Barbara Stephen is the Managing Director of Flying Bark Productions, creating iconic animated children’s entertainment since 1968. Barbara has worked as a producer for over ten years, including a vast slate of corporate, advertising and long-form productions. Barbara worked as a producer on the hit AFI-nominated series Erky Perky at Ambience Entertainment and later line produced the pre-school series Magical Tales and animated short film Hog. Barbara line produced the two-time KidScreen and AFI award-winning hit series for ABC 3, The Adventures of Figaro Pho, before joining the team at Flying Bark where she produced the ZDF/Network Seven series The Woodlies, nominated at the Stuttgart Festival for Best Animated Series. Barbara has most recently produced the multi award-nominated Maya the Bee Movie, as well as producing flagship new fantasy and adventure ABC/Network Seven series Tashi, adapted from the internationally renowned children’s books. Barbara is bringing her formidable expertise in the children’s animated genre to produce the highly anticipated CGI revival of the much loved Australian classic, The Blinky Bill Movie and is currently working on a slate of new projects, including a sequel to Maya the Bee Movie and a Blinky Bill TV series.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
