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Impian Films was created with the guiding principles of "hopes and dreams".Stephen Van Mil founded the independent Australian film production company; its head office is in Perth, Western Australia. Impian Films' first feature film is based on the multi-award winning novel The Drowner by Robert Drewe. Development began in 2008 with pre-production underway in 2010. Production is expected to begin in 2011. West Australian filmmaker Stephen is producing the feature film with Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey's Icon Productions, and has contracted renowned Australian-based screenwriter John Collee (Master and Commander, Happy Feet, Creation) for the script adaptation, and Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects, Gosford Park, The Constant Gardener) as UK co-producer. Stephen Van Mil also founded Animal Media Australia after 20 years experience in television, print and film. Previous productions include: • White Lions - King of Kings (2006) for Discovery Network/Animal Planet International • Saving Orangutans for the Ten Network Australia. • In conjunction with Fork Films, the award winning The Last Trimate (2008) was a world-released documentary narrated by Mel Gibson and featuring the amazing life work of Birute Mary Galdikas and orangutans in Indonesia. Upcoming projects include: • The Drowner - WA's largest feature film production to date - a languid and classic tale of love, passion, madness, death and human frailty, set against the gold crazed mining boom of the late 1800s in the waterless and desperate WA outback.. • Shallows - Based on true events, this feature film uses family generations of the town of Albany to explore the evolution of its long-standing whaling past, to Australia's best example of whale conservation. • Black Honeymoon - This action thriller follows a newlywed couple, pulled from Paris by love and a honeymoon and thrust deep into the Congo, where both bride and groom are in danger...especially from each other's darkest secrets. • Big Fish a global odyssey to unravel the mystery of the remarkable whale shark, the biggest fish in our oceans |
Stephen's passion for film was borne out of 20 years experience in television, print and film. With a Veterinary background, previous productions include wildlife documentaries ‘White Lions – King of Kings’ (2006) for Discovery Network/Animal Planet International and Saving Orangutans for the Ten Network Australia. Made in conjunction with Fork Films, the multiple award winning "The Last Trimate" (2008) is a world released documentary narrated by Mel Gibson and featuring the amazing life-work of Birute Mary Galdikas and orangutans in Indonesia. 
Jack Drewe has over 25 years experience in equity capital markets, structured finance, risk management and treasury in New York, London, Sydney and Asia. He has worked for Finance Houses Potter Warburg, JPMorgan, CBA and RBC Capital Markets. Jack arranges financing for alternative non correlated assets including film and entertainment, special situations, resources, funds and represents high net worth, family offices and institutional investors in Asia and globally. Jack has offices in Sydney and Singapore.
Katherine has wanted to work in the film industry since she found out the people on Play School get paid. After discovering that her acting had all the subtlety and nuance of a demented kangaroo in a stained glass window factory, she looked to working behind the camera, starting with media studies in high school.