Shane McNeil

As Development Manager, Shane is responsible for the delivery and management of Screenwest’s scripted project and practitioner development programs, including managing assessments and selection processes for all scripted development funds and initiatives.

Shane worked in the South Australian screen sector for over three decades in script development and program management capacities. He has previously worked for the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), where he developed their creative accelerator program TV MiniLab, and for film and television training organisation Media Resource Centre (now Mercury CX), where he oversaw events, programs, workshops and funding initiatives designed to support and develop emerging filmmakers. Additionally, Shane established the Screen Studies course at Flinders University, where he served as Foundation Lecturer and Head of Screen Production.

Shane has been employed as a script developer for internationally-renowned UK screen development company Arista, along with several Australian production companies including Cyan Films, Kojo Productions and Southern Light Alliance. His writing/directing credits include a number of short films and documentaries for ABC, SBS, Channel 7, SAFC, Adelaide Film Festival and Tropfest Short Film Festival; as well as serving as associate producer and co-producer on Kriv Stenders’s feature films Lucky Country and Boxing Day, respectively.