Hatchling Productions
Hatchling Productions was formed in 1992 by Cathy Henkel
and Jeff Canin to produce documentaries, educational and
training videos and short films. The company established
the first digital post-production editing studio available
for hire in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Since its
formation, Hatchling Productions has produced over 20 programs
including five documentaries for television, 10 commissioned
works for the educational and training market, five self-initiated
programs and two short films. They have also provided post-production
facilities and editing services to a wide range of North
Coast film-makers including five documentaries for television.
Cathy Henkel - writer/director/producer
Cathy has worked as a producer, writer and director of
documentaries, educational and information videos since
1988. This followed a 10-year career working as a director
of theatre, particularly youth theatre. Her first documentary
for television was HEROES OF OUR TIME (broadcast in 1991
on the ABC series "True Stories"). This first
inside look at Greenpeace during one of its direct action
campaigns was co-written and directed with Catherine Marciniak
and produced by Film Australia.
Cathy subsequent directing credits include TAPA TRADITION,
WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD and THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER'S
FACE. Cathy also now has a decade's experience as a cinematographer,
shooting almost all the education and training videos she
has directed for Hatchling Productions. She was also director/DOP
on the documentary WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD for SBS and
DOP on LOSING LAYLA for the ABC. Cathy also shot most of
the personal interview material with her family and friends
and much of the police investigation in THE MAN WHO STOLE
MY MOTHER'S FACE.
Cathy is a founding member and Director of Northern Rivers
Screenworks Ltd, and has served on the national Board for
the Australian International Documentary Conference. She
was also the Chair of the Byron Bay Local Management Committee
for AIDC 2003. Cathy recently completed a Master of Arts
Degree at Queensland University of Technology researching
the development of creative industries in the New South
Wales Northern Rivers region.
Contact Cathy
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Jeff Canin - producer, sound recordist
Jeff worked for Greenpeace International as a sea turtle
campaigner for seven and a half years, based in London,
Florida and Amsterdam. In 1991, he met Cathy Henkel on a
sea turtle nesting beach in Queensland and they decided
to team up together in life and in work. In 1992, following
the birth of their daughter, SamLara, they formed Hatchling
Productions to produce social issue and community-based
documentaries and establish a digital post-production editing
studio in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.
Since then Jeff has worked as a producer, editor and sound
recordist. His credits include: LOSING LAYLA, NOT QUITE
PARADISE, NOT THE END OF THE WORK, WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD
(for SBS TV) and numerous other films and videos over the
past 15 years.
More recently, Jeff has established DVD production facilities
at Hatchling.
Contact Jeff
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