Credits :
Narrative
Safe Hands (2024) Short Film - Producer
Stranger, Brother (2024) Short Film - Producer
End Pointe (2024) Short Film - Producer
Time Addicts (2022) Feature Film - Producer
Don’t Come In…Yet! (2021) Short Film - Producer
Voices in Deep (2021) Feature Film - Co-Producer
Slant (2021) Feature Film - Producer
Paper Champions (2020) Feature Film - Line Producer
Lazarus (2019) Musical/Live Performance - Producer of visual projection/films Film
West of Sunshine (2017) Feature - Associate Producer
A Static Wind (2016) Short - Producer
Olympic Nick: A Donutumentary (2015) Documentary Short - Producer
Music Videos
Teenage Dads - BOARDING PASS (Dir. Zachary Ruane)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - CATCHING SMOKE (Dir. Danny Cohen)
Sampa the Great - TIMES UP (Dir. Sanjay De Silva)
Kye - TUESDAY (Dir. Sanjay De Silva)
Remi - BRAIN (Dir. Barun Chatterjee)
Loose Tooth - ALL COLOURS GONE (Dir. Gianna Mazzeo)
Amy Shark - I SAID HI (Dir. Nicholas Waterman)
Sampa the Great - BLACK GIRL MAGIK (Dir. Sanjay De Silva)
Sampa the Great - ROAD TO BEE9 (Dir. Sanjay De Silva)
Commercial
Peters Icecream ‘Maxibon Baked Goods’ - Prod. Company: Haven’t You Done Well Agency: Sickdogwolfman
RSAC ‘Bro Code’, Producer, Prod. Company: Haven’t You Done Well Agency: Cummins & Partners
Commonwealth Bank ‘Tomorrow’s Tillies’, Production Company: Wildebeest Films, Agency: M&C Saatchi
JUDO BANK Brand Campaign 2023, Production Company: Wildebeest Films, Agency: Howatson and Co
Nike x Rebel Sport | The Summer Edit 2022, Agency: Sunday Gravy
PLATYPUS SHOES - Back to School 2020 (Producer & 1st AD) Prod Company: Hats off Content
AUSWALK - The Reasons I Walk, (Producer/1st AD) Prod Company: Monster & Bear
AUSTRALIAN GREENS - Levelling the Playing Field TVCs, Producer/1st AD. Production Company: Monster & Bear
VICKS - VapoDrops + Cough TVC, Producer. Prod Company: Monster & Bear Monster & Bear
GROSSI - Brand Film, Producer. Production Company: Monster & Bear
Other Roles
MISS INK (2023) Online Documentary Series - Production Manager (Melbourne)
Yesterday Island (2023) Feature Film - 2nd AD
Chemist Warehouse - Foster Grant TVC, (Production Manager) 1st AD. Prod Company: RollaFilms
ANZ - Financial Wellbeing TVCs, (1st AD) Production Company: RollaFilms
The Boy Who Cried Mud (2019) Short - 1st AD
Dark Places | (2018) Horror Anthology
- Scout, Dir. Kodie Bedford - Production Manager
- Killer Native, Dir. Bjorn Stewart - Production Coordinator
- Vale Light, Dir. Rob Braslin - Production Coordinator
- Foe, Dir. Liam Phillips - Production Coordinator
Everyone’s A Critic (2018) TV Series documentary - Production Assistant
Art of Incarceration (2018) Documentary - Camera Operator
West of Sunshine (2017) Feature Film - Stills Photographer
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2017) TV Series - Assistant Production coordinator - 4 episodes
Tessa is a recognised producer, selected as one of only 12 up-and-coming early-career producers by Screen Producers Australia’s Ones to Watch cohort for 2023 where she was mentored by Lisa Shaunessy (SISSY). In 2023, she was also featured in IF Magazine's 2024 list of Rising Talent.
Tessa founded production company OLDBABY FILMS in early 2024, where she is currently developing a slate of feature films, including Umuzimu (Spirit), written and directed by Santilla Chingaipe (Our African Roots) and produced by Robert Connolly (Blueback) and Tessa.
Other projects include Safe Hands — writer/director Dannika Horvat (Triple Swear), The Willing —writer/director Lucy Knox (Hot Mother), and writer/director Sam Odlum (Time Addicts).
At Exile Entertainment, Tessa produced three feature films within three years, starting in 2020. Time Addicts (2023, Umbrella Entertainment/Netflix Australia) was released in cinemas nationwide and was the winner of Best Australian Feature Film at the 2023 Monsterfest. Voices in Deep (2023), starring Angeliki Papoulia (The Lobster), selected for SXSW SYDNEY, THESSALONAKI FF and MIFF. Slant (2022)’, starring Sigrid Thornton, had a limited theatrical release across Australia. Her recent short film Stranger, Brother is having its world premiere at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, with End Pointe premiering at FLICKERFEST in 2025.
Her portfolio boasts ARIA-nominated music videos (Sampa the Great, Amy Shark). Short Films showcased at major Australian and international film festivals. Tessa's collaborations extend to multimedia projects such as the video projection design for David Bowie's musical 'Lazarus' with award-winning director Natasha Pincus.
Her long-form credits include the AACTA-nominated Venice Film Festival premiering West of Sunshine (VENICE INT FF), the Screen Australia-supported horror anthology Dark Place (MIFF), and the documentary The Art of Incarceration (NETFLIX).
Tessa has been selected for professional development programs, including a production placement in 2016 through Vicscreen on The Doctor Blake Mysteries (ABC) as an Assistant Production Coordinator. In 2021, she participated in the SBS and Screen Australia-funded 'Digital Originals' initiative, developing the queer web series Unicorn Hunters with creator Rae Perks.
Her academic background includes a Bachelor of Film and Digital Media from Deakin University and a Graduate Certificate in Creative Business from the Compton School at the University of Canberra.