Northern Pictures

Northern Pictures is an Australian-based television production company, which develops and produces unscripted and factual television programs for multiple television channels in Australia and internationally. The company was founded by Sue Clothier in 2010.[2]

In 2013, Clothier sold the company to David Haslingden, a media executive who also acquired New Zealand company NHNZ around the same time, through his Racat Group.[3] In the same year, the company formed a joint venture with Keshet International to operate Keshet Australia.[4]

In 2017, Haslingden sold his production company holdings (including Northern Pictures) to Canadian company Blue Ant Media.[5]

In 2018, the Australian Geographic publication was sold to Northern Pictures.[6]

Northern Pictures employs a number of staff including Peter Anderson (Managing Director), Karina Holden (Head of Factual), Catherine Nebauer (Head of Kids & Scripted) & Tosca Looby (Factual Series Producer/Director).

Productions

• Austin (ABC, 2024-present)
• Better Date than Never (ABC, 2023-2024)[7]
• Changing Minds (ABC, 2014–2015)[8]
• Employable Me (ABC, 2018)
• Hardball (ABC, 2019-present on ABC Entertains (formerly ABC Me))
• Ice Wars (ABC, 2016)
• Kakadu (ABC, 2013)[9]
• Life on the Reef (ABC/PBS, 2015)[10]
• Love on the Spectrum (U.S. version, Netflix, 2022–present)
• Love on the Spectrum (Australian version, ABC/Netflix, 2019–2021)
• Luke Warm Sex (ABC, 2016)
• Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl (SBS, 2014)
• Once Upon a Time in Carlton (SBS)[11]
• Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta (SBS, 2012)
• Outback (PBS/Nine, 2017)[12]
• Saltwater Heroes (Discovery Channel, 2015)

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