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Ms Leonie Jones

Name :	Ms Leonie Jones
Position :	Lecturer (Media Production)
Section :	Faculty of Arts School of Creative Arts
Office :	A214
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 1056
Extension :	1056
E-mail :
Qualifications :	ADipRBAdm UNE BA USQ MLitt UNE

Professional Affiliations

International Oral History Association
Oral History Society
Oral History Association of Australia (Qld Branch)

Research Interests

Documentary film making
Oral History
Memory Studies
Australian Military History

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

They’ll Come Looking for You (2009), the story of Fire Support Base Coral, Vietnam 1968. On hour television documentary written and directed by Leonie and produced by Mianjin Entertainment for the History Channel Australia.

Assistant Producer on the award winning short film Gone Fishing, (35mm short film). Directed by Chris Jones, Produced by Living Spirit Films, 2007/08, Gone Fishing premiered at BAFTA, London January 12th 2008 and has won numerous international awards including Winner of Kodak Best Short Film Award 2008. It was short listed for the 2009 Academy Awards.

Paper
Speaker: War and Conflict Symposium 12-13 August 2005
Boys from the Bush Remember: Private and Public Memories of Veterans of the Battle of Milne Bay, New Guinea, 1942.

Guest Speaker: Battle of Milne Bay Day, Milne Bay Military Museum 21 August 2005

Forthcoming Conference Paper presentation at 14th International Oral History Conference, Sydney 2006: "Battle of Milne Bay Oral History Project Design: Practical and Theoretical Consideraions in design and Implementation."

"Battle of Milne Bay: A Soldiers Story", Documentary. Director, Writer,
55 minute Television documentary

Most notable :
Leonie in production of a short documentary on local world renown athlete Arthur Postle. It is due for release in November 2011.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

Scriptwriting
Cinematic Language
Sound Mix
Audio Production
BCA Project A (Co-ordinator & project supervisor)

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 12 years
Other : 8 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Discipline Co-ordinator Creative Media
Bachelor of Creative Arts
School of Creative Arts