Heather Ogilvie

Producer/Scriptwriter/Lecturer at Galvanized Film Group
Producer and Screenwriter

Sydney, Australia

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January 2021

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About Heather

With strong creative skills, I take a hands-on collaborative role in the script and story development on the projects I produce. More often than not, I will choose those projects which are almost always based on optioned literary property. I am drawn to material that speaks to a mature female audience about themselves, whether in a historical or contemporary context.

I also act as an executive producer for other producers, constructing complex financing deals across a range of projects while working with both government and private investors. The challenge in the entertainment industry is to devise financing plans that recognize the need to attract the private sector while maintaining a reasonable recoupment position for soft money. All the while juggling the demands of the marketplace and keeping your audience firmly in your sights.

Over the last few years I have extended my mentoring role as a lecturer and professional trainer for the Australian Film Television and Radio School, Sydney Film School and Tisch School of Arts at New York University.

Unique traits: I am highly skilled in development, financing and train mentors and mentees. I have a 35 year history working in the screen industry and have achieved a Cert IV in Training and Assessment.

Gender:
Female

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The Virgin Intervention (2019 - 2021)
Series by Cathy Randall (Comedy and Drama) Producer/Writer Valerie is a 23-year-old lovable oddball, who is well and truly stuck in her comfort zone. She's a talented illustrator who designs graphics for a poker machine company - a job she hates in an industry she despises. When she reveals to her friends that she is still a virgin, they mount an intervention convinced she needs their help to get laid.
Salvation Creek (2018 - 2021)
Film by Tori Garrett Producer/Writer The true story of an international journalist whose husband and brother die within days of each other. Derailed by grief but determine to rebuild her life, she quits her job, sells her house and buys a waterside rundown shack. In this tight knit, boat-only-access community, she discovers the simple joy of friendship and a man who will love her no matter how hard she tries to push him away. Based on Susan Duncan's best-selling memoir.
Waltzing Tilda (2017)
Film (short) by Jonathan Wilhelmsson Producer When Tilda wakes up to find herself the last human on earth she goes on a journey along with her rabbit Shane, experiencing both the immense joy and crippling loneliness of a world without humans.
Accidents Happen (2009)
Film by Andrew Lancaster Executive Producer
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
Film by Cathy Randall (Comedy) Executive Producer A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
TV Movie Producer
Hildegarde (2001)
Film by Di Drew Producer Three intrepid siblings try to rescue their precious duck from bird smugglers who want to eat her.
Dark Realm (2000 - 2001)
Series by Various Producer A horror anthology series. Each episode features an eerie and terrifying story from the darkest realm.
Dating The Enemy (1996)
Film by Megan Simpson-Huberman Executive Producer A couple wake up one morning to find they have now switched bodies.