Michelle Hardy and Erin White

 

MICHELLE HARDY

Creator / Producer / Writer

Michelle has produced award-winning screen content across multiple formats and genres for over two decades.
 
Her scripted broadcast credits include co-producing Austin (Series 3 for ABC), associate producing three seasons of the rom-com Under the Vines (AcornTV/TVNZ), and serving as a line producer attachment for Easy Tiger’s drama Treasure and Dirt (ABC). Her producing background also includes the sketch comedy Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am (ABC/NBCU), the half-hour comedy Timothy (ABC), and the International Emmy® Award-winning series #7DaysLater (ABC).

 

Before pivoting to scripted, Michelle worked across numerous factual and entertainment programs including The Great Outdoors, New Idea TV,Better Homes and Gardens for the Seven Network and Back Seat Drivers (ABC) as well as producing branded content campaigns for agencies, networks and production companies in both the UK and Australia. 

Michelle spent three years as VP of Scripted Development at Essential Media from 2017 and since 2020, has also worked across industry programs and as course convener and tutor for AFTRS, Screen Producers Australia (SPA), and The Mercury. 

Michelle has created three original series and is currently writing.

ERIN WHITE

Creator / Writer / Director

Erin White is a multi-award-winning writer and director and is the creator of Under The Vines for AcornTV and TVNZ starring Rebecca Gibney and UK’s Charles Edwards. She is an episode writer and director across all three series. 

Other directing credits include Paper Dolls for Paramount+ and Wellmania for Netflix starring Celeste Barber; The PM’s Daughter; Doctor Doctor s5 and s4; Squinters; It’s A Date; At Home With Julia; Timothy; a one-off drama adaptation of the Lally Katz’s stage play, Stories I Want To Tell You In Person; Rush S1; and iView web-series Other People’s Problems, which was selected for the Berlin Film Festival.

In 2026, Erin is directing episodes of Austin as well as an upcoming drama series for ABC TV.

She has been nominated for three Australian Directors’ Guild awards and her short films have screened at Sundance Film Festival, as well as Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Munich, Aspen, Prague and Palm Springs Film Festivals to name a few.

Erin is a co-founder of Hardy White Pictures alongside Michelle Hardy. 

www.erinwhite.com.au