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Meet the creative mastermind behind Netflix hit Love on the Spectrum

Australian producer Karina Holden created the groundbreaking TV series Love on the Spectrum in 2018 with director Cian O’Clery, Northern Pictures, and the ABC. Netflix began distributing a US version of the format in 2022. Love on the Spectrum has since won five Primetime Emmys and one International Emmy.

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Karina Holden named winner of $5,000 Southern Light Award

Northern Pictures’ Head of Factual Karina Holden is the inaugural recipient of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Southern Light Award, designed to celebrate luminaries of the Australian documentary and factual industry.

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Interview with Karina Holden – NP’s Netflix deal & coping with COVID-19 in the TV & film industry

Netflix has acquired Northern Pictures’ Love on the Spectrum, the ABC-commissioned docuseries which follows seven young adults on the autism spectrum as they take their first steps into the world of dating. The format’s co-creator, Northern Pictures head of factual Karina Holden, explains how the deal came about, discusses how the company has coped with the COVID-19 disruption and laments the ABC’s cuts to commissioning factual and entertainment shows.

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