Get up-to-date on Australian screen industry news and hear from local writers, producers, directors and more. Created and hosted by journalist and screenwriter Caris Bizzaca.
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Signup to Generate a PitchGet up-to-date on Australian screen industry news and hear from local writers, producers, directors and more. Created and hosted by journalist and screenwriter Caris Bizzaca.
Recent episodes include "Writer/director Nicholas Verso on adaptations, genre, and creating film & TV for young Australians" (26 October 2026, 49 minutes), "Pitching tips with screenwriter and story producer Holly Lyons" (12 October 2026, 46 minutes), and "Showrunner, screenwriter and The Airport Chaplain co-creator Elise McCredie" (28 September 2026, 39 minutes).
Breaking Screen publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 39 minutes across 33 episodes.
Booking probability for Breaking Screen is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Breaking Screen requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Breaking Screen's contact route on record: public web form.
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Breaking Screen is an arts podcast with 33 episodes published.
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Episode #33
Today’s episode features Logie award-winning writer/director Nicholas Verso who talks about his pathway into the industry, creating teen genre stories like Crazy Fun Park and Boys in the Trees, optioning and adapting...
Today’s episode features Holly Lyons, who gives her insights into pitching, including what a pitch is, the different types of pitches, why they are important, how to prepare, what to do about nerves, why a strong pitch...
Today’s episode features Elise McCredie, an award-winning showrunner and screenwriter, whose most recent series is The Airport Chaplain , starring Hugo Weaving, Shabana Azeez and Claudia Karvan. Co-created and executive...
Today’s episode features Gemma Crofts, an award-winning screenwriter, a script editor and former development executive, with more than fifteen years’ experience across film and television development. Throughout the...
Episode #29
Today’s episode features Sarah Goodes, an Award-winning Australian theatre director who started Jacaranda Productions in 2025 with actor/ producer Diana Glenn after they met at AFTRS. Their goal? To create multi medium...
Today’s episode features Renée Broome, an in-house Screenwriter and Script Editor at Home and Away , who's written dozens of episodes of the series and worked on more than 1,000 episodes in her various roles in the...
Joining the podcast is Ben Jenkins, the creator and one of the writers of the new six-part Stan Original series The Killings at Parrish Station, a cosmic horror drama that releases on the streamer on June 24. Set across...
<p>Joining the podcast is Ben Jenkins, the creator and one of the writers of the new six-part Stan Original series The Killings at Parrish Station, a cosmic horror drama that releases on the streamer on June 24. Set...
<p>Writer/director Tin Pang joins the podcast to talks about drawing from his own life for his projects, takeaways from taking his series Sell-Out to market, key learnings from directors’ attachments on A Place to Call...
Episode #22
<p>On today’s episode is lawyer Eve Foreman, who’s the principal of entertainment law practice Macleay William. Eve talks through whether legal requirements differ if your project is low budget or big budget, some of...
<p>SBS Head of Scripted Nakul Legha talks about how to pitch to SBS, the types of series they are and aren’t commissioning, and advice for Digital Originals. Applications are now open for the Digital Originals...
<p>On the latest episode of Breaking Screen is Christopher Kam, the Head of Development at Typecast and a freelance story producer through his label Kameo Scripted.</p><p>Christopher has more than 15 years of experience...
<p>Screen Producers Australia (SPA) CEO Matthew Deaner joins the podcast ahead of the annual conference Screen Forever, which takes place in late April 2026. The conference is made up of two parts – the online Global...
<p>AP Pobjoy joins the latest episode to talk about the SBS Digital Originals series Homebodies. AP is the creator, lead-writer and one of the directors on the series, which is streaming on SBS on Demand...
<p>On today’s episode of Breaking Screen is Lee Naimo. As the Head of Creative for Grouse House, Lee works for Haven't You Done Well Productions, the production company of comedy group Aunty Donna.</p><p>As Grouse House...
<p>Screenwriter and director Hannah Lehmann joins the latest episode of Breaking Screen to talk about her writing process, how making a vertical series prepared her for feature film and TV, dealing with rejection...
<p>Jimpa producer Liam Heyen joins the latest episode of Breaking Screen ahead of the film's release in Australian cinemas on February 19th.</p><p>Directed and co-written by Sophie Hyde, Jimpa stars Olivia Colman as a...
<p>We're joined on Breaking Screen by Michelle Law, a writer and actor who writes for print, theatre and screen. Throughout the episode, Michelle talks about the differences in writing for those three mediums, her...
<p>We’re joined on Breaking Screen by screenwriter Gretel Vella and Jungle Entertainment’s Chloe Rickard, who both executive produced the new Stan original series He Had it Coming, which launches on November 20...
<p>We're joined on Breaking Screen by Alexei Mizin and Ryan van Dijk, the creators, writers and script producers of Stan’s original six-part series Watching You, which is based on the J.P. Pomare novel 'The Last Guests’...
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