Hey there, I’m Joanne!

I’m an award-winning Australian-American screenwriter and producer, a playwright and founder of Sweetest Pit Bull Productions. I have a knack for writing underdog characters across multiple genres.

I’m a member of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and the Australian Writers’ Guild, and a playwright with The Writers’ Card community at The Royal Court Theatre in London.

I studied screenwriting at RMIT University (The Royal Institute of Technology) and playwriting at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in Australia.

My work has been recognized internationally, including a Best Feature Screenplay Finalist Award in the UK from The Golden Script Competition for ‘Sex, Drugs & Crow’s Feet’ which was also an Official Selection at the New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles. Additionally, my feature film script ‘You Had Me at Aloha’ won an Aloha Accolade Award at the Honolulu Film Awards. I also received Official Finalist Awards for my TV pilot script ‘Life of Groupies’ at the Hollywood Screenplay Contest, Beverly Hills Film Festival, and the Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest. And my short horror script ‘Hypnagogia’ was an Official Selection at the Horror Origins Film Festival in Arizona. 

My work also includes writing original short and one-act plays.