A little bit about us
Hey there! We’re BY GEORGE STUDIOS, a Canberra video production house.
We’re passionate about creating compelling screen content. We also make great coffee!
Robb Shaw-Velzen ACS
Canberra Cinematographer / Director
Bio
Robb is an ACS-accredited Canberra cameraman with an international film and television career spanning 30 years. He has won 17 Australian Cinematographers Society Awards, including 7 Gold NSW/ACT Awards, and was the recipient of a prestigious Golden Tripod at the 2009 National Awards for Cinematography.
His credits include:
– DOP on the Sci Fi feature BLUE WORLD ORDER (2017) and the anthology feature LOCKS OF LOVE (2014)
– Additional Camera Main Unit and BTS DOP on Foxtel’s SECRET CITY series 1 (2015)
– DOP on HBO’s THE MAKING OF THE PACIFIC (2010)
Robb has shot for all Australia’s TV networks and numerous international news agencies. He has travelled the world working on SBS DATELINE documentaries in Bosnia, SURVIVOR PALAU and GOOD MORNING BRITAIN.
He was awarded Best Director and Best Cinematography for the short PAST IMPERFECT in the 2015 Canberra Short Film Festival, in the Canberra category. The film has gone on to screen at the Byron Bay International Film Festival, Canberra International Film Festival, New York Mental Health Film Festival and LA Flicks4Change Film Festival.
After 14 years as President and Vice President of the Australian Cinematographers Society ACT Branch, Robb is now the ACT Treasurer, and is the youngest person ever to be honoured with Australian Cinematographers Society Life Membership in recognition of his services to the Society. Robb recently was awarded with the Ron Windon ACS Contribution Award.
Robb is an ACS Accredited cinematographer. This puts him in an elite category of Australian cinematographers whose work has been deemed of exceptional, cinematic quality. See more at The ACS Website
Robb is also one of only nine DaVinci Resolve Certified Instructors in Australia and NZ. Call us to discuss a personal or group training course to suit your needs.
Georgina Jenkins
Writer / Producer
Bio
Georgina established BY GEORGE STUDIOS in 1998 after a career in advertising, marketing and public relations in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
Her screen career and projects have been supported by Screen Australia and Screen Canberra, and her television drama series based on the book WITH MY LITTLE EYE is currently in development with Beyond Entertainment.
In 2020 Georgina was one of 16 filmmakers selected from 1800 participants to make a short film in the inaugural Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge. THE GIRL ON THE MOON, which is a proof of concept for a TV series she has in development, screened at 22 national and international film festivals and won several awards including Best Film at the LA Sci Fi Film Festival and the Russell Bates Award at the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival.
Georgina won the 2020 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Regional Landscapes Pitch for her feature project BLACKBIRD and the screenplay is showcased on the Australian Writers’ Guild’s prestigious Pathways Program.
She worked as Production Coordinator on the feature 6 FESTIVALS (2022) and Producer Attachment to Emmy-nominated producer Joanna Werner on the feature DANCE ACADEMY: THE MOVIE (2017) and the TV series SECRET CITY (2016).
In 2016 Georgina was one of 12 filmmakers selected from around Australia for Screen Australia’s Genders Matters career development initiative The Athena Project run by Screenworks.
She is a member of the Australian Writers’ Guild, Screen Producers Australia, a founding member of the ACT Screen Industry Association, and co-founder of The Orchard, a screen industry incubator for women.
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ROBB SHAW-VELZEN ACS ON COLOUR GRADING WITH DAVINCI RESOLVESeptember 27, 2019 - 4:33 PMThere is a distinct difference between colour correction and colour grading. Find out more here…
BY GEORGE STUDIOS certified by CASA to fly drones commerciallyAugust 9, 2019 - 5:07 PMThe drone industry has exploded in just a few short years. It’s taken a while for laws to catch up, but after a string of incidents in Australia and around the world, most recently at London’s Gatwick and Heathrow Airports where thousands of flights were disrupted, Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA ) is now regulating the sector much more stringently to ensure public safety.
Canberra Times, Panorama, March 2010June 28, 2018 - 3:51 PMIn celebration of our 20th birthday, we’re going back into the archives to reminisce about some of our highlights from the past two decades. This one’s a cracker! In 2007 By George Studios beat out production companies in Melbourne and Cairns to secure a 16 month contract…