John MacFarlane
Interactive/TV/Documentary Producer
I'm a producer with a background in journalism, documentary film, media theory and interactive design. I've been involved as a producer on various interactive and cross-platform documentary projects, including The Block: Stories From A Meeting Place, which won Australia's top journalism award, the SXSW Interactive winner Goa Hippy Tribe, and numerous others, working from concept to design to launch and beyond. I'm particularly interested in works that promote civic engagement, and that make creative, valid use of the interactive potential of the web. I've been an invited commissioner on forum panels at IDFA and Hot Docs and elsewhere for interactive projects. I most recently worked as a producer on SBS's flagship current affairs program, Insight. I also assist with programming at Sydney's Antenna International Documentary Fest.