Trisha Morton-Thomas

Trisha Morton-Thomas, also known as Patricia Morton-Thomas, is an Anmatyerr woman born in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is a writer, producer, director and actor who has worked in the Australian film industry since 1998 when she appeared in Radiance, the first feature film by director Rachel Perkins.

Morton-Thomas and Rachel Clements co-founded filmmaking company Brindle Films in Alice Springs in 2011.

Career

Morton-Thomas grew up in Alice Springs and the remote Northern Territory. She started her career at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) in 1983, where she worked as a volunteer radio announcer and later as a cadet journalist until 1990 when she moved to Darwin to work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation there.[1]

In 1991 Morton-Thomas moved to Sydney with her good friend Rachel Perkins, who, she says, "dragged me along with her".[2]

In Sydney she worked with the newly formed Bangarra Dance Theatre as a sound technician, collaborating with David Page on the soundtrack for Bangarra's first ballet, Praying Mantis Dreaming. 1993 saw Trisha studying with Noel Tovey in the Uta Hagen acting technique at the Eora College for Performing Arts.[1]

After finishing at Eora College, Morton-Thomas appeared in Radiance in 1998, directed by Perkins. She played the main character, Mae.[3]

In 2004, she returned to Alice Springs and began working with CAAMA as a production manager, producer, and director for their film production slate.[1]

In 2007 Morton-Thomas joined the newly established National Indigenous Television as a commissioning editor, later being promoted to senior commissioning editor.[3]

She was a presenter on the ABC Television show Message Stick.[4]

In 2011 Morton-Thomas formed Brindle Films with Rachel Clements. Based in Alice Springs, Brindle films has produced feature films, documentaries and television shows.[5]

In 2020 it was confirmed that ABC and Brindle Films would partner to produce MaveriX, a drama TV series aimed at children and young teenagers set in the world of junior motocross, which would be the largest ever local productions for the NT. It was shot in Alice Springs in 2021[6] and premiered on ABC Me on 1 April 2022.[7]

Morton-Thomas and Rachel Clements co-produced the feature documentary Audrey Napanangka, made by filmmaker Penelope McDonald, her son Dylan River, and others. The film took around 10 years to make and was released in 2023.[8][9]

Filmography

Film/TV
Year Title Role Notes
2019, 2024 Total Control (TV series)[10] Jan Irving 4 episodes
2024 High Country[11] 8 episodes
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Mary 1 episode
Ten Pound Poms (TV series)[12] Auntie May 4 episodes
2022 True Colours Theodora 4 episodes
MaveriX[13] Barb Brewin 4 episodes
2020 Thalu The Principal 1 episode
2017 Nobody's Child Nana Mae Short
2015 8MMM Aboriginal Radio[14] Lola 6 episodes
2013-12 Redfern Now Aunty Mona 2 episodes
2002 Mimi Mimi Short
1998 Radiance Mae
Producer/crew
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Audrey Napanangka Producer
MaveriX Producer/cultural consultant 10 episodes
2021 Democracy, Darling! Producer Short
Uluru and the Magician
History Bites Back
2019 Robbie Hood Cultural consultant 6 episodes
Not Just Numbers Executive producer
2018 Finke:There and Back Producer
2017 Occupation: Native Producer
Coat of Arms Short
The Song Keepes
2015 8MMM Aboriginal Radio Producer 6 episodes
2007 Wiliberta Jack Development producer Short
2006 Always Have and Always Will Production coordinator Short
Sunset to Sunrise Short

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Trisha Morton-Thomas". Ronin Films. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Morelli, Laura (10 August 2017). "Trisha Morton-Thomas dishes up a fresh look at Australia's colonial past". NITV. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Trisha Morton-Thomas". Brindle Films. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Message Stick". Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "About". Brindle Films. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "ABC/Brindle Films' 'MaveriX' to be largest ever local production for the NT". IF Magazine. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (28 March 2022). "Airdate: MaveriX". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "About". Audrey Napanangka. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Audrey Napanangka (2023) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/total-control-filming-third-and-final-series.html
  11. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/more-cast-added-to-high-country.html
  12. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/05/ten-pound-poms.html
  13. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/airdate-maverix.html
  14. ↑ https://tvtonight.com.au/2015/04/airdate-8mmm-aboriginal-radio.html
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