Film and Photography Portfolio

About

b. 1986, HK.

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.

vOther 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 Point 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.