The Story Dept. was founded by OZZYWOOD Films Producer and Story Analyst Karel Segers, a Licentiate of Germanic Philology
(that’s literature and linguistics).

Karel is a former international movie buyer who blogs, teaches and consults on screen story. Among his clients are writers, producers, the AWG and government agencies locally and overseas.

Karel headed Programming and Acquisitions at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London, bought films for Europe’s biggest pay-tv Canal Plus and was a weekly movie show host for MTV Europe.

Karel ranks in the world’s Top 10 most influential people on Twitter for screenwriting and is recognised as an authority on the Hero’s Journey and story structure.

“I started my career in the late eighties producing top rating radio shows in Belgium, my country of birth. Since moving to Australia in 2001, I have produced three short films, co-produced two documentaries and two feature films.  Alongside my production work, I have always enjoyed blogging, teaching and consulting. My clients have been writers, directors and producers and a few of them have won some cool awards. They’ve each told me they wouldn’t have won without my help (and I only take on very kind clients). My work as a Producer, Co-Producer and Exec Producer has resulted in a diverse range of projects finding development money, production funds, post-production investment, international sales, film festival wins, etc.”

Hire me to speak or to consult on your stories & scripts.

I have been commissioned to speak or teach about screenwriting or filmmaking for the following organisations:

• The Australian Film Festival
• The Society of Women Writers of NSW
• The NSW Writers Centre
• The ACT Writers Centre
• Metro Screen Sydney
• The Sydney Film Industry Meetup Group
• The Sydney Screenwriters Meetup Group
• International Film College
• The Australian Writers Guild
• The South Australian Film Corporation
• Digital Content Networks, Sydney
• Women in Film And Television
• Apple Computers
• The Charles Sturt University
• The SAE Institute
• The Royal Film Commission, Jordan
• The Gold Coast Film Festival
• NAFA – Networking Action for Filmmakers & Actors
• The National Commission for Arts and Culture, Philippines
• ABS-CBN Star Cinema, Manila, Philippines
• De La Salle University, Bacolod, Philippines
• San Carlos University, Cebu, Philippines

Karel’s views are published in The Story Dept. and formerly on ‘Karel’s Feedback Forum’ on the AWG web site.