AboutWe are creators first and foremost. From script to screen, we believe in the power of stories to touch hearts and change minds.
We have expertise across film and television scriptwriting and production, branded online narrative content, TV and radio commercials, screenwriting for film and television and film production. We are experts in shaping narratives for different forms and audiences.
Arafura Studios was founded by filmmaker and screenwriter Jane Hampson.
AboutJane Hampson
Jane is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, with a career in film and television spanning 20 years. She began life as an actor, appearing in the long-running TV series All Saints and films such as The Other Son (Cannes and Venice Film Festivals), before segueing to directing, writing and producing.
As an in-demand drama storyliner, Jane has worked in writers’ rooms for Fremantle Media, the ABC, Screentime/Banijay and Matchbox Pictures. Her short films, produced by Arafura Studios, have toured to festivals nationally and internationally, and she has written online branded content for films with over 3 million YouTube views combined.
More recently Jane wrote and co-produced the factual pilot Wanderlove in Bangkok with Itchy Feet Media and MBrella Films.
Along with her screen work, Jane has had an international career as a journalist. She has lived on four continents (and counting), holds a Bachelor of Arts from the American University of Paris and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Queensland.
Selected AwardsAustralian Writers’ Guild (AWG) INSITE Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay – Tigress
NT Literary Award – The Promised Wife
AWG/AUDIBLE ‘On Air’ Podcast Competition (Finalist) – Along Came Steve Parker
AWG’s ‘Inside the Box’ TV Writing competition (Finalist)
CineStory LA TV/Digital Fellowship (Finalist)
