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Bradley Diebert

  • Bachelor Of Creative Arts, Working at Heights Cert, Dogman licence, Non Slewing Crane Licence (Large Tele-handler), Forklight licence, Boom Lift Operator.
Brisbane
Experienced Australian Art Director and filmmaker with 30 years in film production, specialising in on-set art direction, practical filmmaking solutions, large-scale productions and collaborative visual storytelling.

Jon Dowding

  • From large studio films to low budget action thrillers.
Brisbane
Highly experienced Production Designer, Event Manager and high-end Art Director based in Brisbane, Australia.

Amanda Grillini

  • AdvDip Screen & Media
  • AFTRS Certificate of The DOP/Designer Collaboration
  • Dip Interior Design
Sunshine Coast
I love to think outside the box. 20 years experience in the art department, designing, decorating, dressing, styling, buying, hands-on making and food styling

Nicholas McCallum

Gold Coast
Based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Nick McCallum has extensive experience designing Feature Films, Television Drama Series and Theatre Productions across Australia and throughout the world; working in China, Poland, Great Britain, France, Japan, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He has been involved in over 50 productions.

Bradley Diebert

  • Bachelor Of Creative Arts, Working at Heights Cert, Dogman licence, Non Slewing Crane Licence (Large Tele-handler), Forklight licence, Boom Lift Operator.
Brisbane
Experienced Australian Art Director and filmmaker with 30 years in film production, specialising in on-set art direction, practical filmmaking solutions, large-scale productions and collaborative visual storytelling.

Lists as:

  • Art Director
  • Construction, Supervisor
  • Production Designer
  • Props Master
  • Standby Props

Bradley “Brad” Diebert is a highly experienced Australian filmmaker and art department professional with more than 30 years of hands-on industry experience across feature films, television, commercials and independent productions. Known for his strong work ethic, creative problem-solving and practical on-set knowledge, Brad has built a reputation as one of the most versatile and reliable Art Directors working in the industry today.

Beginning his career in large-scale studio productions, Brad worked his way through the Art Department in roles spanning set construction, standby props, set dressing, practical effects, greens, model making and on-set art direction.

His credits include internationally recognised productions such as The Matrix, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Moulin Rouge, Superman Returns, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions and Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives.

More recent credits include The Reef: Stalked, Sons of Summer, A Vintage Christmas and numerous productions for Steve Jaggi Productions.

What sets Brad apart is his unique combination of technical craftsmanship and filmmaker instinct. Having also worked as a director, producer, cinematographer and production designer on his own independent films, he understands the pressures of production from every angle. This broader filmmaking experience allows him to anticipate problems before they arise, communicate effectively with every department and deliver creative solutions quickly under pressure.

Brad thrives in fast-paced production environments and is known for being calm, resourceful and highly adaptable on set. Whether managing large-scale builds, sourcing difficult props, overseeing practical effects or supporting the production designer’s vision in real time, he brings leadership, precision and a strong collaborative attitude to every project.

For productions seeking an experienced, proactive and genuinely hands-on On-Set Art Director, Brad Diebert offers decades of industry knowledge, practical expertise and an unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality results on time and on budget.

RECENT CREDITS:
2027 Spaceballs: The New One – Construction Foreman
2026 Dead Howling – Art Director
2026 A Royal Wedding: A Royal in Paradise III – Production Designer
2026 Untitled Amazon MGM Studios/Navy Seal Mike Thornton Project – Special Effects Technician
2026 Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Special Effects Technician

IMDB PRO: https://imdb.me/BradleyDiebert

Jon Dowding

  • From large studio films to low budget action thrillers.
Brisbane
Highly experienced Production Designer, Event Manager and high-end Art Director based in Brisbane, Australia.

Lists as:

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer

Jon is an extremely experienced and proficient production designer for film, television and TV commercials, which he pursues with passion and enthusiasm.

Projects range from Mad Max to The Blue Lagoon and The Eye of the Storm; from large Disney films to low budget action thrillers.

He has lectured on the subject at various universities around Australia and in Kuala Lumpur and has been the film design lecturer at Griffith University Film School since 2015.

In the real world he has designed three Brisbane nightclubs, the landmark perfumery Libertine in Brisbane and Sydney and the already iconic baroque-modern jewellery store Citigold in the Brisbane Arcade in partnership with his talented set decorator wife Chrissy Feld.

Jon is also a practicing artist.

RECENT CREDITS:
2026 Love Wine and Valentine (feature) Director Tam Sainsbury – Production Designer
2025 Not Russian Anymore (series) – Production Designer
2024 Troppo (series) – Production Designer

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Amanda Grillini

  • AdvDip Screen & Media
  • AFTRS Certificate of The DOP/Designer Collaboration
  • Dip Interior Design
Sunshine Coast
I love to think outside the box. 20 years experience in the art department, designing, decorating, dressing, styling, buying, hands-on making and food styling

Lists as:

  • Production Designer
  • Props Buyer
  • Set Decorator, Dresser

Designer | Set Decorator | Buyer | Dresser

I am an artist and creative with over 20 years’ experience working across film, tv and creative production.

I’ve spent much of my career behind the scenes in the art department, shaping atmosphere, texture and story through design, decorating, styling, sourcing, hands-on making and food styling.

Nicholas McCallum

Gold Coast
Based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Nick McCallum has extensive experience designing Feature Films, Television Drama Series and Theatre Productions across Australia and throughout the world; working in China, Poland, Great Britain, France, Japan, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He has been involved in over 50 productions.

Lists as:

  • Production Designer

To date Nick has designed three action-adventure 3D Feature Films – James Cameron’s SANCTUM starring Richard Roxburgh and Ioan Gruffudd; GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB starring Li Bing Bing, Kellan Lutz and Kelsey Grammar and BAIT starring Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vincent, Phoebe Tonkin and Julian McMahon.

SANCTUM, produced by James Cameron (TITANIC, AVATAR), is set entirely in a flooding cave environment built in the studios on the Gold Coast, Queensland. GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB is set in an underground Chinese Palace temple complex totally infested with deadly funnel web spiders. BAIT has a tsunami hitting the east coast of Australia and trapping a pack of man-eating tiger sharks in a flooded supermarket complex.

Other FEATURE FILM Production Design credits include IN LIKE FLYNN – the adventures of Errol Flynn starring Thomas Cocquerel, David Wenham, Clive Standen and William Moseley, THE BLACK BALLOON starring Toni Collette, KOKODA; GETTIN’ SQUARE starring Sam Worthington, Timothy Spall and David Wenham, THE CLINIC; SUBDIVISION with Gary Sweet, Steve Bisley and Bruce Spence, THE NUGGET starring Eric Bana, THE GODDESS OF 1967 with Rose Byrne and IN A SAVAGE LAND starring Rufus Sewell and Martin Donovan.

TELEVISION Production Designs include UPRIGHT 2 starring Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock, TROPPO starring Thomas Jane, REEF BREAK for ABC/Disney starring Poppy Mongomery, ANSWERED BY FIRE starring David Wenham, Bryce Courtenay’s THE POTATO FACTORY, starring Ben Cross and Lisa McCune and the successful SPELLBINDER series, starring Ryan Kwanten and Heather Mitchell; shot throughout Poland and China.

Nick has twice been nominated for Australia’s top film award, the AFI AWARD for Best Production Design for a Feature Film – IN A SAVAGE LAND & GETTIN’ SQUARE and twice nominated for Inside Film IF Award for Best Production Design for a Feature Film – KOKODA & THE BLACK BALLOON.