Bree Sanders is a filmmaker based in southern lutruwita/Tasmania.
In 2022 she created the BTS film for “The Giants” and completed a Grit internship with Wide Angle Tasmania which led to her first short film commission through the same program. “Grove of Giants,” toured Tasmania and was shortlisted for the 2024 Sydney Film Festival Sustainable Future Award & BOFA’s Inspiring Change Short Film Competition.
After over a decade of creating films for private and commercial clients, her focus has turned to more community minded projects, documentary making and cinematography.
2024 Editing Attachment with Closer Productions
2024 Successful pitch at AIDC’s Fresh Cuts program - “Fridge Foraging”
2024 Camera Attachment on “The Survivors” under the guidance of Mark Wareham ACS
2023 Completed ShotClass | Katie Milwright ACS - Approach to Narrative Cinematography Masterclass
2023 Completed AFTRS course ‘Intro to Documentary’
2023 Selected to participant in The Very Short Film Festival Mentoring Program
2023 Leading Light recipient at AIDC
2023 Director/Producer/DP - “Grove of Giants” - A short documentary commissioned by Wide Angle
Finalist for Sydney Film Festival Sustainable Future Award
Finalist for BOFA’s Inspiring Change Short Film Competition
2023 - Present Filmmaker for Brand Tasmania
2023 Finalist for Screenworks “Discovering New Online Voices” initiative
2022 Producer/DP - “The Giants” Behind the Scenes
BTS of a feature film about Bob Brown by Magic Monday & General Strike
2022 GRIT Internship with Wide Angle Tasmania
Director/Producer/DP - “On the Fringes” (proof of concept)
2021 - 2023 Filmmaker/Photographer for Milkwood Permaculture
2020 - Present Filmmaker for Enterprize
2013 - Present Owner and cinematographer at Light Noise Films
2015 - 2016 B Cam operator for award winning documentary Kings of Baxter
2009 - 2013 Photographer/videographer for a media studio in NSW
2009 Graduated Newcastle Art School, Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts