She has led initiatives such as the Environmental Accelerator and Climate Story Lab, overseeing professional development and impact campaign support for documentaries’ fundraising, distribution and social impact outcomes. Stephanie is known for her sector advocacy as a spokesperson for documentary during the National Cultural Policy and Australian content quota consultations. She is a former recipient of Screen Australia’s Enterprise People and was a fellow with UnionDocs, New York. 

Company bio

Documentary Australia is a unique not-for-profit that supports powerful stories for social change. Since 2008, they have supported hundreds of filmmakers to tell important stories through documentary across seven key areas: Women & Girls, Youth & Education, Indigenous, Human Rights & Social Justice, Health & Wellbeing, Environment, and The Arts.

By offering tax-deductions to donors to support films, Documentary Australia enables social impact documentaries to be made and seen. To date, they have facilitated over $58 million in philanthropic funding for documentaries.

Through their programs and professional development initiatives, Documentary Australia supports film teams and partners in placing documentaries at the heart of impact campaigns and engaging audiences to act for positive social change.

Documentary Australia continues to advocate for the documentary sector on issues relating to the recognition and support of documentary filmmaking in Australia.