Beck Cole is an Australian filmmaker of the Warramungu and Luritja nations.
16 Facts About Beck Cole
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Beck Cole is known for her work on numerous TV series, including First Australians, Grace Beside Me, Black Comedy and Wentworth, as well as documentaries and short films.
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Beck Cole is based in Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory.
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Beck Cole started working in media as a journalist when she got a cadetship at Imparja Television, when still at school.
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Beck Cole gained experience in both writing and presenting stories, and worked as a news and weather presenter.
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Beck Cole graduated from Charles Sturt University with a BA in Communication and Sociology, and soon afterwards started work in the Indigenous Unit at ABC Television, where she started her filmmaking career.
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In 2001, Beck Cole graduated with a Master of Arts Documentary from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where she was exposed to a number of Australian documentary filmmakers.
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Beck Cole was mentored by photographer and filmmaker Michael Riley, who co-founded Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative, until his death in 2004.
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Beck Cole established a working as well as a personal relationship with cinematographer Warwick Thornton, and along with producer Kath Shelper they called themselves "the trinity" since working together from 2004.
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Beck Cole worked as a writer-director on First Australians, the acclaimed documentary television series about the history of Indigenous Australians, along with Rachel Perkins and Louis Nowra.
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Beck Cole directed several episodes over three series of the Black Comedy, which won a 2015 AACTA award for Best Direction in a Light Entertainment or Reality Series.
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Beck Cole co-wrote the screenplay for the series along with Paynter, Nayuka Gorrie, David Woodhead, and Donald Imberlong.
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Beck Cole directed one of the segments of the anthology film We Are Still Here, which premiered as the opening film of the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
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In 2020 Beck Cole was co-presenter, with Warwick Thornton, of a five-day development workshop called the Aboriginal Short Film Initiative, held at South Australian Film Corporation's Adelaide Studios.
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Beck Cole was one of seven filmmakers featured in the 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane.
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Beck Cole was formerly married to director Warwick Thornton, whom she met in 1999.