David Jowsey is an Australian film producer, co-founder of Bunya Productions.
15 Facts About David Jowsey
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David Jowsey is known for producing many films made by Indigenous Australian filmmakers.
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David Jowsey's mother used to take him to the cinema a lot and he developed a deep love of storytelling and films as a child.
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David Jowsey was on the production team for the first episode of Waka Huia, which went to air in 1987.
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David Jowsey was a lecturer at Australian Film, Television and Radio School as well as being employed by the ABC.
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David Jowsey went to work with Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Alice Springs for two years, where he was manager in around 1997.
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David Jowsey ran the video section and made many friends and lifelong connections in the industry, including Erica Glynn, Steven McGregor, Danielle MacLean, Warwick Thornton, Rachel Perkins, and many others, who continue to collaborate.
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David Jowsey oversaw a great number of television programs, including live entertainment and special events; magazine series; music programs; drama; as well as more than 100 documentaries and documentary series.
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When working at the ABC, David Jowsey commissioned a film by Indigenous writer and director Ivan Sen called Beneath Clouds, which was very successful.
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Sen and David Jowsey made their first big hit with Mystery Road, released in 2013, from which arose a television series of the same name from 2018 onwards.
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In 2014, David Jowsey characterised Sen as the creative leader, but very technically-minded, while he looked after the business end, managing the bureaucracy involved in getting films funded.
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David Jowsey had extensive experience at the ABC in television before joining the company in 2015.
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In 2016 David Jowsey produced Jasper Jones, directed by Rachel Perkins.
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Nicholas Godfrey, senior lecturer in screen at Flinders University in Adelaide, wrote that David Jowsey "is one of the most influential figures in shaping Australia's screen landscape over the last decade", and, of Bunya, "Few production companies have contributed as consistently to the development of Australian screen culture in recent years".
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In September 2022, David Jowsey was the recipient of the Don Dunstan Award, awarded by the Adelaide Film Festival, for his contribution to Australian screen culture.