Meet the Creative Team
Bringing The Moth of Moonbi back to life takes more than research. It takes a passionate and skilled team dedicated to honouring the spirit of the original film while making it accessible to new audiences. Each member of our team brings their own expertise, vision, and love of storytelling to the project.
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Andrew is a PhD candidate at Griffith Film School, Griffith University. He is a researcher and filmmaker with a particular interest in film history and preservation. As a filmmaker, Andrew is interested in the intersection of drama and non-fiction storytelling. He is drawn to stories about cinema and community and enjoys exploring connections between the past and present in his work.
Andrew is keen to build on his earlier experience of recreating The Moth of Moonbi’s climactic cliff-fight scene and hopes that additional recreations of lost scenes will facilitate greater public access to and appreciation of Charles Chauvel’s original film.
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Ric comes from a proud filmmaking heritage as the grandson of legendary filmmaking pioneer, Charles Chauvel. With two decades of experience in the cinema industry, Ric has focused on film exhibition and nurturing screen culture, playing a key role in promoting diverse cinematic voices and enriching the cultural landscape.
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Carey is a writer/director living in Brisbane Qld. She has an interest in the silent era and dance films and combined those appetites for her doctoral film Empathy is the Devil. Apart from working as an academic in film, Carey does production design on shorts and indie features such as The Last Video Store and Appetite of a Nobody. After working as production designer on the first of Andrew’s The Moth of Moonbi recreations, she answered the call back to do more with a resounding YES!
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Kelly McIlvenny is an energetic visual storyteller. Working across film, photography, and higher education, Kelly explores narrative storytelling in all its forms. As an emerging Cinematographer, she has had the privilege to frame the shorts The Funeral Planner by Jessica Fisher and The Hunt for Saint Nick by Jordan Gillam. Her personal documentary work documents social change and female empowerment. Her print collection is a series of engineered serendipity with the natural world.
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Georgie Pilling is a Queensland-based actor, assistant director, and all-rounder lover of making films. She began her journey in performing arts at a young age. After graduating high school, she continued her studies at the New York Film Academy and has also trained with several other organisations, including Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and The Australian Film & Television Academy. As an actor, Georgie has been involved in many productions across film, theatre and dance.
Georgie was involved in the earlier recreation of The Moth of Moonbi’s climactic cliff-fight scene and will reprise her role as “The Moth”, Dell Ferris. This role has been particularly special to Georgie, as she takes on the character originally portrayed by Doris Ashwin, and honours the legacy of the film’s original filmmakers.
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Dylan is an award-winning actor appearing in leading roles in the tv series Good Cop/ Bad Cop, the upcoming feature film Carnal Vessels, and in Ruff & Ruby, a Screen Queensland-funded web series which won Best Australian Web-Series at Gold Coast International Film Festival. Prior to this Dylan played the lead role in Screen Queensland-nominated short film The Last Day which showcased at BIFF, and the lead role in Deadly Sin which screened across Event Cinemas as part of the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival.
Dylan was involved in the earlier recreation of The Moth of Moonbi’s climactic cliff-fight scene and will reprise his role as heroic jackeroo, Tom Resoult.
Photo: Paul Smith Photography
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Korey has a background as a professional Rugby League player with both the Canberra Raiders and Albi in France. As an actor, he has featured as one of the Sky Devil Pilots in Kong Skull Island and as Gleb Berkoff in the Channel Seven series Wanted. Korey has had lead roles in the feature films Aiyai: Wrathful Soul and Canvas. He has also appeared in popular tv series and web series including Harrow and Stage Mums as well as an array of short films.
In The Moth of Moonbi recreations, Korey will play the role of villainous cattle duffer, Black Bronson.
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Nicholas Hurst is an actor / writer that was raised in front of a television. For twenty years he worked in retail until one day he had enough and decided to pursue his dreams in film. Since then, he has worked on many Queensland-based television series and films including The Bluff, Nautilus, Young Rock and Apples Never Fall. A definite highlight of his career so far was being directed by Baz Luhrmann while working alongside Tom Hanks and Austin Butler in the epic biopic Elvis.
Driven by excitement and a creativity that’s been brewing for forty years, Nicholas is quickly making a name for himself in the industry.
In The Moth of Moonbi recreations, Nicholas will play the role of James Ferris, bullying overseer of Moonbi Station.
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Suzanne Webcke is an Australian actor who came to acting after working as a lawyer and raising a family.
She appears as Cathy Wilson in the film Arranged Love and has featured in several award-winning short films including, Broken, Payback: A Love Story, Stygal and Losing Elizabeth. In 2022 Suzanne appeared on stage as Helen in the play, Sex Shop and in 2024 she was invited to participate in the immersive theatre production, Art of Courage, Ukraine.
She has trained consistently since obtaining her Advanced Diploma in Screen & Media in 2017. Currently, she trains with Joel Pierce (Creating Artists).
In The Moth of Moonbi recreations, Suzanne will play the role of city socialite, Margery Daw.
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Al Gibson has been in the entertainment industry since 1990. He is a diverse entertainer and has multi-talents including being a professional Actor, Musician, Stand-up comedian, and VO artist.
In The Moth of Moonbi recreations, Al will play the role of city playboy, Martin Brooks.
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Robin Gold's career in film and television spans several decades. He has worked on both sides of the camera, including 10 years in Sydney and six years in New York City.
Outside of film he has written everything from children's fiction for Random House Australia to articles on style for the British gentleman's publication The Chap.
Robin has recently been commissioned to develop and write an animated science-fiction series for an international award-winning film production company.
In The Moth of Moonbi recreations, Robin will play the role of Rodger Down, owner of Moonbi Station.