ABOUT US
Pikelet Pictures is an Australian production company
dedicated to promoting representation, diversity and inclusion on our screens and beyond.
Pikelet Pictures was established in 2023 by co-founders Jessica Smith and Scarlett Koehne in anticipation of their first joint project, Videoland. Jess and Scarlett both have years of experience in the film and television industry and met while working together in the production department on the Netflix limited series Clickbait.
OUR TEAM
JESSICA SMITH
Jessica Smith is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker with 15 years of production experience on high-profile projects, including Scream 4, Shantaram, Better Man and The Clearing.
In 2023, Jess was selected for two Vicscreen director's attachments. She worked with Academy Award winner Peter Farrelly on Ricky Stanicky and directed an episode of Australian soap Neighbours.
Her short film, The Test, enjoyed an award-winning run on the international festival circuit and now has over 600K views on YouTube.
In 2024, her debut series, Videoland, won Best Series in the Comedy Competition at Series Mania and was named a finalist at the C21 International Drama Awards. The series was acquired by Netflix ANZ, debuting in the Top 10 TV Shows in both countries, and earning Jess an Australian Directors Guild Award.
A passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity on screen, Jess is committed to creating engaging and relatable stories centring queer and female characters.
SCARLETT KOEHNE
Scarlett is a producer who pivoted away from law and toward television production and producing early in her career. Since then she has worked across large-scale scripted, factual and reality shows, including; Clickbait, Books That Made Us, Bondi Vet, La Brea and House of Wellness.
Scarlett produced Screen Australia funded web-series, Loving Captivity, which was officially selected for Sydney Web Fest and won Best Series at London Web Fest, and is excited to grow her slate of original projects with Pikelet Pictures in the coming years.
As an advocate of her totally blind toddler, she is dedicated to the inclusion and celebration of people with disability on our screens and in our stories, as well as equal access to meaningful careers for working mothers in the screen production industry.
CONTACT US
We'd love to hear from you! For all queries, comments and questions, please shoot an email to hello@pikeletpictures.com.au
Pikelet Pictures acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia, and recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first storytellers of this land. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.