EMILY VERDOUW
FILMMAKER. JOURNALIST. COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST
DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING FOR ORGANISATIONS
Find the story people care about
I make documentary films for organisations with stories that need paying attention to.
I find the compelling human stories inside what organisations need to communicate. Whether it’s about people, ideas, culture, impact or change, I shape them into films that stay with audiences.
With more than a decade across journalism, documentary and communications, I know how to get underneath the key messages, ask the questions that matter, and create space for people to be themselves.
Because when audiences are overwhelmed, distracted and sceptical, information alone rarely makes us care.
People do.
SELECTED CLIENTS & PLATFORMS
SBS VICELAND · BuzzFeed News · HuffPost · Obama Foundation · Network 10
SELECTED WORK
Start with the films
Sensitive subjects. Complicated ideas. Real people.
My work has taken me through football clubs, refugee homes, newsrooms, political movements and communities around the world.
DANGEROUS GAMES?
SBS VICELAND · The Feed
Directed · Produced · Narrated. Shot · Edited
2018 Young Walkley winner · Visual Storytelling
RESIGNATION SYNDROME
BuzzFeed News · Sweden
Directed · Produced · Shot · Edited
2019 Walkley Awards finalist
PORT ARTHUR MASSACRE: THE DAY THAT CHANGED AUSTRALIA
HuffPost · Tasmania
Director · Co-Producer · Shooter · Editor
FIGHT AGAINST MASS EXTINCTION
HuffPost · South Africa
Director · Producer · Co-shooter · Editor
TELEVISION & SHORTS
THE MAN BEHIND THE AQUABUMP LENS
HuffPost · Sydney
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
RAISE THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Project · Network Ten
Producer · Writer
MEET THE JELLYBEAN MINSTRELS
HuffPost · Sydney
Director · Co-Producer · Shooter · Editor
TESKEY BROTHERS
HuffPost · Sydney
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
CURRENT FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Seaford Experiment
A long-form documentary about concussion, football, science and the culture of playing on. In development.
FILMS FOR ORGANISATIONS
Not corporate video
Documentary storytelling
The strongest organisations are full of human stories. I find the people and ideas at the heart of what you’re trying to communicate, then shape them into films that feel real, not scripted.
DR. LAVINDA CODD: STROKE SURVIVOR TURNED RESEARCHER
Queensland Brain Institute
Research & human impact storytelling
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
AMINATA TOURÉ
Obama Foundation · Germany
People & leadership storytelling
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
OBAMA EUROPE TOWN HALL
Obama Foundation
Conference & highlight packages
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
SCHOLARSHIP PROFILES
University of Queensland
People & impact storytelling
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
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AFR BEST PLACE TO WORK
Future Group
Culture & employer brand
Director · Producer · Shooter · Editor
WE ARE THE TRILLIONAIRES WE NEED
Future Super
Campaign & purpose storytelling
Director · Co-Producer · Shooter · Editor
WHAT I DO
Documentary films for organisations
Signature films · Story series · Ongoing storytelling partnerships · Executive + interview films
From story development and interviews through production and post, I can lead the project end to end or build the right team around the story.