Melanie Ashe is a film, media and environment researcher completing her PhD at Monash University. Her research interests span Australian screen culture and industries, media infrastructures, media and environment, gender, and culture. She has written widely for academic journals such as Media Industries. Her current PhD work focuses on the environmental histories of regional screen industries in Australia. This work is supported by an Australian Research Council grant under the project funded project "Remaking the Australian Environment through Documentary Film and Television."