Meet mememe
Cate McQuillen
Originally trained as a primary school teacher, Cate was the Head of Drama at Clarence Valley Conservatorium in Grafton for 10 years. She is also an invited regional HSC drama consultant. She has been working in all facets of children's entertainment for the past 20 years. As well as an educationalist Cate is an award winning performer and musician. She was nominated for best female performer at the “Green Room” Awards for her role as Sheila Franklin in David Atkins/Graeme Blundell's production of “Hair”. She also received a RA award - Best Rural Documentary in Australia- for writing and producing the radio documentary “The War Years” a 90 minute youth perspective of “Australia Remembers”. A sort after speaker she spoke at both the SPAA and SPAA fringe conferences in 2006, and has recently traveled as a guest speaker to ICE 07 in Toronto. She's the award winning co-creator, writer and performer of "Dirtgirl World", a children’s project targeting the under eight market.
Cate is obsessed with children’s TV, music and media and is committed to producing high quality, high art value TV for a new generation of children..
Hewey Eustace
Co-owner and creator of mememe productions, Hewey is an outstanding performer and musician. He also brings a combination of creativity and business savvy to the team. Originally from Melbourne his background in contemporary music led him to an international career. He has toured Japan and the South Pacific and extensively through out Australia. He produced, arranged and wrote “Dirtgirlworld” which won the 2002 Dolphin Award's Album of the year and was nominated for an Aria in 2003. He is a skilled sound engineer and technician. ...and an inventor. Composer of soundscapes and scores for documentaries and advertising, Hewey has a rich musical background. His writing, composition skills and approach reflects a new attitude to children's music. This contemporary approach stems from his ongoing and current involvement and participation in the music industry. Hewey started playing, performing and composing at 9 years of age and is still doing so today.
mememe productions
The imaginative and skilled team of Cate McQuillen and Hewey Eustace create, produce, and manage mememe (ME ME ME) productions and it's all done 'down on the farm'.
One time Melbournians, they have managed to make the successful and positive 'rural change' to the bush of Northern New South Wales. In 2003, from the verandah of their renovated church, ideas flourished and mememe productions was born.
mememe productions philosophy is to produce high quality youth and children's multimedia. The mission is to produce relevant, cutting edge, musicentric multimedia for the new millennium's child.
mememe projects
mememe's tween music project 'Hit it!' was first pitched successfully at the Screenworks 'Pitch n Punt' competition in Byron Bay, Australia. 'Hit it!' then went on to win both the judges and people's choice awards in the Holding Redlich Pitching competition at SPAA, in Melbourne. Cate then travelled to the Kidscreen Summit in New York where 'Hit it!' was awarded the 'best pitch presentation'. Burberry productions are on board to Executive produce this innovative project and are currently in international discussions
In Feb. 2007, dirtgirlworld was launched onto the world market at The Kidscreen Summit in New York where it was met with overwhelming enthusiasm.
Targeting the 4- 7year old market, dirtgirlworld is
Animated by Aria award winning, Hackett Films (Sydney, Australia), dirtgirlworld is a 40 X 7 minute episode series delivered across multiple platforms.
Currently mememe are in discussions with CBeebies, BBC Worldwide. Nickelodeon Australia and The ABC to move dirtgirlworld forward.
mememe associates
mememe has the support of a highly skilled and creative team of industry professionals surrounding them including their business mentor Daniel Besen, Ewan Burnett (Burberry Productions,) Jenny Lalor, Jenni Tosi (Macbeth, Holly's Heroes), Mark Pesce (futurist) ,Katie Salen (gameLab, NY) and Deb Cox (Sea Change ,East of everything)
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