IAN SUTHERLAND FOUNDER | Producer
Ian Sutherland has worked in all aspects of the film business from Marketing, Distribution, Finance, Production as well as several key Industry board positions. He began his career in Sydney with United International Pictures as head of Marketing. He relocated to London in 1995 to run the International Marketing for Universal, Paramount, MGM and Dreamworks. After 5 years in that position, he relocated to Los Angeles as Executive Vice President, International Theatrical Marketing and Distribution with MGM and was instrumental in setting up their International Division. Ian has overseen the Marketing and Distribution of literally hundreds of film releases including Major Hollywood blockbusters, local Australian films, and has been involved with major film festivals. After returning to Australia, he became head of Marketing at Event Entertainment. As Founder of Film Quarter, Ian Executive Produced the features films 'Three Chords and the Truth' and soon to be released 'The Policewoman', as well as Factual Series ‘Extreme Minds’
STEVE PASVOLSKY FOUNDER | Producer
Steve Pasvolsky was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for the short film 'Inja', which he wrote and directed whilst studying at AFTRS. Steve has directed and produced numerous documentaries and dramas for Universal, Discovery, ABC and SBS. He directed the award winning 'John Eales Reveals: The Haka' for Discovery and 'Christmas Sounds Better This Year', 'Searching for Angelina' and 'Iceberg' for ABCTV. He directed the feature documentary 'Calibrate' and the award winning 'Power of Activism' for SBS and NITV. He produced the feature drama 'Three Chords and the Truth' (ADG Award Winner) and the soon to be released Screen Australia funded feature documentary 'The Policewoman' (Bonsai Films) as well as the factual series ‘Extreme Minds’. Steve is currently developing a slate of feature films, feature documentaries and series for Film Quarter.
CLAIRE PASVOLSKY Writer | Director
Dr Claire Pasvolsky has a PhD in Screenwriting (Media and Communications) from The University of Newcastle, Australia. Claire released her debut feature film THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH in 2023, which she wrote and directed. The music-based drama was officially selected for Sydney Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival, Cinefest Oz and Vision Splendid. The film was distributed nationally in Australia through Bonsai Films and recently won ‘Best Director (budget under $1M) at the Australian Director’s Guild Awards 2023. Previously, Claire directed the award-winning documentary BIG SKY GIRLS (Cinequest, BIFF), which screened on Australian channels SBS and NITV. She also produced the award-winning feature documentary CALIBRATE which won the Audience Award at the Awareness Film Festival (USA). Claire directed the soon to be released true crime feature documentary 'The Policewoman' (Bonsai Films), which was funded by Screen Australia.