I was a Film Crew member of the Brisbane Filmmakers cooperative in Brisbane in the 1970s, also known as the Brisbane Independent Filmmakers. I worked as a Copywriter/Advertising Manager for Newspapers and Magazines and studied Business and Journalism at the QIT.
In 1980 I moved to Sydney and studied Television Playwriting at the AF&TV School, North Ryde, while working for Medical & Pharmaceutical companies as Media Manager and Specialist Representative.
I completed a Cert. In Scriptwriting (TV and Theatre Playwriting) at the Australian Film & TV School, North Ryde in 1981-83 and started writing Plays. From 1985 I wrote for cycling magazines and was Associate Publisher/Writer for National Cycling magazine. In 1987 I joined Yaffa Publishing in Sydney as a Journalist for Advertising News and from 1988 was appointed Managing Editor of the Retail Magazine Group at Yaffa Publishing.
I moved with my Family to Launceston, Tasmania in late 1991. I worked as a Tourist Guide Writer and wrote Stage Plays, including The Paw Paw War Play that was performed by the Old Nick Theatre Company in Hobart in 1996. I completed an Arts Degree at the University of Tasmania.
In 2000 I returned to Sydney with my Family and worked as a Journalist/Deputy Editor for Rank Publishing's CIM travel trade magazine and from 2004 was Deputy Editor at Retail World Newspaper. From 2010 to 2019 I was Journalist-Contributing Editor for Canada's global food trade newspaper Organic & Wellness News.
I also studied Film Writing with Karel Seegers at Drummoyne and Paddington in the early 2000s.
In 2017 I returned to the AF&TVS and completed Writing for Children and in 2024 studied Intro to Producing.
I've written several Adult Film and TV Scripts. Rangelands is a Farming drama set in Mid-West NSW that pits Farmers against Coal Seam Gas promoter Gap Mining, who aims to buy Farms for CSG Mining and uses Hit Men to shoot at or kill Farmers. Sydney Commodities Broker Michael Patterson returns to the family farm after his father has a Heart Attack and meets former girlfriend Detective Sarah Deluca, who is investigating the shootings and there's still a spark between them. When Michael sends rocks from a Ridge at the Farm to be assayed, it reveals why the Miners want the Land.
Other Film Scripts written include Children's Drama Boy on a Red Bicycle. Zedowski’s River is a Mining Drama set on the Wild West Coast of Tasmania.
Television Scripts include a TV series for Teenagers called Endangered Species Rescue Team and three Episodes are almost completed. My latest project is Kiora The Whale Caller, a TV Series for Children. I’m a member of the Australian Writers Guild.
