Northern Pictures
Australian television production studio
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Northern Pictures is an Australian-based television production company, which develops and produces unscripted and factual television programs for multiple television channels in Australia and internationally. The company was founded by Sue Clothier in 2010.[2]
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television |
| Genre | Television production |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Sue Clothier |
| Headquarters | Sydney , Australia |
Key people | Peter Anderson (MD)[1] |
| Services | Television program production |
| Parent | Blue Ant Media |
| Divisions | Australian Geographic |
| Website | northernpictures |
In 2013, Clothier sold the company to David Haslingden, a media executive who also acquired New Zealand company NHNZ around the same time, through his Racat Group.[3] In the same year, the company formed a joint venture with Keshet International to operate Keshet Australia.[4]
In 2017, Haslingden sold his production company holdings (including Northern Pictures) to Canadian company Blue Ant Media.[5]
In 2018, the Australian Geographic publication was sold to Northern Pictures.[6]
Northern Pictures employs a number of staff including Peter Anderson (Managing Director), Karina Holden (Head of Factual), Catherine Nebauer (Head of Kids & Scripted) & Tosca Looby (Factual Series Producer/Director).
Productions
- Austin (ABC, 2024-present)
- Better Date than Never (ABC, 2023-2024)[7]
- Changing Minds (ABC, 2014–2015)[8]
- Employable Me (ABC, 2018)
- Hardball (ABC, 2019-present on ABC Entertains (formerly ABC Me))
- Ice Wars (ABC, 2016)
- Kakadu (ABC, 2013)[9]
- Life on the Reef (ABC/PBS, 2015)[10]
- Love on the Spectrum (U.S. version, Netflix, 2022–present)
- Love on the Spectrum (Australian version, ABC/Netflix, 2019–2021)
- Luke Warm Sex (ABC, 2016)
- Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl (SBS, 2014)
- Once Upon a Time in Carlton (SBS)[11]
- Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (SBS, 2012)
- Outback (PBS/Nine, 2017)[12]
- Saltwater Heroes (Discovery Channel, 2015)