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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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Northern Pictures the big winner at SPA Awards

Northern Pictures was crowned Production Business of the Year at this evening’s Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards, while also taking home further gongs for See What You Made Do and Love on the Spectrum. The Sydney-based company triumphed in a field that included Bunya Productions, Hoodlum Entertainment, Jungle Entertainment and WildBear Entertainment.

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Four nominations for Northern Pictures at the 2021 AACTA Awards

Northern Pictures have been nominated for four awards at this year’s AACTA Awards: Strong Female Lead – Best Documentary; Love on the Spectrum (Season 2) – Best Factual Entertainment Program; Love on the Spectrum (Season 2) – Best Direction in Nonfiction Television (Cian O’Clery); and Hardball (Season 2) – Best Children’s Program.

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Love on the Spectrum nominated for a BANFF Rockie Award

Love on the Spectrum has been nominated in this year’s BANFF Rockie Awards, included with 142 nominees from 37 countries for the awards, which are held as part of the Banff World Media Festival. Australia is among the most represented countries in the field of international nominees for this year’s Rockie Awards, with titles up in six categories.

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Mashable.com: Netflix's 'Love on the Spectrum' will give you endless butterflies

Love on the Spectrum is an affecting show that paints telling portraits of human connection that are so lovely, so moving, and so wholly satisfying, it's hard to imagine reality dating being done any other way. Sure, I still want the rose ceremonies, pseudo-social experiments, and chaotic in-fighting in other franchises. But Love on the Spectrum is perfect as is.

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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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