The Directors

Jane Forrest

Jane completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communications at University of Technology Sydney in 1995. She then worked at the New South Wales Film & Television Office, overseeing their financing projects. Jane then moved to the freelance film world working mainly as a Production Co-ordinator from 2000, on Australian and International productions such as "Garage Days", "Farscape", "Little Fish" and "Ghost Rider".

 

Brian Andrews

Brian is an experienced film editor, graphic designer and a talented songwriter/musician. Brian played basketball for the Sydney Kings and the Townsville Suns in the National Basketball League before obtaining a diploma in audio engineering and taking a job as the audiovisual technician at the Brisbane Convention Centre. Brian, along with Anthony has been running a successful design multi media business for the past seven years.
 
The Producers

Anthony Coffey

Anthony played rugby league for Manly in Sydney and Carlisle in the United Kingdom. After working in management for an international hospitality company leading up to and during the Sydney Olympics, Anthony established Hurricane Media. This is a successful multi media business that has been operating for the past seven years, working closely with Brian. “The Last Winter” is his first experience in feature film production.

 

Michelle Russell

Michelle graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney in 1993 having completed a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. Since then she has worked freelance in the film and television industry, Production Managing on films such as "Mullet", "The Rage In Placid Lake", "Garage Days", "Farscape - The Peacekeeper Wars" and "Little Fish". She has also Line-Produced "Man-Thing" (Marvel Comics), "Stepfather of the Bride" and most recently "Romulus, My Father" (still to be released).
 
Director of Photography

Ian Jones ACS

Ian Jones has worked extensively in Australia and Internationally and is highly regarded for his stylish cinematography. His credits include films such as "Bad Boy Bubby", "Alexandra's Project", "Tracker" and "Human Touch". He was 2nd unit DP on "Rabbit Proof Fence", "Clear & Present Danger" and "Babe, Pig in the City". Ian currently has AFI nominations for his work on the television series "Remote Area Nurse" and for the acclaimed feature "10 Canoes".
 
The Editor

Matthew Villa

Matthew has had a long association with the Australian Film Industry during which time he has worked both as an assistant and VFX Editor on such productions as "Babe", "Babe -  Pig in the City", "Dark City", "Moulin Rouge", "MI:2", "I, Robot" and "King Kong". He recently finished working on the new animated feature "Happy Feet" before joining the crew on "The Last Winter".

 
 
Production Designer

Murray Picknett -Production Designer

Murray Picknett has a design career that started at the BBC and followed on at the ABC, where he designed tele-features and mini-series including the landmark "Blue Murder". He has been the Production Designer on many feature films, most recently working on the Project Greenlight thriller "Solo". His major credits include "Black & White", "Risk" and the tap dancing steel worker film, "Bootmen" for which he won the AFI Award for Best Production Design in 2000. The year prior to that he won the same accolade for the period feature "Passion" about the composer Percy Granger.
 
Costume Designer

Emily Seresin - Costume Designer

Emily Seresin's costume design credits include "The Night We Called It A Day", "Somersault", "Danny Deckchair", "The Monkey's Mask", "Two Hands", "Strange Planet" and "Praise".  In 2005 Emily designed the costumes for Cate Shortland's "The Silence" and the feature films "48 Shades" and "Middle of Nowhere". Her most recent work was on Cherie Nowlan's latest feature "Clubland".
 
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