ABOUT
Felicity Pickering is an Australian screenwriter, director, and producer based in Sydney. Felicity has a BA of Communication (Writing and Cultural Studies) and a Masters of Media Arts and Production from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Her short films include 'The Confessional', 'Toni Fitzgerald's Cult Following' and 'Facon'.
'Toni Fitzgerald's Cult Following' was Felicity's directing debut. Felicity directed, wrote, and produced the darkly funny feminist comedy. 'Toni Fitzgerald's Cult Following' has screened at Detroit Shetown Women's Film Festival, Melbourne Women in Film Festival, GRRL HAUS CINEMA and many more. The film was nominated for Best Comedy at Australian Women's Film Festival and Women's Comedy Film Festival, Atlanta.
'Facon', which she wrote and produced, received a Special Mention at Flickerfest before screening at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
In 2017, Felicity was selected for the Australians in Film Writers Room program, where she developed her pilot 'Suite 7'.
Felicity lived in Los Angeles for 8 years, where she worked primarily in Reality TV. She's worked in production on 'American Idol', 'America's Got Talent', 'Big Brother', 'Love Is Blind', 'Echoes', 'Press Your Luck', 'Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves', 'Temptation Island', and 'Claim To Fame'. She developed an affinity for Casting and worked on such shows as 'MasterChef', 'MasterChef Junior', and 'Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking'.
FILM & TV CREDITS
CASTING
MASTERCHEF USA: DUOS - FOX (2025)
ASSOCIATE CASTING PRODUCER
HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS OF BAKING - HBO MAX (2024)
ASSOCIATE CASTING PRODUCER
MASTERCHEF USA: GENERATIONS - FOX (2024)
ASSOCIATE CASTING PRODUCER
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR USA: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS - FOX (2023)
CASTING ASSISTANT
MASTERCHEF USA: UNITED TASTES OF AMERICA - FOX (2023)
CASTING ASSISTANT
PRODUCTION
TORCHING 2024: A ROAST OF THE YEAR - NETFLIX (2024)
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
JEOPARDY! - ABC (2024)
AUDIENCE COORDINATOR
Full credits available on IMDB
PLAYS - FULL CREDITS
Mrs Bunny's Helping Hands (Public Assembly, 2019)
Dredman Deadman (Old 505 Young Playwrights’ Festival, 2017)
Pre’s: An Immersive Theatre Experience (2017)
Object (Bondi Feast 24 Hour Theatre, 2015)
Layover (UTS Backstage, 2014)
Neighbors (UTS Backstage, 2012)
The Banquet (UTS Backstage, 2011)
MENTORSHIPS & PROGRAMS
GENDER MATTERS - WIFT, SYDNEY - 2021
AIF UNTAPPED - AUSTRALIANS IN FILM, LOS ANGELES - 2021
SKETCH 201 - UPRIGHT CITIZEN BRIGADE, LOS ANGELES - 2021
SKETCH 101 - UPRIGHT CITIZEN BRIGADE, LOS ANGELES - 2020
WOMEN EXCEL PROJECT - CREATIVE VISIONS - 2019
HRTS MENTORSHIP - HOLLYWOOD RADIO AND TELEVISION SOCIETY, LOS ANGELES - 2019
AIF WRITERS ROOM - AUSTRALIANS IN FILM, LOS ANGELES - 2017
FRESH INK NATIONAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM - ATYP, SYDNEY - 2016
Q MENTORSHIP - JOAN SUTHERLAND THEATRE, SYDNEY - 2015
NATIONAL STUDIO - ATYP, SYDNEY - 2013