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Laurence Billiet Laurence Billiet i(20130061 works by)
Gender: Female
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'In a world where stories are everything, Laurence helped turn global brands such as Lonely Planet and Elite Models into cross-media storytelling organisations through the creation of their own TV shows, online video channels, editorial websites and social media.

'A creative with sound commercial, brand and marketing know-how, she developed and executive produced multiple TV shows that screened on channels such as National Geographic, Discovery, SBS and Eurosport. She was in fact the first producer worldwide to secure original commissions from US digital platforms Hulu and Current TV.

'​Laurence also has extensive experience in digital media - having launched one of the first video sharing sites (lonelyplanet.tv), pioneered several video channels and websites, and executive produced hundreds of online videos for platforms such as Vice, i-D, Hulu, Babelgum, Facebook Live and Youtube. Several of them reached over 1M individual views. She was made a Webby Award Honoree in 2011 with the web series ‘Freewheelers’ and her short viral animation ‘Oil Story’ won Best Commissioned Film at Animafest Zagreb 2012.

'More recently she staged large-scale fashion and music events across China and Europe for which she experimented with giant screens video.' (https://www.generalstrike.com.au/

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form y separately published work icon Freeman ( dir. Laurence Billiet et. al. )agent Australia : General Strike Matchbox Pictures , 2020 20130131 2020 single work film/TV

'A nation came together around Indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman who delivered when it mattered on the greatest stage on earth at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. 20 years on, this documentary sheds light on one of Australia's proudest moments.' (Production summary)

2021 winner New South Wales Premier's History Prize Digital History Prize
2021 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
2021 nominated AIDC Awards Best Documentary / Factual Single
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