Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
Jane Hammond is an Australian journalist who specializes in stories of environmental justice, social affairs, science and politics. In 2012 she took redundancy from The West Australian newspaper and went back to university to learn the art of filmmaking. She completed a Masters of Professional Communications at Edith Cowan University in Perth doing her final units of study at the WA Screen Academy in 2016.
Cry of the Forests is Jane’s third longer form documentary and follows A Fractured State released in November 2016 and A Crude Injustice, released in August 2017. Jane is a life-long environmental activist. She lives in the Fremantle area of Western Australia with her husband Shane and two of their three adult children.