Want to be a TV fixer? Andrea Gorddard says ‘knowledge is essential’

Logistics, location scouting, people skills, spreadsheets ... that's just the start of being a fixer in the screen industry.

Hi Andrea. What’s a TV fixer, and how do you become one?

I worked in TV production for more than 20 years in Australia, as a line producer and producer. I was head of production at a very successful production company in Sydney that looked after local work as well as big international broadcasters like Discovery, National Geographic and the BBC. I looked after many teams and oversaw the logistics of filming around Australia and overseas.

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Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He is Head of Content at ArtsHub & ScreenHub. Insta: @dalgarnowrites