About me

The Story Dept. was founded by OZZYWOOD Films Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology (that’s literature and linguistics).

Before I moved to Sydney in 2001, I headed Production, Programming and Acquisitions at the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC) in London, I was a film buyer for Europe’s largest pay-tv group Canal Plus and a movie show host for MTV Europe.  I started my career in the late eighties producing top rating radio shows in Belgium, my country of birth.

Since moving to Australia, I have produced three short films, co-produced two documentaries and two feature films.  Alongside my production work, I have always enjoyed blogging, teaching and consulting. My clients have been writers, directors and producers and a few of them have won some cool awards. They’ve each told me they wouldn’t have won without my help. (I only take on very kind clients.)

My work as a Producer, Co-Producer and Exec Producer has resulted in a diverse range of projects finding development money, production funds, post-production investment, international sales, film festival wins, etc.

You can hire me to consult on your stories and scripts.

I have been commissioned to speak or teach about screenwriting or filmmaking for the following organisations:

• The Australian Film Festival
• Society of Women Writers of NSW
• The NSW Writers Centre
• The ACT Writers Centre
• Metro Screen Sydney
• Sydney Film Industry Meetup Group
• The International Film College
• The Australian Writers Guild
• The South Australian Film Corporation
• Digital Content Networks, Sydney
• Women in Film And Television
• Apple Computers
• The Charles Sturt University
• The SAE Institute
• The Royal Film Commission, Jordan

Karel’s views are published in The Story Dept. and formerly on ‘Karel’s Feedback Forum’ on the AWG web site.