FUTURE VISION is led by co-chairs, producer Bruna Papandrea (Nine Perfect Strangers) and showrunner Tony Ayres (The Survivors), alongside executive director Peter Ritchie, and supported by a dedicated and passionate production and programming team.

Bruna Papandrea

FUTURE VISION Co-Chair

Bruna Papandrea is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning producer behind iconic projects such as Gone Girl, Wild, and HBO’s Big Little Lies, which she developed while co-founding Pacific Standard with Reese Witherspoon.


  • Bruna Papandrea is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning producer behind iconic projects such as Gone Girl, Wild, and HBO’s Big Little Lies, which she developed while co-founding Pacific Standard with Reese Witherspoon.

    As Founder and CEO of Made Up Stories, Papandrea continues to champion female-led narratives through critically acclaimed series including The Undoing (HBO), Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu), Pieces of Her and Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix), Roar (Apple TV+), The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Amazon), and Strife (Binge).

    Her films include Luckiest Girl Alive, The Nightingale, Penguin Bloom, The Dry, and Addition, which recently premiered at TIFF. She also produced Warm Bodies, Better Than Sex, All Good Things, Smart People, and executive produced Milk.

    A passionate advocate for underrepresented voices, Papandrea was awarded the prestigious Order of Australia and the Byron Kennedy Award in 2024.

Tony Ayres

FUTURE VISION Co-Chair

Tony Ayres is an award-winning Australian showrunner, writer and director, and co-founder of Matchbox Pictures. In 2018 Tony established his own company Tony Ayres Productions (TAP), developing and producing films and television for global audiences.


  • Tony Ayres is an award-winning Australian showrunner, writer and director, and co-founder of Matchbox Pictures. In 2018 Tony established his own company Tony Ayres Productions (TAP), developing and producing films and television for global audiences.

    Tony’s work has been nominated for over one hundred Australian and international awards, and won over sixty including an International Emmy, a BAFTA, a Golden Horse, six AACTA awards, and six Logies.

    Tony was Executive Producer, Showrunner and writer on Netflix series The Survivors; Executive Producer on two seasons of ABC/BBC children’s series The Spooky Files; and creator/showrunner on The Slap, Nowhere Boys and global Netflix hit, Clickbait. He co-created and was Executive Producer on Glitch, Stateless, and Fires, and executive produced acclaimed shows such as Barracuda, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Wanted, Creamerie, The Devil’s Playground, Old School, Underground: The Julian Assange Story, The Straits, and The Family Law.

    In film, Tony directed Cut Snake, The Home Song Stories, and Walking on Water. He has also executive produced award-winning feature films such as Ali’s Wedding and Lou. His films have premiered and screened at A-list festivals around the world including the Berlinale and the Toronto Film Festival.

Peter Ritchie

FUTURE VISION Executive Director

Peter Ritchie has been Executive Director of Australians in Film since 2015.  He has transformed the non-profit cultural organization into a global artist development powerhouse that connects Australia’s best and emerging screen professionals.


  • Peter Ritchie has been Executive Director of Australians in Film since 2015. 

    He has transformed the non-profit cultural organization into a global artist development powerhouse that connects Australia’s best and emerging screen professionals to Hollywood via its prestigious professional development programs - UNTAPPED, Talent Gateway and Global Producers Exchange, co-presented with Screen Australia.

    In 2016, Peter envisaged and created Charlie’s, an innovative and unique business and networking hub. Based at The Lot Studios, Charlie’s is the epicenter of Australian creativity in Hollywood, supporting and birthing a number of original Australian film and television works.   

    In 2022, Peter produced The ANZ Writers Journey presented by Netflix in Sydney, Australia, the first artist development program ever hosted in Australia by AiF. 

    In October 2023, AiF brought out Australian screen icons Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Jason Clarke, Phillip Noyce and best new talent Amy Wang and Charmaine Bingwa to the inaugural SXSW Sydney for a series of exclusive industry showcases. 

    Peter oversees AiF’s flagship industry event in Australia, FUTURE VISION, a global television exchange for the world’s top minds, which is co-presented with Screen Australia and VicScreen at ACMi Melbourne.

  • Australians in Film Board

    Chair: Graeme Mason
    Deputy Chair: Samantha Lang
    Attorney: Karen Robson
    Board Members: Toby Borg, Jiao Chen, Emma Cooper, Nakkiah Lui, Simonne Overend, Penny Smallacombe, Richard Weinberg
    Board of Advisors: Tony Ayres, Laura Brown, Bec Smith, Bruna Papandrea, Charmaine Bingwa, Emile Sherman

  • Future Vision Production Team

    Event Producer: Rachel Harvey
    Program Producer: Lucinda Reynolds
    Associate Program Producer: Jonah Primo 
    Design and Brand Consultant: Laura Baxter
    Communications & International Guest Management Consultant: Emily Smith
    Publicist: Jane Lunn
    Production Coordinator: Andrés Vergara
    Assistant: Neal Mulani

“We are so enormously thrilled to have three of our television heroes coming to FUTURE VISION this year. Richard Gadd, Sally Wainwright, and Soo Hugh are undoubtedly some of the most exciting television creators in the world today. They create unforgettable worlds and characters that explode onto our screens, and they are masters of their craft. We cannot wait to engage with them in Melbourne and bring their thinking and provocation to the thought leaders at home.”

— Bruna Papandrea & Tony Ayres

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