ABOUT THE FOUNDER - Sascha Estens
Dubbed 'the voice from the bush', Rabbit Hop Films is based in Sascha's home town of Moree, NSW, however with her willingness to chase a good story, Sascha travels both nationally and internationally for work.
Graduating from Sydney University, Australia in 2001 with a Bachelor Degree in Business, majoring in Agricultural Commerce, Sascha worked for a number of years in the grains and cotton industries.
A love of filmmaking saw her complete her film qualification at the Metroscreen, Sydney in 2007 before commencing her film career in film production roles at Fox Studios and later as a freelance director, videographer and editor for various film companies.
MERRI-MAY - FILMMAKER (Moree)
At school and university she raised eye brows with her unique approach to presentation. Following a Business Marketing Degree (CSU, Bathurst), her first creative incarnation was as singer/songwriter/cabaret star - performing at festivals and venues from Vancouver to Prague, London to Bourke and even snaring a 5-Star review at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
But the call to the plains grew compelling and Merri-May returned to her birthplace: Moree.
With years of experience performing and acting, her progression into the filmmaking world seemed the logical next step. Among other great talents Merri-May has been producing films for the past four years and Sascha was thrilled when she finally decided to join the Rabbit Hop Team.
GEOFF - CINEMATOGRAPHER (Sydney)
With over 30 years of wielding a camera Geoff has filmed in nearly every country in the world. Discovery, National Geographic, the History Channel and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC just to name a few.
A normal day for him might include hanging on for dear life chasing Red Bull pilots in helicopters, catching the delicate moves of multi-million dollar race horses and shining light, smoke and flair on true murder stories.
Add in a neat tally of industry honours, finalist films at Sundance, Tribeca and New York film festivals we’ve landed a big one! Warp up this mans talents and you have a jam packed gourmet sausage! .
MATT - FILMMAKER (Sydney)
A man that really know's his way around a camera to make any talent look fabulous! Matt's ability to get the best out of his subjects combined with his ability to capture just what is needed to make a scene work is phenomenal. Matt graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor Degree in Marketing and Media where he majored in film studies.
Matt has extensive experience working on many documentaries, Tropfest films, live events and multi-national promotional campaigns. Clients that he has worked with include Rolex, Qantas, Disney, Tourism Australia, Audi, Instagram, Getty Images, Paris Hilton and many more.
Matt comes to us with a huge amount of shooting, directing and editing experience and we just love having him on the Rabbit Hop team.
DICK ESTENS - OUR PILOT (Moree)
With nearly 6000 hours logged our pilot Dick Estens has been flying the skies for nearly 50 years. Google the most famous Australian pilots and Dick will come in at number three behind Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Elm. We don't exactly know why?
Having a Cessna 210 and a Cessna 182 in the kit bag means we can easily and cost efficiently get to any remote cattle stations and communities in the country within a day.
Dick also owns and operates cotton, grains and citrus farming enterprise and juice company. He possess an enormous amount of knowledge on the Agricultural industry and the issues he faces. He often will be found at our creative meetings where we work as a team to come up with film ideas.
