Nadine Bates

Nadine Bates is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Like A Photon Creative, an international award-winning production company that specializes in children's content, including original Disney series, Balloon Barnyard and award-winning segments for Sesame Street USA's 45th and 47th seasons. In 2020 LAPC delivered three animated feature films in a ground-breaking slate deal with Universal Content Group. LAPC are one of the only female led/owned animation studios in Australia, producing every frame from their Brisbane offices. They have produced the next three animated features on the Universal slate, along with the independent feature Scarygirl. Named MIPCOM "Ones to Watch Producer" in 2020, Nadine sits on several industry advisory panels, judges the annual International Emmy awards and is completing her PhD in Children's Screen Content. In 2023 Nadine was named Outstanding Entrepreneurial Alumni from the Queensland University of Technology, alongside her business partner, Kristen Souvlis.