Assistant Director - 2nd

Gene Corser

  • Movie Magic (6.0 and 7.0+), Bachelor of Communication (Griffith Uni), First Aid Cert (QLD), Cert III BA 2012 | AFTRS Production Budgeting 2009, Open Car Licence (Manual), Blue Card WWC 2026-29.
Gold Coast
Years of experience in AD & Production departments, across US and International productions, Australian features & TV, Indie and Documentary. Focusing as a 2nd AD, in Drama. Call Sheets, schedules (and budgets) are the name of the game.

Gene Corser

  • Movie Magic (6.0 and 7.0+), Bachelor of Communication (Griffith Uni), First Aid Cert (QLD), Cert III BA 2012 | AFTRS Production Budgeting 2009, Open Car Licence (Manual), Blue Card WWC 2026-29.
Gold Coast
Years of experience in AD & Production departments, across US and International productions, Australian features & TV, Indie and Documentary. Focusing as a 2nd AD, in Drama. Call Sheets, schedules (and budgets) are the name of the game.

Lists as:

  • Additional ADs
  • Assistant Director - 2nd
  • Assistant Director - 3rd
  • Child Wrangler, Chaperone
  • Production Coordinator - Screen

Always eager to work with new teams, collaborate with industry professionals, and coordinate with cast and crew – all to deliver high-end results.  From the Gold Coast and Brisbane to Adelaide, Broken Hill and Sydney and Melbourne, Gene has worked in studios and on location across Australia.

An average day brings the opportunity to work with astounding cast and crew, not to mention SISOs, DPRs and call sheets galore.  Gene brings a dynamic, energetic style with a seasoned eye to detail, that helps develop complex schedules (and budgets) and hit critical deadlines through all levels of production.

RECENT CREDITS:

2025  The Only One (Feature) –  2nd AD / Jamie Crooks 1st AD
2025  Posthumous – (Feature) – 2nd AD / Jamie Crooks 1st AD
2025 Spa Weekend (Feature) – 2U Assistant Director / Robert K Rogers 2U 1st AD
2024  Sharko (Doco) – 1st AD
2024 The Demon Disorder (Feature)  – Add. 1st AD / Nick Embery 1st AD
2023  Designing Christmas with You (Feature) –  2nd AD / Liam Doyle 1st AD

For enquiries and bookings:
Essential Crew
info@essentialcrew.com.au
07 3846 7788

AD and Production Assistant Credits include …

Feature Films:
Spiderhead, Aqua Man, Thor: Ragnarok, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pacific Rim 2, Netflix’s True Spirit, Winchester, Headless, Spa Weekend, The Shallows, San Andreas, Sharko, Boar, Demon Disorder.

Television:
Harrow, FOX’s Terra Nova, Secrets And Lies, Reef Break, K9-Doctor Who, Masterchef, MAFS, Ultimate NinjaWarrior, Spartan, BigBrother, Legomasters, Holey Moley, MTV’s GeordieShore, Gogglebox, I’m A Celebrity, Prank Patrol, Disney + Chris Hemsworth’s Limitless, Will Smith’s Pole To Pole, and Matilda’s: World at our Feet