“I love stories that subvert expectations, that say: think again.”
Rebecca Barry
Co-Founder / Director / Producer
Snapshot
Claim to fame
2nd woman in history to direct Home & Away (15 eps)
Bad habit
Getting way too involved in story research – like that time she joined a women’s rugby team, made the first-grade competition as 2nd rower – then proceeded to break her arm and was forced into early retirement
Downtime
Open-sourcing crochet patterns while watching sci-fi
Life before film
Starred in the Aphrodizzics, an acapella pop cabaret trio
About Rebecca
Rebecca Barry is a storyteller, filmmaker, and an adventurer at heart. She lives for exceptional stories that make us think again – like our award-winning series Back to Nature (co-production with Threshold Pictures). In drama or documentary, as director or producer, her collaborative artistry reveals worlds known and unknown. In 2012 she founded Media Stockade with Madeleine Hetherton-Miau. She has created critically acclaimed shows for National Geographic, ABC, SBS, Network 10, Netflix, Hulu, BBC, Al Jazeera, and more. Her work screens at film festivals globally, including IDFA, HotDocs, FIFO, Sydney Film Festival, and Melbourne International Film Festival. Rebecca is a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Technology, Sydney. Her research explored the dark grey zone of power and ethics in documentary consent processes. She is a certified Mental Health First Aider.
Selected Awards
2022 | Nominated for Best Documentary or Factual Program, AACTA
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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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2022 | Nominated for Best Documentary or Factual Program, AACTA 〰️ 2022 | Nominated for Best Documentary Series, Screen Producers Australia 〰️ 2020 | Winner, June Andrews Award for Women’s Leadership in Media, Walkley Award 〰️
