Mountain - 2017
Writer / Director / Producer
Synopsis: Jennifer Peedom returns to the mountains that so captivate her to explore that very captivation, hers and humanity's, in a unique cinematic and musical collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Screen Australia / ACO / DCM / Madman Entertainment
Narration Script: Robert Macfarlane
Narrated by Willem Dafoe
Festivals: Sydney, Melbourne, New Zealand, San Sebastian, London, Bergen, Busan, Hamptons international film festivals.
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life - 2017
Executive Producer for Stranger Than Fiction Films
Synopsis: Theatrical feature documentary follows renown film critic, David Stratton on a very personal journey through the stories of Australian Cinema.
Screen Australia / ABC / Adelaide Film Festival / Transmission
Director: Sally Aitken / Producer: Jo-anne McGowan
Official Selection - Cannes Classics, 2017, London International Film Festival
Sherpa - 2015
Director for Felix Media
Synopsis: Theatrical feature documentary following the ill-fated 2014 Everest season from the Sherpas’ point of view
Screen Australia / Universal Pictures
Producers: Bridget Ikin and John Smithson (UK)
Festivals: Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand, Telluride, Toronto, London International Film Festivals (and many more).
Winner - Grierson Award for Best documentary, BFI London Film Festival 2015
BAFTA nomination - best documentary, 2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place – 2014
Executive Producer for Jungle
1 x 1 hour documentary for ABC 1 (Directors: Paul Clarke & Alex Barry, Prod: Joanne McGowan)
A history of the gay rights movement, 20 years on from the launch of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.
Nominated - Best TV documentary, AACTA Awards 2015.
The Life Series – Life at 9 (2014)
Series Writer / Director for Heiress Films 2 x 60 mins for ABC1
Nominated - Best director in a documentary series at the Screen Directors Guild Awards
As You Dreamt It (2014)
Exec Producer / Co-Director for Jungle 1 x 30 mins for ABC Artscape
Documentary Lecturer – AFTRS (2012)
The Life Series – Life at 7 (2012)
Series Writer / Director for Heiress Films 2 x 60 mins for ABC1
Winner, Best Director in a documentary series at the Screen Directors Guild Awards
Inaugural Recipient of the David & Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship (2011)
The fellowship recognises and rewards creative ambition, intellectual rigour and innovation in documentary cinema.
Living the End (2010)
Director / Producer for Cordell Jigsaw Productions.
1 x 60 min documentary for SBS
Winner, Best Social / Humanitarian documentary, BANFF World Media Festival, Canada, 2011
Nominated, nominated for the UNAA Peace Media Awards
Miracle in the Desert (2009)
Writer / Director for Essential Media & Entertainment. 1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, France 5 & National Geographic Channel
SOLO (2008)
Producer / Director for Essential Media & Entertainment.
1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, BBC, National Geographic Channel US & ITVS.
SOLO won the AFI for best documentary, the Film Critics Circle Award and the Directors Guild award. It won 6 major awards at international film festivals and screened at 15 major festivals, including IDFA.
Miracle on Everest (2007)
Producer / Director for Essential Viewing. 1 x 60 min documentary for ABC, France 5 & National Geographic Channel US
Miracle on Everest won multiple awards on the International ‘Adventure Film’ festival circuit.
Everest: Beyond the Limit (2006)
High Altitude Director, on Mt Everest for Tigress Productions, UK.
6 x 1 hour series for Discovery Channel US.
The show was Discovery Channel’s second most watched program in 2007
The Sherpas’ Burden (2004)
Writer / Director and Producer for Dateline SBS.
1 x 20min documentary about the role of the Sherpas on Everest.
IF Media (2000 – 2006) Publishers of Inside Film and Producers of the IF Awards
From 2000, Jen worked at IF Media where she held the following roles:
2000: Marketing Manager
2001-2: General Manager / Producer IF Awards
2003-6: Managing Director / Publisher
Winner - NSW Young Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2004
Race Around Oz, ABC (2000)
Participant on the ABC Series (One of six participants chosen from 15,000 applicants)
7 films screened on the ABC from 17th May – 16th August 2000
Bachelor of Business, RMIT (1995-1997)
Graduated with Honours