ALUN BARTSCH
Writer, Researcher, Producer
Alun has a wide rage of experience across many
writing disciplines including broadcast documentaries and series,
corporate films and advertising.
BROADCAST. Alun has a number of broadcast documentary credits as writer.
Among them, X-Pats - The Alien Connection, a one hour ABC
documentary that was broadcast on ABC in Australia and the BBC and
Channel 5 in the UK, plus Just a game, a one hour documentary on
the Nine Network for CM Films.
Alun has also written ‘What In The World Is Feng Shui?’ an
international documentary by Mago Films and distributed by Carlton
International. Alun was also Narration Consultant on the one hour
theatrically released documentary ‘Hoover’s Gold’. This programme
appeared on SBS in Australia in 2006.
Alun has recently completed his fourth 8-part ABC series ‘Surfing the
Menu’ that has been filmed throughout Australian and New Zealand on
which he was researcher, writer, second unit director and book author
and all four series.
Alun also wrote and co-produced the recent two series, The Best in
Australia.
Alun has also recently completed a series of six five-minute
interstitial programmes for Mago Films, shot throughout Western
Australia from Broome in the north to Margaret River in the south for
Foxtel’s Lifestyle channel.
CORPORATE. Alun has written and directed corporate productions for
Carlton and United Breweries (Fosters Group), Matilda Bay Brewery,
University of Malaya, Secure Systems, Asgard Investments, City of
Joondalup and the Fraser Properties Group in Singapore and London.
In addition he has written and directed two national training films for
Telstra in Melbourne and Sydney and a corporate and training film for
the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
ADVERTISING. Alun has been creating advertising brand strategies and
award-winning campaigns for more than twenty years. In Melbourne, Perth
and London.
Alun began his advertising career in Perth at DMB&B Masius as Copywriter
working on Peters Ice Cream, Festival of Perth and Bond Corporation then
onto Mojo MDA as Senior Writer on State Electoral Department,
Commonwealth Training Scheme, Commonwealth Employment Service,
Australian Airlines and Australia Post.
In London, he worked for Burton Wisgard Doxat Advertising for four years
on Charterhouse Bank (Royal Bank of Scotland), Tate & Lyle, Alitalia
Airlines, Powerbreaker, South Western Bell Telecom, ASEA white-goods,
Perpetual Unit Trusts, Tyne Tees Television and London Independent
Hospitals.
In Melbourne Alun was Creative Group Head at DDB Needham on Telstra (Mobilenet,
Commander and Corporate), the Nine Network and Government Bonds of
Victoria (Vic Treasury) and worked on the Cadbury, Schweppes account.
In Melbourne Alun has also been Creative Group Head at Healthcare
specialist agency, Sudler and Hennesy (a division of Young & Rubicam).
Here he was involved in the launch of Monopril, ProHIBit, Engerix-B and
Pravachol and worked on Capoten, Ventolin, Beconase AQ, Augmentin,
Zantac, Veracaps SR, Chlorsig and Oncotain. Alun has won a silver award
for healthcare advertising in the Rx Awards of New York and a number of
awards in the MADCs.
Returning to Perth, Alun has worked as Creative Director on a
significant number of Societal Advertising projects. Among them Health
Department of Western Australia, Insurance Commission of Western
Australia, Department of Commerce and Trade and Australian Red Cross. As
well he has worked on Nissan, Carlton & United Breweries (Fosters
Group), Matilda Bay Brewery, Fruccio Ice Cream, Western Potatoes, Golden
Egg Farms and Dorsogna. Plus international homeware brands Le Creuset,
Screwpull, Wüsthoff Trident, Grants of Dalvey and William Bounds.
Alun’s awarded work appears on numerous occasions in AWARD (Australian
Writers and Art Directors), MADC (Melbourne Advertising & Design Club),
PADC (Perth Advertising & Design Club), The Caxton Awards, Campaign
Brief Best of Year Award, Australia Post Direct Mail Awards and the Rx
Awards of New York.
Alun Bartsch. +61 411 88 68 22
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