Stories with impact: Backtrack Boys

Catherine Scott has been a documentary director and producer for over twenty years. Her credits include Producer, “Being Me” (Four Corners), Director/Co-producer of Scarlet Road, Director/ Co-writer of Selling Sickness and Director/Co-producer of the Walkley award-winning Business Behind Bars and Profits of Punishment.

As a member of the Paper Tiger TV collective in New York City she co-produced over 30 productions including Breathless, Drawing the Line at Pittston and Staking a Claim in Cyberspace. Catherine also co-produced and directed documentaries for Deep Dish TV including Who’s Afraid of the Little Yellow School Bus?, The Last Graduation, Lock Down USA and The Gulf Crisis TV Project.

Bernie has spent the past 25 years working and living out his passion…. catching wild dogs and wild kids.For many years he lived in the Northern Territory learning his trade in remote areas, learning the lessons of life in the bush and surrounded by wise and skilful Aboriginal men and old school stockmen.

In 2006 with his children growing up and forging their own paths in life, he was determined to turn his vision of working with the most disadvantaged young people in our communities into a reality. Under Bernie's leadership, BackTrack has forged a new beginning for over a 1000 young people. Bernie's vision of giving disadvantaged young people a new life journey, is now spreading across NSW with mentoring other communities to get started using the same successful tools that have had remarkable results in Armidale.

30 years experience as a documentary Director, Producer and Editor - Mitzi has created many award-winning international documentaries including: Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation, Night Parrot Stories, A Common Purpose, End of the Rainbow.

Executive Producer for: Backtrack Boys, I Am A Girl, Zach’s Ceremony, Constance On The Edge, The Kimberley Project and Leunig A Tale in 16 Parts.

Previously: Co-Head of Documentary at Australian Film Television and Radio School, Co-Chair of the Australian International Documentary Conference and Co-Founder of OzDox.

Highly regarded, highly experienced, extensively networked