Our Team

Lisa Rose is an experienced organisational leader with a background spanning business operations, audience development, stakeholder engagement and screen cultural programming. She spent eight years as Festival Director of Queer Screen, where she led the strategic, operational and curatorial delivery of the Mardi Gras Film Festival, Queer Screen Film Fest and a range of industry development initiatives supporting emerging screen practitioners. During her tenure, Lisa oversaw organisational growth, developed industry programs and partnerships, and built strong relationships across government, funding bodies, cultural institutions and the broader screen sector. She is passionate about creating opportunities, strengthening career pathways and supporting sustainable participation in the Australian screen industry.

Joelene has lived and breathed filmmaking since she was 13 years old, when she got her break as a young actress in children’s television. She has written and directed numerous projects with her work appearing on stage in Melbourne, Sydney and Los Angeles – and to a large online and festival audience. Joelene was nominated for an ADG Award for Best Director of an Online Comedy Series for All the Way to the Top – which she wrote, produced and directed. She is also in development on Hive – the TV series adaptation of AJ Betts’ best-selling novel, with her pilot script reaching the Top 14 of the AWG’s 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards.

Joelene has extensive program management experience having worked for Rod Laver Arena, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Bluesfest and Splendour in the Grass and has produced everything from brand activations, to live music events, scientific panels, on stage conversations and Q&As, book signings, a vegan fashion show (in a taxidermy hall – go figure!), to a sound bath with Sigur Ross.

She is excited to combine her love and passion for filmmaking with her program management experience, and deliver meaningful and rewarding programs for regional creatives.

Vicki Heath is experienced in Public Relations + Communications for leading media and entertainment brands – including Netflix, Foxtel and Southern Cross Austereo.  She thrives on working with creatives in dynamic environments.

Vicki is passionate about storytelling and was selected for Screenworks’ Writing for TV Intensive (2025).  She is also a Byron Writers Festival Year of the Novel participant (2024, 2025).

Vicki holds a Bachelor of Communications (PR) and a Diploma of Arts (Writing & Editing). Her further training includes AFTRS and the Robert McKee Story seminar in Los Angeles.

Vicki first moved to the Northern Rivers in 2003, her love of the area and the arts community saw her return in 2020.  She is thrilled to support local creatives as they pursue their passions and bring their visions to life.

Alexander’s (he/him) growing body of work encompasses narrative shorts, music videos and screen industry development.

His career began as a film critic for Broken Hill’s only newspaper, The Barrier Daily Truth, where he wrote for seven years from 2014 to 2021. His most recent short, “Hiraeth”, screened in competition at the St Kilda Film Festival, an Academy Award-qualifying festival, and the Byron Bay Film Festival, which is AACTA-qualifying. His music videos have been awarded Rage’s Wild One badges and received international recognition. 

In 2024, Alexander joined the Screenworks team. At Screenworks, he has been the event coordinator for three editions of Regional to Global, and now manages industry development programs, including in partnership with Netflix. 

Alexander was selected for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s First Break Victoria in 2026. Since completing First Break, he is now an industry-trained note-taker.

As well as his work in the screen industry, Alexander is a passionate youth mental health advocate. He is the Co-Chair and one of twelve members who make up the NSW Ministry of Health’s first-ever Youth Mental Health Advisory Group.