Marian Bartsch
Executive Producer, Producer
Marian Bartsch is a Producer of a number of successful television documentaries and lifestyle series for the local and international market . From 2003 – 2006 she produced four series of the successful travel/adventure/Food series Surfing the Menu with Curtis Stone and Ben O’Donoghue. This series has sold into over 40 territories world wide.
In Dec 2009,Marian produced a new food series entitled Quickies in my Kitchen with Anna Gare for the Lifestyle Food Channel.
Between 2007 –2009 Marian produced three series of The Best in Australia for the Lifestyle Channel in Australia and this series is distributed by ABC Content Sales and will screen on UKTV in 2010.
Marian also produced the documentaries, What in the World is Feng Shui? X- XPats-the Pats-Alien Connection & Hoover’s Gold. Another documentary entitled The Fabulous Flag Sisters jointly won the Award for the Best Documentary at the 2008 Roma Film Festival plus four major awards at the 2009 (WASA) Western Australian Screen Awards in 2009.
Before she established her own independent film company, in February1999, Marian consulted to several Production Companies and travelled to Asia regularly securing television projects, documentaries, series and major corporate productions. This included a children’s magazine programme entitled Kids In Charge for Singapore Television and an Art series, One Small Island Island, a 13 part series about Singapore artists commissioned by Singapore TV12.
Marian also Executive Produced Appetite for Asia , a 13-part cooking/travel series shot in Singapore in 1998. This series was supported by Tourism Singapore and has been sold internationally.
In 1998 Marian executive produced the short film Pilbara Pearl. This film has won much critical acclaim (finalist at the 1999 Aspen Shortfest) and it screened on SBS, and Channel 4 Films in the UK. This short film won a gold ACS award in 1999, for best cinematography in Australia for a short film
SELECTED CREDITS
Television
Start Year |
Finish Year |
Production Title |
Production Description |
Role in Production |
2009 |
2010 |
Quickies in My Kitchen 13 x30 min |
ABC/Lifestyle Channel |
Series producer |
2009 |
2009 |
The Best in Australia series 3
8 x 46 minute |
The Lifestyle Channel
Screened Aug 09 |
Series Producer and Producer |
2008 |
2008 |
The Best in Australia series 2
8 x 46 minute |
The Lifestyle Channel
Screened July 08 |
Series Producer and Producer |
2007 |
2008 |
The Fabulous Flag Sisters
56 minutes |
SBS TV / FOX ITALY |
Producer |
2007 |
2007 |
The Best in Australia 8 x 46 minute
Series 1 |
The Lifestyle Channel
Screened July 07 |
Series Producer and Producer |
2006 |
2006 |
Surfing the Menu
8 x 26 minutes
Series 4 |
Eight-part Food, travel, adventure series.
ABC/Discovery Asia/Discovery UK/TV3 NZ/XYZ Entertainment channel |
Producer |
2005 |
2005 |
Hoover’s Gold |
SBS screened July 06 |
Producer |
2004 |
2005 |
Surfing the Menu
Series 2& 3 |
Eight-part Food, travel, adventure series. ABC |
Producer |
2003 |
2003 |
Surfing the Menu
8 x 26 minutes series |
Eight-part Food, travel, adventure series.
ABC/UKTV |
Producer |
2003 |
2003 |
Moving Stories with Tina Altieri. 6 x 5min vignettes |
Foxtel’s W channel |
Producer |
2001 |
2002 |
What In The World Is Feng Shui?
56 minutes |
Documentary.
Carlton International |
Producer
|
1999 |
2000 |
X-Pats – The Alien Connection
56 minutes |
Documentary.
ABC Accord |
Producer Director |
1998 |
1998 |
Appetite For Asia
13 x 26 minutes |
Thirteen-part
International food & culture series |
Executive Producer |
Short Films
Year |
Production Title |
Production Description |
Role on Production |
1998 |
Pilbara Pearl |
Short film. SBS, ABC, Channel 4 UK which was short listed at ASPEN FILM FESTIVAL
10 minutes |
Executive Producer |
Other Highlights
Year |
Production Title |
Production Description |
Role on Production |
1999 |
Pilbara Pearl |
Aspen Short-fest Finalist |
Executive Producer |
1999 |
The Catch Tele-movie |
Invited to pitch the project at the Market Simulation at the Banff International Television Festival |
Executive Producer/ Producer |
2004 |
Enterprise Australia Workshop |
15 well known Australian producers selected to participate in this residential workshop on the business of television |
Producer |
2004 |
National Cultural Tourism Conference |
Guest speaker at this major conference about the success of Surfing the Menu and the part such TV programmes assist tourism |
Producer |
2005 |
18th West Australia Screen Awards |
Award for Outstanding Achievement in the International Marketplace |
Producer |
2006 |
19th West Australia Screen Awards |
Award for Outstanding Achievement in the International Marketplace |
Producer |
2008 |
Roma Film Festival |
Winner of Best documentary The Fabulous Flag sisters |
Producer |
2009 |
22nd West Australia Screen Awards |
Four Award s for Excellence in a Documentary, Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. The Fabulous Flag Sisters |
Producer |
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