SAE Creative Media Institute film graduate, Josh King is the Head Camera and Hub Producer on SBS’ hit show, Alone Australia. Josh shared how studying film at SAE and the art of networking in a highly competitive screen industry helped shape his path, to work on some of Australia’s biggest unscripted television shows – all at the age of just 33.
In the past year Josh has worked on projects with National Geographic, Channel 7, Nine and SBS’ highest rating show, Alone Australia; which drops ten survival experts, one by one, into a remote part of Tasmania to see how they go it alone.
‘It’s huge in America and has had nine seasons, so it’s great to be involved in the inaugural show here to help run boot camps and capture the beautiful landscape – the conditions were wild!’
Having studied the Bachelor of Film Production at SAE Byron Bay in 2012, Josh reflected on his time and how it pushed him to where he is today. ‘I think one of the main benefits of SAE is the diversity of the syllabus, being able to see what’s involved in production, and having an insight into different film departments was a great way to see which way I wanted to go with my career.’
Being around fellow creatives at SAE Byron Bay, like the Lundmark brothers, who now run Rest Your Eyes productions, convinced Josh he wanted to start his own company.
‘Studying with Jonatan and Sebastian, and then seeing them make a living from their business showed me that it was possible to do it myself – so I got to work.’
Josh has started to grow his production company, Artem Collective, working with clients like The ARIAs, Amazon, National Geographic, Vice, and every Australian broadcast network.
Being only in his early thirties, and already working with established shows and brands, Josh puts his success in the industry down to his upbringing and a focus on networking.
‘I’ve put a lot of value on networking, which was strongly encouraged at SAE. Trust is such a valuable commodity in the creative industries, given the turnover of people, so if you’re a likeable person and good at what you do, that will go a long way.’
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