Roslyn's credits include Co-Producer on the feature Peaches starring Hugo Weaving and Jacqui McKenzie and Producer of telemovie Baby Bath Massacre. She has produced two documentaries, Portrait: the making of Portrait of a Lady- an intense study about Jane Campion's work with Barbara Hershey, Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich, and Thread of Voice, a documentary about experimental voice artists ARF ARF. She produced the short films Mr Electric starring Ernie Dingo (AFI Award for Best Short and Best Short Film Melbourne International Film Festival). Lost with Helen Morse and Sheep.
Roslyn was Manager of Film Victoria from 1998-2002 responsible for managing investment, script and professional development for Victorian film and television projects. Previously Roslyn had worked as Acting Executive Producer at the community video organisation Open Channel. Roslyn has co-written a feature film Batavia. which is in development, was script editor on the feature film Blue Rose and is co-writer on a documentary series script The Fireside History of Deadly Diseases. Roslyn is Victorian Chapter Head for the Screen Producers Association of Australia and previously was a board member for Women in Film and Television and Melbourne Fringe.
Currently Roslyn is Line Producer on a feature documentary Not Quite Hollywood about the genre cinema of Australia in the 1970's. She is financing a feature film The Floating World which Palace Films will release in Australia with cast Elena Anaya, Vince Colossimo and Ben Mendelsohn. She is also developing a feature film with writer Stuart Page about the Ern Malley poetry hoax called Black Swan and was funded through Film Victoria to attend the prestigious European script development program Sources 2 in Berlin and Sweden in 2006.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Country of Expertise |
| Film and Television production |
Australia |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Letters (Honours) |
University of Melbourne |
01-Mar-1988 |
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Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
Screen Producer's Association of Australia |
Victorian Chapter Head |
15-Mar-2004 |
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Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Other (Award) |
Australian Film Institute |
AFI Award Best Short for "Mr Electric" (Producer) |
19-Nov-1994 |
| Other (Award) |
Australian Teachers of Media |
ATOM Award Best Tenage Program for "Baby Bath Massacre" (Producer) |
18-Mar-1995 |
| Other (Award) |
Melbourne International Film Festival |
OCIC Best Short Film for "Mr Electric" (Producer) |
16-Jul-2005 |
| Other (Award) |
St Kilda Film Festival |
Best Direction in a Short Film for "Sheep" (Producer) |
14-Aug-1993 |
| Other (Award) |
New Zealand Music Awards |
Best Video Clip for Straightjacket Fits "Bad Note for a Heart" (Producer) |
03-Aug-1991 |
| Other (Award) |
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland |
Silver Leopard Award for "Lost" |
23-Mar-2002 |
| Other (Award) |
Melbourne International Film Festival |
Best Australian Short for "Lost" |
05-Aug-2000 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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