Verena Thomas (Director / Producer)

Born in Germany, Verena Thomas is now based in Sydney, where she completed a Masters of Media Arts and Production at the University of Technology. For the last decade she has worked in the Australian and international film and television industries as a motion graphics designer and editor. During that time, she has focused primarily on non-fiction and has been involved in a number of award-winning documentaries. She combines her technical knowledge and interest in strong visual concepts with a passion for social and political documentary.
Papa Bilong Chimbu is Verena’s first long-form documentary as director and producer. In 2006, she returned to Papua New Guinea to show the film at a series of community screenings. Now, as part of her Doctorate of Creative Arts, she is working to set up media workshops in the Chimbu province of PNG to enable the people to record and tell their own stories.