Cathy Henkel

Cathy Henkel works as a producer, writer and director of documentaries, online and interactive content. Her Brisbane-based company, Virgo Productions, produced the award-winning cinema version of The Burning Season (IF Award 2008; Canada International Film Festival, Rising Star Award 2010; nominated for Gold Panda and Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic). The film launched at Tribeca Film Festival in New York, screened in select cinemas around Australia and was released on DVD in April 2010. Cathy is also developing a multi-platform documentary on cinematographer Don McAlpine and a feature film. Her previous television credits include "Heroes of our Time", Walking Through a Minefield", "Losing Layla", "The Man who Stole my Mother's Face", (Winner at Tribeca Film Festival and IF Award 2004) and "I told you I was ill" about Spike Milligan which screened in seven countries to over 5 million people. In 2009 Cathy was awarded Documentary Producer of the Year at SPAA for her work on The Burning Season. Cathy has just completed a PhD at Queensland University of Technology on development of screen industries in regional areas.