Hatherley Oscars opinion featured in Campaign Brief
Former Clemenger BBDO Melbourne creative director, Sarah Hatherley was featured in the advertising industry must visit site Campaign Brief with her opinion piece on this years Oscar’s debacle. As an ex-advertising creative, Sarah understands the power of screen stories to change behaviour. Which is why she is a passionate advocate for female directed screen stories in the primary prevention of violence against women. While male directors and cinematographers continue to dominate the movie industry, the industry is entrenching gender stereotypes and male primacy.
Hatherley flags her return to TVC directing.
With an extraordinarily successful advertising career as creative director at Clemenger BBDO Melbourne before she started directing commercials, Sarah eventually left the industry to focus on her longform screenwriting and directing. At the recent "Can You See Me?" workshop in
Hatherley selected for Film Vic / SBS / Arena-media program but forced to bow out early due to recent move to Sydney.
Film Victoria has partnered with SBS and Arenamedia on a new initiative to develop and finance low budget feature films from under-represented Victorian voices. Designed to accelerate the development of a slate of creative-led fiction features, turning early draft scripts