Michaela Perske

Michaela Perske is an award winning journalist and producer who made the transition from radio to television in 2004 with the documentary feature Footy Chicks (SBS) which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival. Followed by Inspiring Teachers (SBS), a 4 x 30 minute observational series and Making Babies (SBS) a 2x1 hour series.

In 2008/9 Michaela was the EP on Embedded (SBS) a 3 x 1 hour series where everyday people confronted wider issues facing the community.

In 2010 Michaela established Pursekey Productions and produced Boxing for Palm Island (ABC) directed by Adrian Russell Wills that opened the 2010 Message Sticks Film Festival. Boxing for Palm Island was a finalist in the 2010 IF Awards and has screened at a number of international festivals and sold internationally.

In 2011 Michaela was the Series Producer on Sex: An Unnatural History (SBS) a groundbreaking 6 x 26 minute series hosted by Julia Zemiro. In 2012 she and Adrian teamed up again to make the landmark documentary film 88 (ABC) supported by Screen Australia through the NDP.

More recently, she produced Destination Arnold for ABC TV which received a special mention at the Sydney International Film Festival in 2016. She was also the Executive Producer of the Screen Australia Hot Shots funded short film Dream Baby which won the AACTA for best Australian short in 2016 and the landmark documentary Servant or Slave for NITV.

Her work has sold internationally to broadcasters in UK, USA, NZ, Canada, China and Europe. She is currently in post production on the feature documentary film After the Apology and developing a slate of drama and documentary projects through her company Pursekey Productions.