About

I’m Kellie Jennar

I love connecting people and making things happen.

I hate seeing anyone sitting alone, not sure what they should be doing, or if they belong. This is where my passion for connecting people comes from.

I love connecting people and making things happen.Storytelling and screen production helps me achieve these goals.

Writing, and producing films, tv, and other screen content allows you to create a visual story that can be watched by many simultaneously, forming a unique emotional connection. Humans crave connection, to know that other people have had similar experiences, and to know they are not alone.

Writing prose – short or long form – allows you to create a more intimate connection with the reader. I craft stories from my imagination, and the reader then consumes that story from the lens of their own life experience and imagination. Each reader will have a unique response to the words I have written.

I get a certain thrill out of producing and being a fixer. Using my local connections, initiative, and problem solving skills to help a production bring a story to life on time, and on budget is my kinda jam.

Building the Dubbo Region into a world class screen industry hub is a long running passion of mine. This is why I volunteer on average 10 hours a week to NFP Dubbo Filmmakers Inc., apply for grants to upskill local screen practitioners, and build regional capabilities and capacities.

I also volunteer for NFP Creative Assembly Central West NSW Inc., to bring together all the local creative and cultural individuals and organisations, helping them share who they are, what they create, and what they do with the community.

Studies

Certificates in screenwriting from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, and the New York Film Academy.

Completing the prestigious Faber Writing Academy with publisher Allen and Unwin.

In 2022 and 2023 I studied Method Writing with Los Angeles writer, Kevin Jacobsen.

Over the years I have completed dozens of short workshops on screenwriting, storytelling, and producing.

I am currently completing a Diploma of Project Management

Current Working With Children Check

Current National Police Check

Board Positions

President, Dubbo Filmmakers
Secretary, Creative Assembly
Committee member, SPARC – Shaping Plans to Advance Regional Culture

Awards

2022 Dubbo Day Award
2021, Cultural Person of the Year
2017, SEED Grant, ScreenNSW
2016, Createability Grant, Screenworks

Highlights

2023, Being selected to the competitive and prestigious Faber Writing Academy with publisher Allen & Unwin
2022, Organising 10-year anniversary of the One Eye Film Festival, with special guests Jonathan Page and Ngali Shaw.
2021, Fixer for the Dubbo episode of The Amazing Race
2019, Organising David Stratton to be the special guest at the Dubbo Film Society’s 30-year anniversary celebrations.
2019, Invited as a guest speaker at WIFT’S Raising Film Initiative
2019, Partnering with Dubbo Regional Council to present a free community screening of documentary 2040
2018, Organising a red carpet screening of Sweet Country, with attendance by Warwick Thornton for the Dubbo Community
2018, Representing Dubbo at the 2025 NSW Arts Summit and follow up focus groups
2017, Invited to the Natalie Miller Leadership Conference
2016, Accepted into the Athena Project, ScreenWorks
2015, Coordinating the Latin American Film Festival in Dubbo, attended by the ambassador from Uruguay. Dubbo was the first Australian regional city the festival toured to and is now an annual event.