ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS
CLOAK is a an 8 part returning mystery drama series which explores the heartache of a small community when the sole survivor of a school bus crash takes her own life years later.
CURRENTLY UNDER OPTION with Simon Mirren and Jamie Carmichael at ATLANTIC NOMAD (LOS ANGELES) and Easy Tiger (AUSTRALIA). Film Victoria Development on Demand script funding 2018. Film Victoria funded writers' room with Simon Mirren 2017.
SHORT FILM
IMAGINARY FRIEND (DRAMA)
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Aired on ABC Australia
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“Best of the Rest”, Tropfest Film Festival.
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"Best of the Rest”, Realm of the Senses Film Festival.
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The Eli Lilly Hope Awards Runner Up Prize.
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Brisbane Film Fantastic Festival Screenplay Certificate of Excellence.
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Women in Film and Television Film Festival selected film.
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Homebrewed Film Festival selected film.
TELEVISION
CLOAK (DRAMA/SCI-FI PILOT)
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CURRENTLY UNDER OPTION with Simon Mirren and Jamie Carmichael at ATLANTIC NOMAD (LOS ANGELES) and Easy Tiger (AUSTRALIA).
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Film Victoria Development on Demand script funding 2018.
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Film Victoria funded writers' room with Simon Mirren 2017.
YESTERDAY (DRAMA/SCI-FI PILOT)
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SCRIPTAPALOOZA Semifinalist in TV Pilot competition (Los Angeles).
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CURRENTLY UNDER OPTION with Hoodlum Entertainment.
RUMBLE SKATE (SHORT FORM DRAMA)
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CURRENTLY UNDER OPTION with Hoodlum Entertainment.
DOLLS (DRAMA/SCI-FI CONCEPT)
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Selected for AWG PATHWAYS SHOWCASE.
BIO
After graduating film school, Chelsea sold her first short film IMAGINARY FRIEND to ABC (Australia), which aired over a three-year period. She has since written for shows such as HOME & AWAY, NEIGHBOURS, THE DOCTOR BLAKE MYSTERIES (where she received 4 ½ stars from the Herald Sun for one of her episodes) and SECRET BRIDESMAIDS' BUSINESS. Her most recent script editing credit was on Studio Bento’s VR project ‘Remembrance’, which has since been selected for the Kaleidoscope Showcase at Cannes XR.
Chelsea has story produced for Stan, Monster & Bear and Seven Studios. Her original pilot script YESTERDAY was a semi-finalist in Scriptapalooza TV Pilot Competition (US) while other scripts have been shortlisted at Tropfest Film Festival, The Hope Awards, Homebrewed Film Festival and Realm of the Senses.
Chelsea's original television concepts are all in active development with Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning company Hoodlum, Princess Pictures, Seven Studios, Easy Tiger and Atlantic Nomad Productions (Los Angeles). In 2020 she was invited to join the Imagine Impact community - a global content accelerator program launched by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
Chelsea has worked in Film and TV production, as a lecturer for RMIT’s Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting, as an English teacher in Indonesia, as in house Development Script Producer at SEVEN STUDIOS in Melbourne and as a script reader for the SCRIPTWRITERS' NETWORK in Los Angeles. Chelsea is a graduate of the Writers’ Homicide School in Las Vegas where she honed her skills as a mystery writer.
CONTACT
Agent: Cameron's Management Needeya Islam:
Tel: +61 2 9319 7199 |
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