Tricia Collins

In 1980 I found myself, by default working in a very busy channel 7 Newsroom - editing news stories for Teletext and not yet 18.  

The 90's and I had moved across through advertising into Drama - typing my first scripts for Rafferty's Rules. Then to Melbourne Via living in UK and Crawford Productions soon had me sitting in the Flying Doctors Script Department. 

A move over to Production departments and training as a Casting Director for Maura Faye and Crawford Productions - I now look back on having a credit in some form on TV or a Feature Film each year for the past 30+ years and with my Legal Clearance service, am fortunate enough to be working across all current Productions in Australia and NZ.

Mentoring, Teaching and enjoying watching the new kids learn and move up the tree is my delight.

In a time when there was no such thing as life work balance, I juggled having a family and working, something that is also now changing with relaxed understanding work places finally on the landscape - and am a huge advocate for the rights of Young People and Children in our Industry and am proud to say I work in the Australian Film and Television Industry where I have watched a return to creators having their complete control on their vision currently working with a "Show-Runner" model - and believe we are returning to 'story' and 'cinematography' and most proudly that Integrity and Professionalism continue to shine through..

Now it's all about AI and finally after all these year sustainability - so next couple of years are setting up to be a very exciting and interesting time.

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Tricia