Northern Pictures

Australian television production studio

Northern Pictures

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.com.au

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]

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

Changing Minds (ABC, 2014–2015)
Employable Me (ABC, 2018)
Ice Wars (ABC, 2016)
Kakadu (ABC, 2013)
Life on the Reef (ABC/PBS, 2015)
Love on the Spectrum (Netflix, 2019–2020)
Luke Warm Sex (ABC, 2016)
Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl (SBS, 2014)
Once Upon a Time in Carlton (SBS)
Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (SBS, 2012)
Outback (PBS/Nine, 2017)
Saltwater Heroes (Discovery Channel, 2015)

References

^ Groves, Don (7 February 2018). "Peter Anderson named MD of Northern Pictures as Sue Clothier moves to new role". If.com.au.
^ "Northern Pictures strikes the right balance". The Australian. 4 October 2015.
^ Delaney, Colin (20 February 2013). "Incoming Nine chairman David Haslingden buys Northern Pictures". Mumbrella.
^ Boon, Cameron (29 May 2013). "Keshet Media Group pushes into Australian with Northern Pictures partnership". Mumbrella.
^ Knox, David (26 May 2017). "Northern Pictures sold in Canadian deal". TV Tonight.
^ Tutty, Josie (2 March 2018). "Bauer Media sells Australian Geographic to Northern Pictures". Mumbrella. Retrieved 3 March 2018.