Biographies

Stevie Cruz-Martin

Mischa Ipp

Mischa has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Cultural Studies from "Curtin University of Technology". She majored in Performance and minored in Film and Television. Since leaving university Mischa has started her own film company called 7 Centaur Productions for which she has worked as an actor, director, assistant director, editor and writer.

Other than working for her own film company, Mischa has worked with Daniel Monks as a Cinematographer and on feature film sets, television sets and advertising sets in roles both behind and in front of the camera. She has worked with dramaturg Peter Matheson, JUTE Theatre and Mudlark Theatre as a writer.

Stevie first started making films with Scene 11 and Wind Reel and Print (W.R.A.P.) in Scotland in 2005. With these companies she had a variety of roles: writer, camera coordinator, actor and editor. While in Scotland, Stevie also had an exhibition of her still photography at The Aberdeen Art Gallery for her work on the Kinkorth Bridge of Lights Performance.

In 2007 Stevie returned to start up 7 Centaur Productions for which she has worked as a director, cinematographer, writer, actor and editor. This year she won Best Director at the Perth Actors Collective awards and has begun working with Launch Film Productions as a videographer and editor. Last year she was credited as Director of Photography for two other short films directed by Daniel Monks, worked on the feature film "Two Fists, One Heart", and a collection of other corporate film sets.