About

Bethany Bruce is an independent producer and co-founder of Staple Fiction. She works across documentary and drama in development, financing and production. In 2023 she was recognised by Inside Film as a rising talent in the producer category.

Her drama credits include the The Butter Scene (2021, Sydney Film Festival), Broken Line North (2019, Sydney Film Festival), financed by the Lexus Short Film Fellowship with writer and director Sunday Emerson Gullifer, the AACTA Social Shorts nominated Wolf (2016) with writer and director Liz Cooper and Tinseltown (2016, Melbourne International Film Festival) with writer and director Corrie Chen.

Other short credits include as executive producer of Birdie (2018, Toronto International Film Festival) with writer and director Shelly Lauman. She co-produced Selina Miles’ debut feature documentary Martha: A Picture Story which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

For the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), she has produced three arts documentary series, with director Kate Blackmore — The Glass Bedroom (2016), Video Becomes Us (2018), and The Art of Collecting (2021), streaming on ABC iview.

Between 2014 - 2016 Bethany was mentored by acclaimed producer Bridget Ikin (Sherpa, An Angel at My Table, Look Both Ways) at Felix Media. They were recipients of Screen Australia's Enterprise People funding. For Felix, Bethany worked in production on the BAFTA-nominated Sherpa (TIFF, Telluride) directed by Jennifer Peedom and The Rehearsal (TIFF) directed by Alison Maclean. 

Bethany’s feature slate includes A Cup of Tea, with writer/director Dee Dogan and Felix Media, which won the 2022 Attagirl global feature film lab development prize. The lab is supported by Telefilm Canada, Screen Australia and Screen NSW. The project was also shortlisted for the 2022 Sundance Institute Development Track.

Bethany is currently in post-production of Kate Blackmore's feature documentary debut, Make It Look Real (2024) with producer Daniel Joyce (Martha: A Picture Story) of Projector Films. The documentary is supported in development by Screen Australia, Screen NSW and the SAFC and was selected for the inaugural Doc Society New Perspectives Pitch Lab, and the Sunny Side of the Doc Global Pitch 2021.