Pauline is founder and Artistic Director of Winda Film Festival in Sydney, was the programmer for imagineNATIVE media +arts festival in Toronto and is co-creator of NativeSLAM a 72-hour Indigenous film challenge held at Maoriland Film Festival in Otaki and nativeSLAM the feature.

Known for her extensive work in championing and producing the works of Australia’s emerging and Indigenous filmmakers. Pauline has spent the last twenty years helping to develop and mentor other filmmakers and their voices. Her roles have included being the Series Producer for ABC’s Messagestick from 2000-2004, the Indigenous training officer at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School from 2009 to 2013; and from 2013-15 she was the Commissioning Editor and Head of Internal Productions for NITV, creating among other things, the landmark initiative “Our Stories, Our Way, Everyday”. In 2015 she won the Stanley Hawes Award 2015 for Contribution to Australian Documentaries.

She is currently an Associate Professor, Manager of Cultural Resilience Hub, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research at the UTS. Pauline also shares her wisdom, industry experience and integrity with emerging creative entrepreneurs through Creative Plus Business. As a NSW Treasury endorsed Creative Specialist, Pauline helps independent filmmakers and other creative people to strengthen their financial sustainability so they can continue to make extraordinary art and stories with empowered, and viable, creative models.