Briege Whitehead

Founder, Creative Director / White Spark Pictures

Briege Whitehead has worked hard to grow Perth and Australia’s film, television, and virtual reality sectors, founding independent production company White Spark Pictures in 2017 and attracting large amounts of foreign investment. From 2017 to 2018, her company was granted exclusive media access to Australia’s Antarctic stations, with her VR project Antarctica ranking first in the all-time top 10 Australian documentaries at the box office.

Lists and Charts

40under40 Winners

40under40 Award Winner 2020

All 40under40 winners for 2020

Name	Current company

Zane Jones	Jones Mining Innovation Rental Division
Lee Cassell	Passing Paws Pet Cremations
Joanne Beedie	Helping Little Hands
Chris Brennan-Jones	The Kids Research Institute Australia
Tony Caccetta	Perth Dermatology Clinic
Lee Bartlett	Fremantle Foundation
James Clarke	Australia China Business Council WA Branch
Leslie Delaforce	Generation One
Andrew Erkins	Digit
Rachael Ferguson	SynxBody
Michael Gendy	Jupiter Health & Medical Services
Jenna Gore	Sleep Science Guru
Samantha Hall	Campus Intuition
Lisa Anne Halton	Studio Halton
Brie Healy	From Dust Creative Arts
Nikhil Jayaraj	Regen Power
Bec Johnson	Type 1 Diabetes Family Centre
Luke Jones	Jones Welding Solutions
Rafael Kimberley-Bowen	Techboard
James Koerting
Lara Kovacevich	House of Zhivago
Paola Magni	VirtualCSI
Nilesh Makwana	illuminance Solutions
Michelle Maynard	Carbon Group
Aaron McDonald	Pragma Lawyers
Scott Mills	Mechwest
Paul Morrison	Elite Hospitality Personnel
Megan Nielsen	Megan Nielsen Patterns
Bernadette Olivier	The Volte
Kelda Oppermann	Zonta House Refuge Association
Nicole Pates	Western Kids Health
Dayna Pool	Healthy Strides Foundation
Yvonne Power	Village Energy
James Riddle	Plumbing Bros
Sian Roberts	The Last Great Hunt
Tara Simich	The Jungle Body
Tyler Spooner	The U Group & Co
Gemma Taylor	Maurice Blackburn
Amanda Walker	Aussie Holiday Stays
Briege Whitehead	White Spark Pictures

Roles

2017

Founder, Creative Director

White Spark Pictures

Year started and most recent title

Person Activity

	NEWS: Tagged in White Spark Pictures docos virtually sell themselves	31 Mar 2025
	NEWS: Tagged in VR film captures unseen Kimberley	22 Nov 2024
	NEWS: Tagged in Kerr named distinguished ECU alumnus	31 Mar 2021
	NEWS: Tagged in Orthotics entrepreneur awarded top honour at 40u40	16 Sep 2020
	NEW ROLE: Founder, Creative Director, White Spark Pictures	16 Sep 2020

News Articles

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Wednesday, 16 September, 2020 - 23:00
Orthotics entrepreneur awarded top honour at 40u40
Perth podiatrist turned entrepreneur Rachael Ferguson has been named the 2020 First Amongst Equals winner, the highest honour at the Business News 40under40 Awards.
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Friday, 11 December, 2020 - 13:00
Screen Australia funding for WA documentaries
A VR movie about the Square Kilometre Array and a series featuring Tim Winton called Ningaloo, have been awarded a share of $2.5 million in funding from Screen Australia.
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Tuesday, 30 March, 2021 - 20:00
Kerr named distinguished ECU alumnus
South 32 chief executive Graham Kerr and WA's chief nursing and midwifery officer Robina Redknap took out the top prizes at ECU's distinguished alumni event overnight.
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Friday, 22 November, 2024 - 08:53
VR film captures unseen Kimberley
White Spark Pictures has premiered an immersive virtual reality film at WA Museum Boola Bardip, showcasing never-before-seen parts of the Kimberley.
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Monday, 31 March, 2025 - 11:29
Docos virtually sell themselves
White Spark Pictures produces unique virtual reality documentary experiences.

Screen Australia funding for WA documentaries
Friday, 11 December, 2020 - 13:00

VR film captures unseen Kimberley
Friday, 22 November, 2024 - 08:53
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