Sally Mckenzie

Sally McKenzie

Sally McKenzie www.actingclassof1977.com www.scatteredlives.com www.thecoalface.com 2013 SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director / theCoalface / Qld Schools Tour Actor WOMEN IN BLACK Actor QPAT / Workshop A WOMAN'S DEEPER JOURNEY INTO Producer / Writer / theCoalface / Feature Docufiction / SEX Director Australian Distributor: Icon Film Distribution A WOMAN'S JOURNEY INTO SEX Producer / Writer / theCoalface / TV Docufiction / Worldwide Director Distributor: Off The Fence 2012 REEF DOCTORS Gracie Network Ten / Dir. Colin Budds A HOAX Ronnie La Boite Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company Co-Production / Dir. Lee Lewis SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director / TheCoalface / Qld Schools Tour Actor 2011 SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director / TheCoalface / Qld Schools Tour Actor 2010 SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director / TheCoalface / Qld Schools Tour Actor 2009 JUCY Roz KCDC and Bunker Productions / Louise Alston SCATTTERED LIVES Writer/Director Coalface Communications / Qld Schools Tour THE SCHOOL OF ARTS Gwen Queensland Theatre Company / Dir: Michael Gow 2008 STORAGE Carol Feature Film / Dir: Michael Craft ACTING CLASS OF 1977.COM Producer/Director 1hr Documentary / Premiered ABC SCATTTERED LIVES Writer/Director Coalface Communications / Qld Schools Tour THE WISHING WELL Momma, Annabelle La Boite Theatre / Matrix Theatre / Dir: and various Michael Futcher I DOT LUV DOT U Writer/Director Qld Arts Council Tour 2007 RED CAP Various La Boite / Queensland Music Festival / Dir: Sean Mee SCATTERED LIVES Writer/Director Coalface Communications / Qld Schools Tour 2006 MORTIFIED Mystic Marj (regular Australian Children's Television Fund TV

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role) 26 episodes Series / Various Directors I DOT LUV DOT U Writer/Director Queensland Arts Council Tour 2005 MORTIFIED Mystic Marj (regular Australian Children's Television Fund TV role) 26 episodes Series / Various directors AMIGOS Hilary La Boite Theatre / Dir: Sean Mee MEMORY OF WATER Vi Queensland Theatre Company / Dir: Leticia Caceres DEALING WITH DIFFICULT BEHAVIOUR Corporate Video 2004 A SAFER PLACE Writer / Director Qld Arts Council / Coalface Communications / Windmill LIFE X 3 Ines QTC Rehearsed Reading / Sunshine Coast Tour / Dir: Leticia Caceres THE CHERRY ORCHARD Mme Ravenskaya Queensland Theatre Company / Dir: Michael Gow 2003 SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director La Boite / Qld Arts Council / Windmill A SAFER PLACE Writer / Director La Boite Theatre / Qld Arts Council / Coalface Communications A CONVERSATION Barbara Milsom Queensland Theatre Company / Dir: Jean Marc-Russ EDUCATION QUEENSLAND Vice Principal Corporate Video 2002 FAT COW MOTEL Elanor Hoodlum Entertainment / Austar Network TV Series / Dir: Robert Klenner MERMAIDS Georgia US TV Pilot / Dir: Ian Barry SALT Meg La Boite Theatre / Dir: Michael Futcher SCATTERED LIVES Writer/Director La Boite Theatre / Qld Arts Council QLD RAIL WORK COVER Reel Image / Corporate Video 2001 SCATTERED LIVES Writer / Director La Boite Theatre / Qld Arts Council SNIFFER Magda Short Film / Dir: Judd Tilyard 2000 TOP DOGS Penelope McDonald Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Jennifer Flowers 1997 DEATH BY ART Writer / Director Coalface Communications AFTER THE BALL Maureen Donahue Qld Theatre Company/State Theatre Company of SA/Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: Robyn Nevin 1996 FULL TIME STUDENT Master of Fine Arts QUT THE WAYNE MANIFESTO Ms Cunningham ABC TV/ Artists Services / Dir: David Cameron 1995 FULL TIME STUDENT Master of Fine Arts QUT SHOPPING FOR BABY Lauren / Director Coalface Communications 1994

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM Chloe / Writer Qld Performing Arts Trust / Dir: Sean Mee DANCING AT LUGHNASA Maggie Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Jennifer Flowers SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS Ginny QUT / Dir: Steven Gration 1993 DIVING FOR PEARLS Marg Qld Theatre Company / Dir: David Berthold ROMEO AND JULIET Lady Capulet Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Aubrey Mellor 1992 FUENTA OVEJUNA Queen Isabella Qld Theatre Company/Playbox / Dir: Aubrey Mellor MONEY & FRIENDS Vicki Calabresi QLD Theatre Company/Sydney Theatre Company/MTC/STSA / Dir: Aubrey Mellor 1991 THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Dock Woman ABC-TV/BBC Co-production / Dir: Michael Jenkins BURN THIS Anna La Boite Theatre / Dir: Jennifer Flowers MONEY & FRIENDS Vicki Calabresi Qld Theatre Company/Sydney Theatre Company/MTC, STSA / Dir: Aubrey Mellor PHANTOAD OF THE OPERA Ginger Toadshow / Dir: Sean Mee 1990 THE FLYING DOCTORS Patsy Goldfisch Crawford Productions THE RING Fricka Qld Performing Arts Trust / Dir: David Bell MRS KLEIN Melitta Klein Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Sue Rider TOP SILK Jane Fredricks Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Aubrey Mellor SHERWOODSTOCK Mother Hood Toadshow / Dir: Sean Mee REDHEADS Warden Zeida Roxy Films / Dir: Denny Vendramini 1989 DINKUM ASSORTED Joan Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Aubrey Mellor LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSE Assistant Director Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Alan Edwards THE MAN FROM MUCKINUPIN Clemmy Hummer Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Aubrey Mellor 1988 NIGHT AND DAY Ruth Carson Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Greg Gesch THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE Rose Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Greg Gesch LOVE LETTERS Melissa Seymour Productions BEACH BLANKET TEMPEST Regine TN! Theatre Company / Dir: Sean Mee UNSUITABLE FOR ADULTS Kate / Script TN! Theatre Company / Dir: Sally Adaptation McKenzie THE LONELY ONES Mother Chapman Films / Dir: David Glazier 1987 A COUNTRY PRACTICE Grace JNP Productions / Network 7 RAFFERTY'S RULES Policewoman Seven Network Fraser OPERA OPERA Sally Davis Belvoir / Dir: Larry Buttrose GLORY Glory Stables / Dir: Ray Goodlass / Steve J Spears SHARKY'S PARTY Penny Lawless Entertainment / Dir: Greg Woodland 1986 PRISONER Roo Morgan Grundy Television

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HAMLET Gertrude Phillip Street Theatre 1985 MOTHER AND SON Sergeant Watts ABC-TV SPECIAL SQUAD Rosetta Crawford Productions MACBETH Lady Macbeth Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Greg Gesch TRIPE Aunt Esme Lawless Entertainment / Dir: Greg Woodland WITH LOVE FROM THE PERSON NEXT Gail Roxy Films / Dir: Brian McKenzie TO ME 1984 THE SCHIPPAN MYSTERY Bertha Schippan ABC-TV / Dir: Di Drew A TOAST TO MELBA Lady de Nimrod / Dir: John Milson Grey/Various TOP GIRLS Dulle Gret/Angie Nimrod / Dir: Chris Johnson FIELDS OF HEAVEN Lucia Silvieri Sydney Theatre Company / Dir: Rodney Fisher 1983 CARSON'S LAW Esme Crawford Productions / Dir: Mandy Smith COP SHOP Gail Crawford Productions / Dir: Charles 'Bud' Tingwell AMADEUS Constanze Mozart Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: Bruce Myles CUCKOO IN THE NEST Margeurite Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: Simon Chilvers THE CHANGELING Beatrice Johanna Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: John Sumner VOCATIONS Vicki Bloom Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: Graeme Blundell 1982 MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA Lavinia Mannon Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: (Electra) Michael Blakemore THE GOOD PERSON OF SETZUAN The Good Person - Melbourne Theatre Company / Dir: Bruce Shen Te Myles 1981 WE OF THE NEVER NEVER Carrie Adams Packer Films / Dir: Igor Auzins HAPPY END Sister Lillian Q Theatre / Dir: Doreen Warburton Holliday MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA Lavinia Mannon Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Robin Lovejoy (Electra) 1980 ALEX Various TN! Theatre Company / Dir: John Milson SUMMIT CONFERENCE Eva Braun TN! Theatre Company / Dir: John Milson THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING Gwendolyn TN! Theatre Company / Dir: John Milson EARNEST THE THREEPENNY OPERA Jenny Diver TN! Theatre Company / Dir: John Milson / Musical Director: Georg Tintner 1979 EARLY CHILDHOOD DRAMA PROJECT Actor / Writer La Boite / Dir: Various including Sean Mee (ECDP) SHOWS TO PRE SCHOOLS HILLS FAMILY SHOW Alexandra Hills La Boite Theatre / Dir: Richard

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Fotheringham THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? Gloria Beatty La Boite Theatre / Dir: David Bell VISIONS Madame Lynch La Boite Theatre / Dir: John Milson 1978 BREAD & PUPPET THEATRE Various 1978 Adelaide Festival of Arts / Dir: Peter Schumman KING LEAR Understudy Qld Theatre Company / Dir: Alan Edwards (Sydney) All female parts (Qld tour) Radio ABC SYDNEY Performed in many radio plays including: She Fell Among Thieves, Tree of Man, As The Crow Flies, Widows, Earthwatch, Franca Rame and Dario Fo (as Franca Rame), Santo, Half Past a Life, In The Goldfish Bowl and The Silver Lining. COMMERCIAL RADIO VOICE OVERS 1978- 2012 Cabaret STAND UP COMEDY Harold park hotel, Comedy Store, Sydney THE MALTESE FORD FALCON Kinselas / Dir: Various including David Dale MOMENTS OF BRILLIANCE Sydney Trade Union Club / with Paul Livingstone, Victoria Roberts, Mandy Solomon,S T Spears RUBBLE: SYDNEY AFTER THE Sydney Trade Union Club / Dir: Larry BICENTENNIAL Buttrose

TRAINING National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Acting graduate (1977)Converted to a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) QUT Master of Fine Arts, Writing-Directing film major (1996) Bachelor of Arts (incomplete)Drama Major, Flinders University, Adelaide 1973 – 1974)

Courses/Classes Final Cut Pro, Editing Course, Maria Barbagallo - Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Brisbane, 2003 Broadband Production Initiative - Deborah Beattie, AFTRS, Brisbane, 2002 Visualising the Story, Directing Course - George Whaley, AFTRS, Sydney, 2001 Digital Documentary Techniques - Chris Fraser, AFTRS, Brisbane, 1998 Writing the Short Film - Charlie Strachan, AFTRS/Pacific Film & Television Commission, 1997 Directing for the Screen - George Whaley, AFTRS, Brisbane, 1995 Screen Analysis - Kari Hanet, AFTRS, Brisbane, 1994 Voice and Text - Cicely Berry, NIDA, Sydney, 1984

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TEACHING: Theatre Residency Week Voices in Greek Chorus - Queensland Theatre Company, 2004 Acting, Directing and Voice - Queensland University of Technology Acting Strand and Theatre Studies, 1993 - 2004 NIDA Open Program, Acting - National Institute of Dramatic Art 2002 Playwright in Residence - St Peters Lutheran College 2002 Brisbane and Gold Goast High schools - Writing, acting, voice, directing workshops 1995 - 2012 Voice for actors - Private students, 2000 - 2013 NIDA Open Program Acting Techniques 18 + National Institute of Dramatic Art 2013 NIDA Open Program Writing For The Screen National Institute of Dramatic Art 2013 Australian Directors Guild From Scene to Screen 2013 NIDA Open Program Introduction to Acting 18+ National Institute of Dramatic Art 2013

AWARDS:

Acting National Television Society of Australia for Best Single Performance by an Actress in a Serial - Melbourne 1983.

Filmmaking Shopping For Baby -Queensland New Filmmakers Award & Film Queensland Award best Tertiary Drama, Highly Commended, 1996 No Man’s Land - Exposure Film Festival, Brisbane, Producing award, 1995

Writing Scattered Lives - AWGIE nomination, Theatre for Young People, Original

Positions and Misc Info Sally is Managing Director of TheCoalface (AKA Coalface Communications) which she established 1998 to provide programs and services to the entertainment industry. She is current Chapter Head of the Australian Directors’ Guild in Queensland. Sally was an Australian Writers’ Guild national board from 2001 to 2009 and AWG Chair in Queenland from 2003 to 2005. She has been a member of MEAA (Equity) since 1978.

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