Powerful video. Difficult stories.

We make compelling, strategic films that explain hard topics and land tough communications — for organisations who need their message to be understood, believed and remembered.

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Films that move the needle

Long-form features, brand stories, vignettes and social cuts. Click any tile to play.

What we do

Strategic storytelling, end‑to‑end

From a blank page to a finished, distribution-ready film — written, produced, directed and edited by hand.

Brand & Issue Films

Long-form features built to shift perception on a difficult subject — from sustainability and conservation to advocacy and reputation.

Promo & Campaign Spots

Tight, broadcast-grade promo writing, producing and direction. Built on two decades of network promo experience.

Vertical & Social Cuts

Vertical edits and short-form vignettes engineered to land in the feed — same story craft, reformatted for mobile.

Strategy & Messaging

Editorial advice and content strategy for organisations facing a tricky communications challenge — what to say, who should say it, and how.

About

Three decades of telling the story

Leon Cull is a news and digital media specialist with more than two decades as a senior leader in television news, promo and video production, and digital communication.

For ten years he led the promotion of Nine News Queensland — writing, producing and directing high-quality promos that helped lift Nine to the number one news in Queensland, winning the ratings race in twelve of fourteen years.

Today, through Balmoral Strategic Films, he helps organisations build their brands through strategic digital communication and content — with a particular knack for the topics that are complex, contested or hard to sell.

35+
Years in story
12 / 14
Ratings wins, Nine News QLD
100s
Promos & films delivered
Nov 2025 — Present

Media & Digital Communications Specialist

Balmoral Strategic Films · Freelance · Australia

Strategic digital storytelling for organisations across agriculture, conservation, advocacy and brand.

2023 — 2025

Supervising Producer, News Presentation & Promotion

Nine

Built the Nine News Queensland brand through creative promotional campaigns; daily editorial pitches; talent discovery; coaching and mentoring of journalists, camera operators and editors.

2013 — 2023

Promo Director

Nine News Queensland · Gold Coast · Darwin

Responsible for all promotional news materials — directing camera operators and journalists, producing and writing marketing videos that established Nine News as a strong, credible community brand.

2010 — 2013

Post Production Supervisor

Channel Nine Queensland — “The Shak”

Owned the final on-air look of an award-winning national children's TV show.

1998 — 2010

Editor / Producer

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Freelance video editor and producer across Australian Story, 7.30 Report, Big Brother, A Current Affair and more.

1994 — 1998

Editor / Field Producer / Writer

London — ITV, BSKYB, ITN, BBC, CNN, Nine News

News editing and field production across major UK and international broadcasters.

1989 — 1994

Editor

Nine News Queensland

First professional role after completing a Bachelor of Business Communications (Journalism + Film & TV) at QUT.

Trusted by

Selected clients & collaborators

A mix of network broadcasters, production partners and the organisations whose stories we now tell directly.

Nine News
ABC
ITV
BSKYB
CNN
BBC
Octopus Films
GANE
"Leon brings a rare combination — newsroom rigour, a director's eye, and an editor's instinct for what an audience will actually feel. He makes the hard stories land."
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Get in touch

Have a story that's hard to tell?

That's where we come in. Send a brief, a question, or a half-formed idea — happy to chat.