Wendy J Thompson is a Creative Practitioner in the Screen Arts, Educator, Leader, Playwright, Director of Sydney Goodwill and co-Founder of the Global Silent Minute. Wendy strives to create work imbued with purpose to touch the heart with radiant synthetic beauty through stage, screens (of all sizes) and interactive forums.
In her professional life, she has produced a number of award winning films through her company, Sirius Films; served on the board of the Australian Directors Guild (ADG); designed and taught directing courses at Australia’s premiere screen academy – The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS); led the post graduate AFTRS Graduate Certificate Program; co-led the innovative, transformative Arts8 Collaborative Projects Initiative for students from the 8 national training institutions; designed courses for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) as well as designed and taught micro-credential courses on “Generating Creativity” for the University of Melbourne.
Underpinning all exterior activity has been the deeply sustaining vein of the livingness of the Ageless Wisdom teachings of the Yoga of Synthesis.