Kirsty Stark

Kirsty Stark is an Australian film producer based in Adelaide, South Australia. In 2010, she established a production company called Epic Films, and in 2023, an online platform called CrewHQ, which provides an online jobs market for freelancers in the Australian film industry. She is known for her work on the 2018 ABC iview series Unboxed and 2020 TV drama series First Day. She is the development producer in the South Australian office of Matchbox Pictures.

Early life and education Kirsty Stark grew up in Adelaide. As a child and teenager, she read voraciously and "just always had an interest in storytelling". at Flinders University, where she studied film.

She later undertook Seth Godin's "altMBA", a month-long "online leadership workout".

Career Stark spent five years working in cinematography as a camera assistant. in 2010. Epic Films won was Screen Producers Association of Australia's Breakthrough Business of the Year in 2016.

She produced the 2015 feature film A Month of Sundays (for Madman), directed by Matt Saville and starring Anthony LaPaglia and Justine Clarke.

In 2018 she co-produced, with Rebecca Elliott, the ABC iview series Unboxed, written and directed by Sam Matthews. In the series, six transgender artists – including a dancer, a musician, a writer, and a graphic artist – create a work based on the theme "unboxed", while talking about their experiences.

She was co-producer on the 2020 children's TV series First Day and (for Matchbox), on the 2020 TV drama series Stateless

Other production companies she has enjoyed working with include Closer Productions, Dinosaur Worldwide, and Studio Sunkie & Young Black Youth, and chooses to stay and work in Adelaide.

Other activities In 2023, Stark established the online platform CrewHQ, which supports freelance film crew by providing a national online jobs market, and also runs an annual conference, CrewCon.

Stark is co-chair of The Mercury. She has given presentations at SXSW, TEDx Adelaide, AFTRS, and the South Australian Film Corporation.

Recognition and awards 2010: Inaugural NFSA and ACS John Leake OAM ACS Award for an Emerging Cinematographer 2019: Unboxed: Grand Jury Prize and Best Documentary, at the South Australian Screen Awards 2023: Listed in the "40 Under 40" list of leaders by Solstice Media