Award winning EP joins the ABC
May 17, 2021 3:49
Louise Smith has joined ABC as an executive producer for Australian drama, entertainment and Indigenous content.
The announcement:
The ABC has appointed award-winning television and film creative Louise Smith as an executive producer for Australian drama, entertainment and Indigenous content.
Louise has more than 20 years’ experience producing television titles and feature films in Australia and overseas, including the AACTA Award-winning telemovie Riot about the 1970s’ gay and lesbian rights movement, which screened on the ABC in 2018.
More recently, Louise produced the 10-part drama series The End for Foxtel Australia, Sky UK and Showtime USA, created by Samantha Strauss.
Mr Inbetween), Luke Carroll (
Black Comedy).
Nakkiah Lui and Gabe Dowrick said, “It’s very exciting for us to see the comedic world we’ve created come to life with such a great cast and crew, and we are also particularly pleased that
Preppers is being made (and will hopefully be seen) before the eventual apocalyptic event(s) that wipe out humanity…”
Sally Riley, ABC Head of Drama, Entertainment and Indigenous said, “It has been a real joy watching Nakkiah go from strength to strength, from her first writing and performing roles in Black Comedy, to short form in Kiki & Kitty and now her first half hour series, with
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Superwog is due on ABC later this year, and ABC is certainly excited about how Theodore Saidden and Nathan Saidden are developing as a comedy duo.
“The Saidden Brothers are evolving into really great narrative comedy writers and directors. They kind of do everything,” said Sally Riley, ABC Head of Scripted Production.
“Their first season on their YouTube channel has up to 23 million views and ticking over still. We’re hoping to gather some of those people to the ABC.
“For them, being on television is a real coup. They’ve got 23 million (views) on YouTube but making it onto television, onto the ABC is a really high achievement for them. It’s like they’ve won an