27 Facts About Jo Dyer

Jo Dyer was born on 1969 and is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022.

Jo Dyer is known for the films Lucky Miles and Girl Asleep.

Jo Dyer was born in Melbourne in 1969, the youngest of three daughters.

Jo Dyer's parents were both academics, who proudly displayed their left-wing leanings.

Jo Dyer attended Presbyterian Girls' College on a scholarship, and became head of the SRC.

Jo Dyer then went to the University of Adelaide to study arts, at the same time as later politicians Natasha Stott Despoja, Penny Wong, Jay Weatherill, Christopher Pyne, Mark Butler and Pat Conlon, and political journalists Annabel Crabb and David Penberthy.

Jo Dyer graduated with a law degree, although admits to not being a good student because she was having too much fun.

Later in 2001 Jo Dyer was appointed executive producer of Sydney Theatre Company, first under artistic director Robyn Nevin, then Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, remaining in this position for 11 years before becoming a freelance producer for a few years, and in this time giving birth to her son.

In March 2018 Jo Dyer was appointed director of Adelaide Writers' Week, which takes place in March each year as part of the Adelaide Festival, starting with the 2019 event.

Jo Dyer has been a member of the external advisory panel to the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts at Flinders University, headed by Garry Stewart, along with Greg Mackie, Wesley Enoch, Rebecca Summerton, and others.

Jo Dyer is known for the films Lucky Miles and Girl Asleep.

Jo Dyer's films have been nominated twice for Best Film at the AACTA Awards, and she was given the Best Producer Award at the 2007 Asian First Film Awards at the 3rd Asian Festival of First Films in Singapore.

Jo Dyer established Soft Tread Enterprises in 2008, which produces independent projects in the performing arts.

Jo Dyer co-founded Rose Tinted Enterprises with magician James Galea, which produces magic and comedy shows on a variety of platforms.

The ABC recorded an interview with Jo Dyer, aired over two episodes of Four Corners and included in an article by reporter Louise Milligan, in which she said that she had believed her friend because of the level of detail she described.

Jo Dyer was awarded in costs from Porter in June 2021, and in January 2022, Porter and Chrysanthou were ordered to pay costs of for the case brought by Jo Dyer, although Porter was appealing the decision.

Jo Dyer attempted to gain pre-selection for the 2001 federal election as a Labor candidate, but was unsuccessful due to factional manoeuvring.

Jo Dyer is the author of a book, Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Australian Politics, published by Monash University Press in February 2022, which is critical of both the Coalition and Labor and examines the reasons behind the new Community Independents movement.

Jo Dyer was endorsed by Voices of Boothby to run as an independent candidate for Boothby at the 2022 federal election.

Jo Dyer's politics are based on personal conviction and her bid to run as an independent is an attempt to prosecute her convictions without getting "crushed" by factional politics.

Jo Dyer held British citizenship through her parents' birthplaces, so she applied to renounce her British citizenship in December 2021.

Jo Dyer had not received confirmation that the process had been completed when nominations closed.

Jo Dyer stated that if elected she would seek amendment of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia as she said that requiring candidates to renounce secondary citizenship is an inhibitor to attracting the widest range of people from diverse backgrounds.

Jo Dyer received 6.54 percent of primary votes cast in Boothby, and was not elected.

Jo Dyer has a son, Ezekiel, who went to school in Adelaide when she became director of AWW.

Jo Dyer's partner Tom Wright is a notable Australian playwright.

The older of her two sisters, Lesley Jo Dyer, is a film producer in Los Angeles.