Biography

Cathy Henkel works as a producer, writer and director of documentaries, online and interactive content. Her Brisbane-based company, Virgo Productions, produced the award-winning cinema version of The Burning Season (IF Award 2008; Canada International Film Festival, Rising Star Award 2010; nominated for Gold Panda and Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary on a Business Topic). The film launched at Tribeca Film Festival in New York, screened in select cinemas around Australia and was released on DVD in April 2010. Cathy is also developing a multi-platform documentary on cinematographer Don McAlpine and a feature film. Her previous television credits include "Heroes of our Time", Walking Through a Minefield", "Losing Layla", "The Man who Stole my Mother's Face", (Winner at Tribeca Film Festival and IF Award 2004) and "I told you I was ill" about Spike Milligan which screened in seven countries to over 5 million people. In 2009 Cathy was awarded Documentary Producer of the Year at SPAA for her work on The Burning Season. Cathy has just completed a PhD at Queensland University of Technology on development of screen industries in regional areas.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tara Wardrop

Has a PhD in Screen Production.

Won the Screen Producers Association of Australia award for Documentary Producer of the Year in 2009.

Was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Documentary making is about bringing an audience to an experience they may not be aware of or have not seen before.

Films can and do create awareness.