Andrea is a screen professional who spent three decades working in Africa, Hollywood and Australia, with experience ranging from chasing lions across the African Savannah for wildlife films and documentaries to negotiating deals in the boardrooms of Hollywood.
She has written and produced her own movies and collaborated on many more, has sat on 2 screen industry boards, judged film festivals, attended annual conferences and markets like AFM, Cannes, AIDC over the years, and won awards around the world including multiple IF wins, 7 ACCTA nominations for The Jammed, family and comedy awards internationally too many to list.
Inspired by her own close call where she almost died from stress, she started noticing the dire health outcomes of other creative industry practitioners. From her time working at Compton School which teaches business skills to Creatives, and personal witnessing of unacceptable levels of non-wellness mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially – she has a desire to see better lives for talented, heart-led practitioners.
In 2019 she pivoted to become a personal and professional coach for people in the creative industries, undertaking years of study at Australia’s largest coaching institute. With accreditations in coaching, NLP, and Meta dynamics, she founded Successful Creative, running group and individual coaching, and joined Compton School as one of its lead teachers.