Making The Film
Sally Ingleton - Director/Producer
Sally is the owner of the Australian company 360 Degree Films. She has been producing and directing award-winning documentaries for over 20 years. Specialising in science, nature, arts, history and social issues Sally has made programs for BBC, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, ABCTV, SBSTV, Arte France and NHK.
Sally has just finished Australia's Greatest Flood for National Geographic Channel USA and the one-hour Kangaroo Mob (ABC/YLE/RTBF/SVT) which takes a look at the mob of kangaroos causing havoc in Canberra, Australia's capital city.
In 2010 she produced the six part series Penguin Island (ABC/BBC/Arte France) about the Little Penguins on Phillip Island, Australia.
Currently in production is Devil island another 6 part nature series for ABCTV, ITV UK and France TV.
Sally completed John Gollings: Eye for Architecture (SBS/AVRO) in 2009, a unique journey into the world of cutting edge architecture in Australia and the Asian region through the personal lens of architectural photographer John Gollings.
In 2008 Sally produced Murder in the Snow – a 1 hour documentary about a fatal shooting of a Tibetan teenager on the Chinese border (SBS/BBC/TSR/YLE/RTBF/NGTI) and Community Cop (SBS/Film Australia) about a community policing program in inner city Melbourne.
Other works include:
2 Mums and a Dad (SBS), which won Best Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards and Best Documentary at the Australian Teachers of Media Awards.
Welcome 2 My Deaf World (SBS) which was nominated for Best Documentary at both the Australian Film Institute and Australian Teacher’s of Media Awards. It won the most popular film at the Real Life on Film Documentary Film Festival Melbourne.
Muddy Waters: Life and Death on the Great Barrier Reef (SBS) which received much international acclaim and won the coveted Jury Prize at Japan’s top environment Festival Earth Vision as well as the Best Environment and Conservation Award at the Japanese Wildlife Film Festival. It was also nominated for a UN Media Peace Prize, and short-listed for Best Documentary on sustainable development at the British Environment and Media Awards.
Painting Country (Produced by Electric Pictures for NHK/SBS) that followed a group of Aboriginal artists on a journey back to their traditional country in Australia’s Great Sandy Desert. It sold widely and won the silver Chris Award at the Columbus Film festival.
Mao’s New Suit (SBS/Ch4) charts the course of two Beijing fashion designers as they launch themselves on the Shanghai market. It won Best Documentary at Chicago and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Hawaii and Sydney International Film Festivals.
The Tenth Dancer (BBC/ABC) was about the rebuilding of the Cambodian ballet after Pol Pot. It was invited to over 20 international film festivals, including Cinema Du Reel and winning awards in Japan, Chicago and San Francisco (Golden Gate Award) plus a nomination for Best Documentary at Hawaii International Film Festival. It won Best Documentary 1994 Australian Teachers of Media Awards.