crowded house - feature documentary
Over the past year, I've been working full time as post-production supervisor and archive producer on a Crowded House documentary. As post supervisor, I oversaw the post-production pipeline, while as archive producer I tracked down unique and rare archive across Australia and New Zealand, working alongside New Zealand archive producer Janine Hedley. I also mentored two edit assistants as part of a Screen Australia skills development initiative aimed at upskilling people in archival documentary filmmaking. While the editors have their heads down in the cut, I'll be stepping back in to finalise the later stages of post production later this year - but in the meantime, my books are open for 2026.
A feature-length documentary that dives deep into the Crowded House journey, unravelling the psychological complexities they faced in the wake of their meteoric rise, and spotlighting the evolution of the current line-up that includes Neil's two sons, Liam and Elroy Finn. Woven from a treasure-trove of never-before-seen family and band archive, candid interviews, and more, the narrative moves between the past, present and a dream-like place of investigation and analysis that has the genius of Neil Finn's song writing at its core. Crowded House is a co-production between Ghost Pictures (Mystify: Michael Hutchence, Autoluminescent, In Bob We Trust) and Academy Award-nominated producer, Carthew Neal (Jojo Rabbit, Tickled) and his production company Fumes. Financed by the New Zealand Film Commission in association with the ABC and VicScreen. Produced with the support of Primary Wave and Nude Run. An Australian-New Zealand Co-production. Australia and New Zealand territories distributed by Madman.