Dr. Jan Cattoni
Bachelor of Arts Humanities (Hons), Grad Dip Media Production, Doctorate of Visual Arts, Registered General NurseLecturer - Screen/Film
School of Education and the Arts
Centre for Research in Equity & Advancement of Teaching & Education (CREATE), Creative Arts Research Training Academy (CARTA)
+61 411484642 Alternative Phone
42-52 Abbott Street - Level 3
Cairns, Qld 4870
Jan Cattoni is passionate about the importance of storytelling and its capacity to bring positive change to people's lives. Jan's professional career spans several disciplines including filmmaker, academic and paediatric intensive care nurse. Jan has woven these disciplines into a kind of hybrid career in ethical filmmaking, often working with vulnerable individuals and marginalised communities. Jan’s broadcast credits are as a writer director of short drama, documentary, and factual series for ABC, SBS and RTE (Ireland). After moving back to north Queensland, a decade ago, Jan has worked in many remote communities co-creating content for community and broadcast organisations, and mentoring emerging creators. In these environments, Jan has been able to explore participative filmmaking, collaborative scripting, and creative responses to complex issues. This work has attracted numerous awards. Jan's research interests are in creative practice research, and she is currently a Chief Researcher on the ARC Discovery Project, Future Stories, co-creating virtual worlds with young people in hospital. Jan is the lead of the Creative Arts Research Training Academy and a member of CREATE. Jan teaches into the Bachelor of Digital Media Screen Production Minor on the Cairns campus and is a member of Screen Queensland's, North Queensland Screen Advisory Committee.
Background
Jan lives in a very old Japanese House in North Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-15/traditional-japanese-house-north-queensland-restoration/102588266 and is committed to regional storytelling and representation,
Universities Studied At
Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, Queensland
Universities Worked At
Griffith University, Nathan, 4111 Queensland
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queensland College of Art, South Brisbane, 4101, Queensland
James Cook University, Townsville, 4810 Queensland
Central Queensland University, Cairns 4870, Queensland
Awards
Vice Chancellors Listing for Excellence for Doctoral Exegesis
Screen writing award: https://cinemaaustralia.com.au/tag/the-big-pineapple/
Numerous Filmmaking Awards
AVC Shining Star Award Cairns Campus
Media Citations
https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/2113503688.html?FMT=ABS
Vicarious trauma and emotion work in documentary filmmaking by Kym Meltzer
Previous teaching
Clincal Facilitator in Nursing, Griffith University
Lecturer in Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
Foundation Lecturer for a fully integrated problem-based Bachelor of Nursing at Griffith University, Brisbane
Casual Academic, Queensland College of Art, Morningside, Brisbane
Casual Academic, Griffith Film School, South Brisbane
Casual Academic, James Cook University, Townsville
Ten years teaching and mentoring in remote Indigenous communities in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Professional Experience
Jan has worked in the film industry as a writer, director and producer of documentary, drama and animation over a period of two decades.
Jan has taught digital storytelling in many remote locations across Australia and in Pacific Island Nations.
Jas has worked as a Clinical Nurse in the Paediatric Intensive Care Environment.
Jan has worked as a mentor and consultant for many organisations working in the health arts space.
Jan was the creative facilitator of the DFAT funded See Me Hear Me initiative, a capacity building program to address gender equity for muslim women working in film and media in Indonesia and Bangladesh:
Professional Memberships
Australian Writers Guild
Jan is an invtited member of the North Queensland Screen Advisory Committee
Responsibilities
Campus Coordinator Digital Media Cairns
Professional Interests
Gender Equity in the Film Industry
Collaborative scriptwriting
Participative filmmaking
Alternative production models
Diversity on screen and behind the camera
Key Achievements
Creator, Writer Director of 2 x broadcast series, Chopper Rescue 1 & 2 for ABC TV based almost entirely in north Queensland
Jan has mentored a number of emerging directors from remote Indigenous communities whose work has gone on to receive numerous awards
Jan is a CI on an ARC Discovery grant Future Stories.
Computer Software
Jan teaches eiditng and post-production using Adobe Premiere Pro.
Consultancy Work
Jan has worked as a mentor and consultant for many organisations working in the health arts space. She is currently the overseas collaborator in the University College Cork's: Research into the promotion of nursing and midwifery as a career of choice involving the media of film.
Jan has been a creative consultant and facilitiator on many projects including the following:
Keeping on Country: Recidivism Research Report, Doomadgee and Mornington Island
Indigenous Community Television Card Stories Series 1 & 2: https://www.corporate.ictv.com.au/productionsold/card-stories/
Indigenous Community Television Bedtime Stories: https://ictv.com.au/playlists/list/47
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 3605 Screen and digital media
- 3699 Other creative arts and writing
Current Capacity
Communication and Media Studies - Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies
My research interests include arts/health, narrative, participative filmmaking, consent. gender equity, alternative models of filmmaking.
