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Ramona Magazine: Q&A with Tosca Looby (Asking For It)

Interview of Tosca Looby by Ella Katz

Tosca Looby a creative director, writer and producer of factual programming and has made a cross section of Northern Pictures’ most celebrated and awarded output, including: Asking For It, Strong Female Lead, See What You Made Me Do and Magical Land of Oz.

Trained in journalism and programme making, Tosca uses deft storytelling to create compelling, challenging series and ‘one offs’, including thesis driven examinations of our most pressing social issues. She is also a seasoned producer of natural history and even side steps into arts programming for a little light relief!

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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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Northern Pictures wins Media Super Production Business of the Year at the 20th Annual Screen Producers Australia Awards

Last night, Northern Pictures was awarded Media Super Production Business of the Year at the 20th Annual Screen Producers Australia Awards held at the Star Event Centre on the Gold Coast. This prestigious award recognises a production business that has produced an outstanding body of work and has contributed to the advancement of the screen industry over the last 12 months.

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SBS and Screen Australia announce new documentary from journalist Jess Hill ‘Yes, No, Maybe’

In 2021 Jess and the team from Northern Pictures journeyed into Australian homes to explore a national crisis, domestic abuse, with See What You Made Me Do. In this bold, new, thesis driven series, Jess will use first-person testimony to explore the status of consent in Australia, following an explosive year of this issue in the headlines.

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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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