Melissa Hasluck

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Melissa Hasluck (born 1965) is an Australian film producer, director and editor. [1]

Hasluck was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1965 and was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College and the University of Western Australia. She completed a bachelor of arts degree in French, and lived in Europe before returning to Australia to study film and television at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. She graduated from Swinburne in 1992. [2]

In 1997, Hasluck won a West Australian Screen Award for Emerging Producer for her work on the six-part series Artists Up Front. In 1999, Hasluck was awarded a ScreenWest New Producer Fellowship, which she used to work on projects in Australia and overseas. [2]

Hasluck founded her own production company, Cecile B Deux Mels, and produced the feature film Teesh and Trude in 2002. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995ScratchingsProducer and editor [3]
1997Artists Up FrontDirector [4]
1999Christina's BirthdayProducer [5]
2001Bad Credit and AliensProducer [6]
2001Pink PyjamasProducer [7]
2002Teesh and TrudeProducer [8]

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References

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  4. "Artists Up Front (1997) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. "Freshwater Bay Press - Melissa Hasluck". www.freshwaterbaypress.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. "Bad Credit and Aliens (2001) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. "Pink Pyjamas (2001) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. "Melissa Hasluck". BFI. Retrieved 25 May 2018.