About
Founded by producer Cody Greenwood, Rush’s vision is to create content that shapes and shakes people, breaks boundaries and uncovers stories that are felt and heard long after people watch them. It has achieved this by working with some of Australia’s most distinctive filmmaking voices and fostering collaborations united by a passion for unique and cinematic visions.
The company’s documentary and short films have garnered international acclaim at festivals, including documentary ‘Under the Volcano’ which premiered at SXSW and was nominated for ‘Best Australian Documentary’ at the Sydney Film Festival. Distributed globally by Universal Pictures, the film tells the story of the legendary Beatles producer Sir George Martin and AIR Studios, the recording studio he built in the Caribbean in the 1980’s.
Rush Films also produced the award winning documentary ‘Girl Like You’, which follows the raw and intimate journey of a young woman as she watches her partner transition from male to female. The documentary is streaming on Netflix and won the Australian Writer’s Guild and Australian Screen Editors Award for best broadcast documentary.
Rush Films is currently in production on two Stan Original documentaries. ‘Otto by Otto’, directed by Gracie Otto, and ‘Renee Gracie', directed by award winning filmmakers Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe. Both films are slated for release in 2024.
While Rush Films has previously been focused on documentary, the company is expanding its drama slate with the development of the feature film ‘Birthright’ with director Zoe Pepper. The script was the recipient of Screenwest's premium West Coast Visions $750,000 production grant, and is filming February 2024. The film will be released by Madman in 2025.
The company also has a feature film, Moodja, in development with Indigenous director Karla Hart, a Noongar woman she has collaborated with since 2014.
CODY GREENWOOD
Cody Greenwood has spent the last decade working alongside some of Australia’s most prominent storytellers to create authentic and thought-provoking content.
In 2023 Cody was the recipient of Screen Australia’s Enterprise funding, a 200K grant designed to identify and support business proposals that drive change in the Australian film industry. Cody is using the funding to join forces with Dan Joyce of Projector Films on a new partnership that will leverage each other’s expertise, track records and their pool of creatives and strategic relationships to produce into premium international documentary production.
Cody is currently being mentored by industry heavyweights Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The King) and Sue Maslin (The Dressmaker, Japanese Story). Likewise, she has been involved in mentoring young West Australian producers as part of her commitment to support and guide the next generation of local talent. Cody began her career in London over a decade ago, before moving to LA to join production company The Masses, which was founded by the late Heath Ledger. While there, she production managed music videos, short film content for the Museum of Contemporary Art and developed TV projects for leading US Networks including MTV. Cody is a strong advocate for the Australian screen industry and has served on as Co-President of Women In Film & TV (WIFT) Western Australia and on the Advisory Board of the Screen Forever Conference.
Cody began her career in London, before moving to LA to join production company The Masses, which was founded by the late Heath Ledger. While there, she production managed music videos, short film content for the Museum of Contemporary Art and developed TV projects for leading US Networks including MTV. Returning to Australia, she production managed 15 documentaries by first time indigenous filmmakers for National Indigenous Television (NITV), which remains a career highlight.
Cody is a strong advocate for the Australian screen industry and has served on as Co-President of Women In Film & TV (WIFT) Western Australia and on the Advisory Board of the Screen Forever Conference.