Started worked as an Assistant Director when she was 20 and her first job was on the 1988 New Zealand action comedy Never Say Die
Won Best TV Drama at the 1996 New Zealand Film and Television Awards for her film Overnight
Got her first directing gig while AD'ing on the set of Heartbreak High after she told the producer she directs as well, and later, at his request, showed him some of her previous work
Winner of the ADG Award for Best Direction in a TV Mini-Series in 2013 for her work on Devil's Dust
Awards
2006Australian Film Institute Awards-Best Direction in Television:winner
2005Australian Film Institute Awards-Best Direction in Television:winner
2004Australian Film Institute Awards-Best Short Fiction Film:nominated