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Director and Producers

 

 

 

Free You Be You is being produced by Shirley Pierce, Angus Ledgerwood, David Mace-Kaff and Lauren-ann Smith of Evolve Film Productions. The director is renowned casting director Tom McSweeney.

Tom McSweeney has worked on over 200 feature film, mini-series and tele-movie projects, as well as over 500 hours of episodic television production for the US, UK, Canadian and Australian markets. Tom was also instrumental in casting the film and television projects that launched the careers of celebrities such as Ben Affleck, Renee Zellweger and Denise Richards.  With a career spanning forty years, Tom McSweeney is not only an Emmy Award nominee but also recently cast the Steven Spielberg series, Terra Nova and the Jonathan M. Shiff children’s series, Lightning Point as well as the final series of Sea Patrol.

Producer - Shirley Pierce

Producer - David Mace-Kaff

Producer - Lauren-ann Smith

One of the top grossing writers in Australia, Shirley has worked on films that have had a cumulative box office gross of over a quarter of a billion dollars. She has developed projects for MGM Studios, Sony Pictures and Disney where she worked on projects ranging from the holocaust drama, Misha, to the animated films Dinosaur, Home on the Range and Meet the Robinsons.  John Henry won international film festivals and was a finalist in its category for an Academy Award nomination.   Her adaptation of the opera Aida was the source material for Elton John's successful Broadway production.

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Throughout David’s Career he has worked on a wide variety of productions, from commercials and music videos, to low budget feature films and television series' such as Matthew Hayden's Home Ground and Terra Nova. He has 6 years experience as a freelancer in the film and television industry and now runs video production company Evolve Film Productions with his partner Lauren-ann Smith. David is a director and cinematographer at Evolve Film Productions and teaches at The Warehouse Workshop Acting Studio. This project is very close to his heart as a victim of heavy bullying during his school years.

Lauren is a Producer at Evolve Film Productions on the Gold Coast. In addition to starting video production company, Evolve Film Productions with her partner David Mace-Kaff, Lauren has also been developing, producing and directing her first feature documentary currently titled “The Plan”.  She is highly passionate about the film and television industry and has experience in a wide variety of productions including: Music Videos, Commercials, online videos and documentaries. She has just wrapped principal photography on a Queensland based thriller.

Producer - Angus Ledgerwood

Angus is a filmmaker with international film and television credits.  He has produced a number of music videos, short films and commercials for the Australian, North American and Scandinavian markets. Quickly moving up from his early career as a location scout on The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Trader and Steven Spielberg's Terra Nova, Angus went onto develop projects for his own production company.  This led to a position in Los Angeles as Head of Development for the producer of the top rated hits Jersey Shore, Love Handles and Big Brother US. While at Anonymous, Angus developed non-scripted and scripted multi-platform projects in all media including television, feature films, webisodes and mobile applications.

Choreographer - Ben Smart

Ben Smart is a

line dancing triple

world champion

and has an

amazing number

of awards and

achievements

under his Akubra hat.  The ABC tv featured Ben in a documentary Boys Don't Dance, covering Ben's life from bullied teen to champion.

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