Briege Whitehead
Award-winning producer, director, and writer, Briege Whitehead is a pioneer in immersive and VR documentary filmmaking. Since founding White Spark Pictures in 2017 to push creative and technical boundaries, she has delivered record-breaking VR hits including The Antarctica Experience—one of Australia’s top five highest-grossing theatrical documentaries—and The Great Kimberley Wilderness, now ranked in the top 10 of all time, alongside the multi-award-winning Beyond the Milky Way. Briege is also an experienced factual television producer, with credits across major broadcasters including National Geographic, Discovery, A&E, and Netflix, on series such as Impossible Planet, Poisonous Liaisons, and the 72’s series. Recognised globally for her innovation, Briege has received the Realscreen Factual Under 40 award, Global 100 Top 10 Trailblazer, and WA 40under40. She is also the co-creator of Surround Sync®, the patented VR technology transforming how audiences experience immersive cinema worldwide.