Joanna Werner Joanna Werner i(A136468 works by)
Gender: Female
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Joanna Werner's first credit as a producer is believed to be the 15 minute short film by Ben Chessell, Heartworm (2003). Two years later she was engaged as Assistant Producer on the children's television series Scooter: Secret Agent (2005) and Wicked Science (2005). Between 2007 and 2008 Werner produced the children's series The Elephant Princess (for Jonathan M Shiff Productions), followed by the second series of H2O- Just Add Water (also produced with Jonathan Shiff). The series won the 2009 Logie for Most Outstanding Children's series, was nominated for an AFI Award and won the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award for Most Popular Children's series. H20 has since gone on to be a international success selling to over 130 territories worldwide including Nickelodeon in the US. It has also been translated into over 20 languages.

In 2008 Werner established Werner Film Productions. The company's first offering, Dance Academy, is a 26 part live action teen drama series co-produced with ABC Television, ZDF (Germany) and the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Among Werner's other career credits to 2010 are the 50 minute telemovie The Heartbreak Tour (SBS Television) and the first series of H2O (as associate producer).

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form y separately published work icon Dance Academy ( dir. Ian Watson et. al. )agent 2010-2013 Australia Melbourne : ABC Television Werner Film Productions , 2010- Z1732091 2010 series - publisher film/TV children's

A co-Australian and German television series, Dance Academy revolves around Tara Webster, a young woman who has grown up on property in outback Australia all the while dreaming of becoming a dancer. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance, Tara realises that her life is about to change forever. As the series progresses, she also comes to realise that she is not alone in this journey.

2014 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program
2013 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Children's Television Series Television Nominated for Series Three
2013 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program
2012 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Children's Television Series Nominated for series two.
2012 nominated The International Emmy Awards Children & Young People
2011 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Children's Program
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