Lata Periakarpan
Funding Team Assistant
Lata Periakarpan assists the Funding Team with administrative and secretarial support in the areas of Scripted and Talent Development, as well as the Western Australian Screen Fund. She liaises with grant funding applicants, members of the screen industry and relevant stakeholders about Screenwest funding programs and processes, and can answer and/or direct all enquiries relating to funding guidelines. Lata has worked as a writers’ assistant across various writers’ rooms Australia-wide, more recently working as a Script Coordinator on a children’s television show. She was picked to participate in AFTRS WA Talent Camp in 2019, and subsequently National Talent Camp in 2020 where she developed her own young-adult project.