Mentor: Janelle Landers, WBMC

Ross Howden is an Australian film producer with an extensive background in the film, television and digital media sectors concentrating on film sales, distribution and finance.  He has strong expertise in digital technology having worked in strategic planning and partnership roles within Foxtel and senior digital project management roles with Apple within the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ross has studied film overseas and at AFTRS where he completed a Diploma in Producing. This led to the production of a number of lower budget feature films. Following an exploratory period in Silicon Valley embracing virtual reality processes, Ross returned to Australia and created the VR Content Labs at Fox Studios and is now concentrating on longer form VR immersive content in addition to producing feature films and has an episodic TV series in development.