Julia Hammett-Jamart is a scholar and filmmaker. She forged her career in the Australian film industry, working firstly in film and television production, where she directed and produced projects for national broadcast, before expanding her professional engagement to include screen policy and education.

Career

Her first documentary, ''

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'', focused on the use of music therapy with developmentally delayed children. It was screened nationally by the Australian public broadcaster,

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, received extensive media attention and earned her a place at the

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. She subsequently made numerous short films, including ''Surrender'', which achieved theatrical release with AFI Distribution and received positive critical attention within Australia and at international film festivals. From 2004 to 2008, Hammett-Jamart held senior policy positions within the Australian government's film funding agencies (Policy Officer, Manager Governance and Strategic Planning). She was a member of the Transition Team responsible for overseeing the merger of the

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, the

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and

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into the current single agency,

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. Since obtaining her PhD in Media and Communications, she has published numerous articles on screen policy and presented papers at various international conferences and institutions, including the US Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) and the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS). She has delivered guest lectures at many leading European institutions including

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the

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, the

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, and the Institut National de l'Histoire de l'Art and has held visiting fellowships at the Université Paris III (UFR Arts et Medias) and the

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. Hammett-Jamart is known in particular for her research into policy implementation on

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s. In 2009 she relocated to France, where she co-founded the Coproduction Research Network. Her most recent publication is the collected volume ''European Film and Television Co-production: Policy and Practice''.

Publications

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References

External links

Web page at International Coproduction Research Network

Web page at Academia

Web page at imdb
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