Since 1997, Nell Schofield has hosted Showtime’s quality independent and arthouse films. She is a guest reporter for the weekly entertainment program Showtime Movie News and presents Showcase at NIDA on Showcase.
In 2005 Nell was nominated for an ASTRA award for Favourite Female Subscription Television Presenter. She was also the film reviewer for Channel 9’s ‘Sunday’ program in its final two years.
On CNN International she has appeared as the Australasian presenter of ‘The Art Club’ and CNN’s travel show ‘Hot Spots’. She worked as a reporter for ABC TV’s weekly arts program Review and since 2000 her voice has been heard on the ABC’s ‘Media Watch’. She also narrates documentaries including the multi-award winning ‘Cuttlefish: the brainy bunch’.
Between 2004 and 2007 Nell hosted the Powerhouse Museum’s monthly design forum dFactory. In September 2007 she was trained by the Nobel Laureate and Former Vice President of the US, Al Gore, to present his now famous Climate Project slideshow to Australian audiences.
Nell has produced, reported and presented for many programs on ABC’s Radio National including ‘Arts Today’, ‘Breakfast’ and ‘Bush Telegraph’.
In print, her articles have appeared in The Bulletin, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian and Vogue Australia among many other publications. From 2005 mid-2008, Nell wrote a weekly film review for Melbourne’s Sunday Herald Sun and since 1987 has written travel features journeying on assignment to destinations such as Antarctica (twice), the Arctic and South Africa.
Nell’s first book, ‘First Kiss’ (with photographer Lisa Tomasetti) was published by Allen and Unwin and her second, a monograph on the film Puberty Blues for the Australian Screen Classics series was published by Currency Press.
Nell has written a play, ‘Cowgirls and Indians’, and a screenplay, ‘Chillseeker’ (commissioned by Lea Films). Her documentary script ‘Flaming Follies’ was developed with the assistance of the NSW Film and Television Office.
After starring in director Bruce Beresford’s cult feature film ‘Puberty Blues’, Nell studied acting at NIDA. During that time, she and seven other fellow graduates created the original play ‘Strictly Ballroom’ which was subsequently adapted for the screen. As an actor Nell has worked with the Sydney Theatre Company, ABC TV and the commercial networks.
