The Knowledge - Ruth Harley
CSB has been working for months on an exciting project with film journalist Andrew Urban of Urbancinefile. We’re interviewing film and television practitioners about their business experiences.
Our aim is to develop a deeper understanding about the history of business decision-making in film and television and to share with our audience the wisdom from the accumulated mistakes, experiments and achievements of the contributors.
Ruth Harley - biography
Dr Ruth Harley joined Screen Australia in November 2008 as Chief Executive Officer. For the 10 years prior to this she was the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Film Commission. Ruth has more than 20 years experience in the cultural and media sectors. Her previous roles include Commissioning Editor of TVNZ, inaugural CEO of television funding agency New Zealand On Air, and National Media Director of Saatchi and Saatchi. She also held a senior management role at the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Ruth holds a PhD from the University of Auckland. She is a former Fulbright Scholar and former Chair of Fulbright NZ. Ruth’s commitment to broadcasting and the arts was recognised in 1996 with an OBE, and in 2006 she received a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to film.
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The new funding landscape and the outlook for the industry - 13 minutes
- Screen Australia a melting pot of different mind-sets – will take time to settle
- Producer offset and merger of agencies heralds a shift in responsibility towards the producer
- Implications for TV producers (especially documentary makers) as well as film producers
- As a funder, the agency should be much lighter on its feet
- Agency staff have a strong sense of responsibility
- I want to see the cost of Screen Australia reduced
- Cultural remit cannot be delivered without subsidy
- Two-tier industry likely, one large and sustainable and one with subsidy
- The producer offset is working – there have been a couple of hundred provisional and about 20 final approvals issued
- Biggest bug is the current use of June 30 as a uniform end of year – we’d prefer that each film have its own year-end
- Hard work for producers to tackle the changed structure
- Future of cinema looks healthy, with attendances in 2008 up in many countries, including Australia
- Film students need to gain knowledge about the screen business
- Business-oriented equals audience-oriented
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