Sheridan Jobbins
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Sheridan Jobbins (born 21 July 1959 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian journalist, television presenter and screenwriter.
She is a third generation Australian film maker, whose family includes; grandfather, cinematographer George Malcolm [1]; parents, advertising executives Harry & Joy Jobbins; sister, comedian/writer Saturday Rosenberg[2]; and uncle, sound recordist Ken Malcolm[3].
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[edit] Early Career
At the age of 9, she presented a televisions series called Cooking with Sheri on ATN 7. The show ran from 1967 - 1969. She was later credited by Guinness World Records as being the world's youngest television host. A record that stood until 2006.
In the late 1970's, she had a brief career as an actor in Australian soap operas, making a featured appearance in Glenview High [4], and smaller roles in The Restless Years and The Young Doctors.
[edit] TV journalist/presenter
From 1981 - 1984 Sheridan was a reporter on the multi-award winning children's television programme, Simon Townsend's Wonder World! (screened on Network 10.)
Other on screen television credits include being a reporter on State of the Arts (later, Billboard) on the ABC, and Good Morning Australia - Network 10.
In 1994 she hosted a 13 x 1 hour television series, House of Fun, also for Network 10. [5]
[edit] Producer
From 1985 - 86, she joined friend, Amanda Keller, to produce music videos for Australian bands including; Mental As Anything (Live It Up), Mondo Rock (Modern Bop), and Cold Chisel (Flame Trees).
She also produced and directed several short films, two of which Machinations (1987) won a bronze medal at the New York Film & Television Festival, and I Am Time was a finalist in the Dendy Awards, which opened the Sydney Film Festival in 1993
From 1993 until 2000 she was a Director of Rebel Penfold-Russell's company, Latent Image Productions. [6] She was in charge of research and development of the company's on-going production slate. In that time, Latent Image produced the multi award winning feature films, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Paws and WillFull.[7]
[edit] Writer
She currently writes screenplays full-time with Oscar award winning writer/director Stephan Elliott. [8] Their current 'in development' writing credits include: Madams, Dante's Disco Inferno, Forever and a Day, Venetian Wedding, In the Name of Dog and Easy Virtue.
A short film Jobbins' has written called, Alex's Party has been selected for screening at the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2006 [9], and Flickerfest 2007 in Bondi Beach Australia.
[edit] References
- [10] IMDB produced credits
- [11] WillFull promotional package
- [12] TV production information
- [13] Stephan Elliott fan site
- [14] The Age: Simon Townsend's Wonder World!
- [15] National Film and Sound Archive, Australia
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