Joanna Beveridge
writer | producer | director
BIOGRAPHY
Joanna Beveridge is a writer, director and producer based in Western Sydney. She has a double degree in Nuclear Medicine and Digital Media and has worked for companies such as NBCUniversal, Network Ten, Warner Bros., and ITV Studios.
She’s produced two Screen Australia funded romcoms, NO ORDINARY LOVE (producer) and SHIPPERS (producer, writer, director). Jo created the award-winning web series SYDNEY SLEUTHERS, of which she wrote and directed many episodes. She produced the Screen NSW Screenability funded short film MAGNETIC, which premiered at Sydney Film Festival and streamed on ABC iview. And Jo wrote and directed the award-winning short film THE TAKEDOWN OF MELANIE SPROTTLE, inspired by her time as a competitive horse rider.
Her achievements include:
2023: Screen Australia Funded Digital Series SHIPPERS (creator, writer, producer, director)
2023: SPA’s Practitioner Program Recipient
2022: Screen Australia Funded Digital Series NO ORDINARY LOVE (producer)
2021: Attagirl Feature Film Incubator
2020: Australian Writers’ Guild Monte Miller Award (long-listed)
2020: Screen Producers Australia ‘Ones to Watch’
2020: Screen NSW Emerging Producer Placement
2020: ABC Fresh Start Funded Web Series (writer)
2020: Sundance Episodic Writer's Lab (short-listed)
2020: Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Competition (short-listed)
2020: Selected for WIFT’s MentorHer Program
2019: ADG Director's Delegate at Screen Forever
2019: Create NSW and Screenworks’ Go Viral Grant recipient
2019: Create NSW Screenability Grant recipient
2019: ABC’s DisRupted (short-listed)
2018: Filmaka Web Series Competition Winner
2018: AWG John Hinde Award (short-listed)
2018: BlueCat Screenwriting Competition (short-listed)