Caris Bizzaca

Through Scripturient, I work as a journalist, copywriter, panel moderator, podcast producer and note-taker in television writers’ rooms.

• Podcast producer for clients including Screen Australia, Western Sydney University, La Trobe University and Springer Nature.
• Note-taker in television writers’ rooms for companies including See-Saw Films, Easy Tiger Productions, Wooden Horse, Goalpost Pictures, Big Serious Studios and Every Cloud Productions.
• Researcher, journalist, editor and copywriter for clients including the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS).
• Moderator for film festivals and industry Q&As including Screen Forever, Video Junkee, Series Mania and Sydney Film Festival.
• Journalist and feature writer with a focus on the Australian screen industry.

Managing and overseeing the audit, revision and migration of existing NFSA content to a new platform in 2025.

Supported the vision and execution of the inaugural SXSW Sydney conference program by producing and curating sessions across Screen, Design and Future You tracks. As the Screen Pillar conference track lead, also aided with the curation, coordination and delivery of 30+ Featured and Keynote Sessions as well as Session Select panels including In Conversation with Black Mirror Creator Charlie Brooker.

Screen Australia’s in-house Content Producer, responsible for the creation of articles and podcasts, managing the editorial calendar and strategy, and conducting video interviews for Screen Australia’s in-house publication Screen News. As the creator, producer and host of the Screen Australia Podcast, conducted in-depth interviews and edited them into entertaining and informative episodes about the Australian screen industry. Episodes became fortnightly in 2020 and it experienced a 360% growth in streams from 2019–2021. By June 2023, 114 episodes had been published with more than 235,000 streams.

Responsibilities included:

• Managing Screen Australia’s editorial output.
• End-to-end production of the Screen Australia podcast, from hosting to recording and editing each fortnightly episode.
• Wrote profiles, features, industry news and analysis pieces for Screen News.
• Commissioned and sub-edited articles for Screen News.
• Conducted video interviews.
• Moderated industry panels and Q&As for film, television and online content.
• Managed stakeholder relationships.
• Wrote the Screen Australia Editorial Strategy, Style Guide, and assisted in writing corporate communications including the Annual Report.