White Spark Pictures
White Spark Pictures is an independent production company based in Perth, Australia. It was founded in 2017 by producer, director, and writer Briege Whitehead and from the outset has had two distinct divisions: one producing factual content for the international television market and one harnessing the latest technology and filming techniques to produce VR (virtual reality), immersive and interactive films for venues and VR-enabled platforms. White Spark has quickly developed an enviable reputation and has established strong relationships with broadcasters, financiers, distributors and government organisations, both domestically and internationally.
To date, TV productions from Briege Whitehead and White Spark Pictures have appeared on leading broadcast platforms around the world such as National Geographic, the History Channel, Discovery and Netflix, while its first VR title, The Antarctica Experience, has been declared one of the most successful VR projects of all time after playing to sell-out audiences in major venues including Canberra’s National Museum of Australia and Sydney’s Australian Maritime Museum. Currently, The Antarctica Experience is in the top 10 of highest-grossing theatrically-released Australian documentaries of all time. White Spark is now gearing up to launch this ground breaking VR film to international audiences.
BRIEGE WHITEHEAD
Briege is an experienced producer, director and writer, and is passionate about finding and telling important stories from the world around us. She learned the importance of engaging audiences early on when she had her own weekly radio show as a child. After graduating with a masters’ degree in directing she has gone on to receive critical acclaim as a director and executive producer. Under the White Spark banner, original TV series include Poisonous Liaisons, a 13 x 60 true-crime series, the 12 x 60 natural history series Impossible Planet and she has written and produced on titles that include 72 Dangerous Places to Live and 72 Cutest Animals for National Geographic and Netflix. A pioneering VR producer, Briege is also responsible for the groundbreaking VR hit, The Antarctica Experience. Briege was nominated as a former ‘One to Watch’ by Australia’s Screen Producers’ Association, and in 2019 she won the Channel 7 Western Australian Young Achiever for the Year Award for Innovation for her first VR documentary, The Antarctica Experience.
