“There is a part of my brain that never stops thinking: could that be a story?”
Madeleine Hetherton-Miau
Co-Founder / Director / Producer
Snapshot
Nothing beats…
the feeling of making a story with a camera in hand – not sweltering heat, crazy moments, bed bugs. It all just melts away when the magic is on. (And there have been some big bed bugs…)
Once received…
a free anesthetic procedure because the doctor had watched The Surgery Ship. No telling the power of a good story!
Survived…
being arrested in West Africa while trying to film a sunset. Also got the sunset. But never used the shot.
Right now
excited about making Mozart’s Sister
About Madeleine
Madeleine Hetherton-Miau is a multi-awarded director and producer. Inspired by the adage ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ her documentary filmmaking has taken her from diamond diving in Africa to wildlife trafficking in Burma and through the remote Australian outback. In 2012 she co-founded the independent production company Media Stockade with Rebecca Barry. Her films captivate and surprise audiences the world over, screening on National Geographic, Netflix, ABC, BBC, Discovery, Hulu, Al Jazeera, and more.
Recent work includes the award-winning 8-part series The Surgery Ship for National Geographic Channel, the true crime series Debi Marshall Investigates: The Family Court Murders for ABC, and Back to Nature. She is currently directing Mozart’s Sister for PBS and Sky Arts UK and seeking new ways to tell stories that move and change us.
Selected awards
2022 | Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Screen Producers Australia
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2020 | Winner, June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media, Walkley Award
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2015 | Winner, Best Documentary Feature – Audience Award, Sarasota Film Festival
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2022 | Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Screen Producers Australia 〰️ 2020 | Winner, June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media, Walkley Award 〰️ 2015 | Winner, Best Documentary Feature – Audience Award, Sarasota Film Festival 〰️
