ABOUT JOY HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Joy House Productions is a boutique company producing films and arts based projects that champion diversity.
Founded by Joy Hopwood in 2000, Joy has written, directed and produced five feature films: It’s Our Time, currently in post production, (co-produced with Erica Long), The Gift that Gives (Channel 9), Get a Life, Alright (Channel 9). Rhapsody of Love (Paramount) co-produced with Ana Tiwary, and The Script of Life (Amazon Prime / Tubi TV).
ABOUT JOY HOPWOOD
Joy Hopwood, has over thirty years in the entertainment industry, and is an acclaimed actor, an award winning independent filmmaker and published author.
Joy’s talent extends beyond film, she was the first regular Asian-Australian presenter on A.B.C. television's Play School and a contributing writer for publications like Growing Up Asian in Australia (Black ink books), edited by Alice Pung, Reflecting on Life (Pearson Education) and Chinese Australian Women’s stories (C.H.A.A. and Jessie Street Library).
Joy is a founding member of the Media & Entertainment and Arts Alliance's Diversity Committee. She’s been nominated twice for the prestigious Australian of the Year Awards, as her philanthropy work includes being an ambassador for N.S.W. Cancer Council & Mission Australia and she’s also contributed to the arts by founding the annual Joy House Film Festival, now in it’s 11th year, a platform giving emerging filmmakers the opportunity for their work to be recognised and seen, plus creating The Wong Side of Life's "Kindness is for Free" (an anti-bullying & racism initiative in schools).
She’s currently on the committee for W.I.F.T. (Women in Film and Television) as she has a strong commitment in empowering female creatives in front of and behind the camera.
"By working together we can create a kinder and more compassionate society in which we all live in by writing stories that champion diversity, reflecting the modern multicultural society in which we live in today. "
— Joy Hopwood