Member Profile: Michael Tear

Bearcage Productions, established in 1996 by Serge Ou and Michael Tear, has won over fifty awards within Australia and overseas for creative work and has been named a Telstra Business of the Year. Thanks to strong growth, initially in commercials and corporate and most recently in television, the Company now employs permanent staff of twenty.

To manage the growth and to concentrate the Company's television activity, Bearcage Films was established as a specialised entity in 2007.

Since 2007, Bearcage has completed Icons for FOXTEL, which was nominated for an Astra Award and For Valour, produced for History Channel and also nominated for an Astra. The recently commissioned series, As Australian As (10 x 24 min) is currently being broadcast on the Bio Channel and production has commenced on a commissioned documentary special on the life of Mary MacKillop.

Other documentaries have included Strong Men of Nquiu, broadcast on ABC Television, and Changing Landscapes, produced for National Indigenous Television.

In 2010, in conjunction with Mandala Films, Bearcage began offering a service to cash flow the Offset for producers of documentaries.

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