KAREN JONES
LOCATION MANAGER
“If you’re searching for the perfect backdrop to bring your film or TV project to life in North Queensland, look no further than Karen.
With her unmatched expertise and keen eye for detail, Karen stands out as the go-to location manager in the industry. Let Karen’s passion for showcasing the beauty of North Queensland shine through in every frame of your production. ”
Location Management
With over 30 years of experience, Kite Fish Film Pty Ltd, located in Cairns, is your go-to for sourcing and managing breathtaking locations in Far North Queensland.
Specialising in tropical and outback landscapes, we offer a diverse range of locations including Tropical Rainforest, Coral Reef and Cays, Beaches, Waterfalls, Rivers, Swamps, Outback, Farmland, Savannah, Mountains, Heritage, Modern, and Industrial settings.
Let us bring your vision to life in the stunning backdrop of Queensland’s natural beauty.
Portfolio Highlights
Karen Jones – Locations
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Locations
- All
- Architecture
- Beach
- Cairns
- Port Douglas
- Rain Forest
- Rural
- Waterfalls
Karen’s Filmography
| Year | Name | Type | Role | Producer | Director/Creator | Summary | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Script to Screen – Mentorship program | Short Film | Location Consultant | Screen Queensland | |||
| 2024 | Lord of The Flies | TV Series | Location Scout/Consultant | Relates the tale of a group of British boys who become stuck on a tropical island that is unoccupied and who gradually slide into anarchy as social conventions disappear and attempts to rule responsibly fail. | IMDB Link | ||
| 2024 | Deadloch 2 | TV Series | Location Scout/Consultant | Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan | A feminist noir comedy set against a bucolic backdrop with a rising body count. | IMDB Link | |
| 2024 | Naked and Afraid | TV Series | Location Scout/Consultant | Discovery TV | Follows a group of survivalists as they compete in a multiphase challenge and have their skills tested to win $100,000. | IMDB Link | |
| 2023 | Woolies Christmas | TVC | Location Manager | ||||
| 2023 | Maja and the Magic Boomerang | Feature Film | Supervising Location Manager (Pre) | ||||
| 2023 | The Challenge | Reality TV | Location Scout/Manager | MTV | |||
| 2023 | Great Northern Beer – Ginger Beer Campaign | TVC | Location Manager | Finch Company | |||
| 2023 | Two Wolves | Location Consulting | In production | ||||
| 2023 | Balls Up | Feature Film | Location Consulting | Peter Farrelly | Two fired marketing executives attend a soccer match, leading to drunken antics that make them fugitives hunted across the country. | IMDB Link | |
| 2023 | Deadloch 2 | TV Series | Location Consulting | Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan | A feminist noir comedy set against a bucolic backdrop with a rising body count. | IMDB Link | |
| 2022 | The Cape | Documentary | Location Consultant | Wooden Horse Productions | Justine A. Rosenthal, Michael Ware | The disappearance of a father and son in a tropical Australian bayou of crocodiles and mangrove swamps unravels a dynastic alliance between formidable fishing clans. | IMDB Link |
| 2022 | Wizards | Feature Film | Supervising Location Manager | Sea Saw Productions | |||
| 2022 | Corona Beer | TVC | Location Consultant | Goodoil Films | |||
| 2022 | Great Northern Beer | TVC, | Location Manager | Revolver | |||
| 2022 | Skylark | Documentary | Location Manager | Offspring Productions | Christine Braithwaite | A father struggling with guilt after his daughter’s terrible accident finds an unusual method of dealing with the situation. | IMDB Link |
| 2021 | Irreverent | TV Series | Location Manager | Matchbox Productions | Paddy Macrae | A criminal from Chicago is forced to hide in a small Australian reef town posing as the new church Reverend. | IMDB Link |
| 2021 | The Mole | TV Series | Location Manager | Eureka Productions | It follows twelve players as they work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win. | IMDB Link | |
| 2021 | Love Island | Reality TV | Location Consultant Scout | ITV | Love Island Australia is an Australian dating reality show based on the British series Love Island. | IMDB Link | |
| 2021 | Clifton, Natural History | TV Series, | Location Manager | BBC | |||
| 2021 | Suncorp | TVC | Location Consultant | Revolver | |||
| 2020 | Australia Survivor S6 | Reality TV | Location Consultant | Endemol Shine | Charlie Parsons | Australian version of the Swedish desert island-based reality TV series. | IMDB Link |
| 2020 | Dive Club | TV Series | Location Supervisor | Steve Jaggi Company, Netflix | Steve Jaggi | Dive Club follows the story of a feisty group of teen divers who search for their friend when she disappears after a cyclone hits Cape Mercy, their small coastal town. | IMDB Link |
| 2020 | The Amazing Race Australia S05 | TV Series | Fixer/Location Producer | Helium Six Pty Ltd | The Amazing Race Australia is about to set off. 14 teems will criss-cross the nation taking part in heart-stopping and stomach-churning challenges, all with their eyes on the $250,000 prize. | IMDB Link | |
| 2020 | Kidnapped | Feature Film | Location Scout | Steve Jaggi Company | |||
| 2020 | This Little Love of Mine | Feature Film | Location Manager | Steve Jaggi Company | Christine Luby | A workaholic lawyer returns to her island home to convince an old friend to take over his family’s company – but rekindled feelings soon get in the way. | IMDB Link |
| 2020 | The Missing One | TV Series | Location Manager/Consultant | Kojo/WE Make (French Production) Amazon Prime | |||
| 2020 | Clifton Project | TV Series | Fixer/Location Manager | BBC UK |
| Year | Name | Type | Role | Producer | Director/Creator | Summary | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | One Strange Rock | TV Series | Location Producer | Nutopia UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2019 | Dr Bob’s Australia | TV Production | Fixer/Location Manager | ITV Germany/Granada Productions | Sven Kaesling | IMDB Link | |
| 2019 | Great Northern Beer 2019 Campaign | TVC | Location Manager | Revolver | |||
| 2019 | Total Control | TV Series | Location Manager | Black Fella Films | Darren Dale, Miranda Dear, Rachel Griffiths | IMDB Link | |
| 2019 | Fast and Furious 9 | Feature | Location Scout | Justin Lin | IMDB Link | ||
| 2019 | Warner Bros Scout “Kat King (Elvis) | Feature | Location Scout | Baz Luhrmann | IMDB Link | ||
| 2019 | Unmanned | Feature | Location Scout | Cristina Pippa | IMDB Link | ||
| 2019 | Wrinkle in the Skin | Feature | Location Scout | In development | IMDB Link | ||
| 2018 | Reef Break | TV Series | Location Manager – Pre Production | Disney/Touchstone Productions | Ken Sanzel | IMDB Link | |
| 2018 | Bride and Prejudice | TV Series | Location Scout/Consultation | Seven Network | |||
| 2018 | Honda Japan | Corporate Project | Location Consultant | Spinnaker Films | |||
| 2018 | Bonds | TVC | Scout and Consultation | ||||
| 2018 | Taubmans Paints | TVC | Scout and Consultation | ||||
| 2018 | Cotton On | TVC | Scout and Consultation | ||||
| 2018 | Witchery | TVC | Scout and Consultation | ||||
| 2018 | P&O Cruises | TVC | Scout and Consultation | ||||
| 2018 | Untitled Project | Location Presentations | Location Consultation | Paramount Pictures | |||
| 2017 | Chasing Monsters | TV Series | Location Scout | Untamed Productions | Krystle Wright | IMDB Link | |
| 2017 | Celeste | Feature | Location Manager | Unicorn Productions | Ben Hackworth | IMDB Link | |
| 2017 | Exaltation | TV Special | Location Producer | US Production | |||
| 2017 | Samsung “Wettest Town in Australia” | TVC | Location Manager | Rabbit Content | |||
| 2017 | True Stories | TV Series | Location Manager Queensland | Radio Karate | |||
| 2017 | Fields of Fire | Special Event Consultant | Consultant/Location Manager | Cairns Regional Council | |||
| 2017 | Nikon Camera | TVC | Location Scout | ||||
| 2017 | Cotton On | TVC | Location Scout | ||||
| 2017 | Peter’s Ice-cream | TVC | Location Scout | ||||
| 2017 | Ford Ranger | TVC | Location Scout | ||||
| 2017 | Cafe Japan | Feature | Producer (Development Stage) | Kite Fish Film | |||
| 2016 | Mutiny | TV Series | Location Manager/FNQ Producer | Windfall Films/Channel 4 UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2016 | The History of the Torres Strait | TV Series | Location Manager | Bunyip Productions | |||
| 2016 | I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here | Reality TV Series | Location Consultant/Scout | Granada Productions Pty Ltd | British reality series presented by Ant and Dec in which 12 celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally. | IMDB Link | |
| 2016 | Bonds | Stills Shoot | Location Consultant and Scout | Title Artist Management | |||
| 2016 | Discovery Channel | Reality TV | Location Manager | Naked Entertainment | |||
| 2016 | Coors Light | TVC | Locations/Logistics/Art Department | Rapid Films | |||
| 2015 | Thor: Ragnarok | Feature | Location Consultant (Pre Production) | Marvel Entertainment | Taika Waititi | IMDB Link | |
| 2015 | Wanted | Feature | Queensland Location Manager | Matchbox Pictures | Richard Bell, Rebecca Gibney | Two strangers are prime suspects in a murder. | IMDB Link |
| 2015 | The Code 2 | TV Series | Queensland Location Manager | ABC Television | Shelley Birse | IMDB Link | |
| 2015 | I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here | Reality TV | Location Consultant | Granada Productions | IMDB Link | ||
| 2015 | My Life | TV Series | Location Scout – North Queensland | ABC Television | |||
| 2014 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Feature Film | Location Scout Queensland | Walt Disney Studios | Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | IMDB Link | |
| 2014 | Survival Live | Reality TV | Queensland Fixer/Location Manager | BBC Worldwide/Discovery Channel | IMDB Link | ||
| 2014 | The Great Barrier Reef | Documentary Series | Location Consultant | Atlantic Productions – David Attenborough | David Attenborough revisits the Great Barrier Reef after nearly 60 years. His visit takes him from the most exposed part of the reef as well as down to 300m below the surface discovering corals never seen before. | IMDB Link | |
| 2013 | Unbroken | Feature Film | Queensland Location Manager | Universal Pictures | Angelina Jolie | After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. | IMDB Link |
| 2013 | Outback Steakhouse | TVC | Location Manager | Walkabout Films | Richard A. Preuss | IMDB Link | |
| 2013 | 20000 Leagues Under the Sea | Feature Film | Location Manager Queensland. Project did not progress. | Walt Disney Studios | |||
| 2012 | 20000 Leagues Under the Sea | Feature Film | Location Scout Queensland | Walt Disney Studios | |||
| 2012 | Coca Cola | Corporate Doco | Australian Producer | Ten Eighty Productions Hong Kong | |||
| 2011 | No Kitchen Required | TV Series | Location Manager – Australia | Notional LLC | IMDB Link | ||
| 2011 | MABO – The Eddie Mabo Story | Tele-movie | Location Manager | Black Fella Films ABC | Rachel Perkins | Mabo tells the story of one of Australia’s national heroes – Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius. | IMDB Link |
| 2011 | The Straits | TV Series | Location Manager | Matchbox Pictures | Louis Nowra | Set among the turquoise waters of Australia’s Torres Strait, The Straits follows the life of a criminal family as they smuggle drugs into Australia and exotic wildlife out through blood ties in the Torres Strait Islands. | IMDB Link |
| 2010 | The Eye of the Storm | Feature | FNQ Location Scout | TEOS Productions Pty Ltd | Fred Schepisi | IMDB Link | |
| 2010 | Tourism Australian | TVC | FNQ Location Manager Australia | Prodigy Films | |||
| 2010 | Jetstar Japan | TVC | Location Manager | Flinders Lane Productions | |||
| 2010 | Valspar | TVC | Location Manager | Agenda Films |
| Year | Name | Type | Role | Producer | Director/Creator | Summary | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Euro Millions | TVC | Location Manager | Curious Films NZ | |||
| 2009 | Qantas | TVC | Location Manager | Plush Films Pty Ltd | |||
| 2009 | Beneath Hill 60 | Feature | Location Manager | The Silence Productions P/L | Jeremy Sims | In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges. | IMDB Link |
| 2009 | Real World Reality | TV Series | Location Manager/Scout | MTV USA | |||
| 2008 | Point Break II | Feature | Location Manager (Bali Indonesia) | Pre Production | |||
| 2008 | Willi and The Wonders of the World | Feature | Location Manager | Megaherz | |||
| 2008 | Djunglechild | Feature/Doco | Location Scout | Teamworx | IMDB Link | ||
| 2008 | Scorpion Island | TV Series | Location Consultant Manager | BBC London/ABC Australia | IMDB Link | ||
| 2007 | The Pacific | US TV Series | FNQ Location Manager | HBO | The Pacific Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines. | IMDB Link | |
| 2007 | Nim’s Island | Feature | Location Scout and Consultant (Un-credited) | Jennifer Flackett Mark Levin | Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin | Imagination and reality collide when young Nim’s father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim’s father. | IMDB Link |
| 2007 | Get Me Out of Here – I’m a Celebrity IAC7 | Reality TV | Location Manager | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2006 | Get Me Out of Here – I’m a Celebrity IAC7 | Reality TV | Location Manager | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2006 | Fool’s Gold | Feature | Location Manager | Warner Brothers | Andy Tennant | A new clue to the whereabouts of a lost treasure rekindles a married couple’s sense of adventure – and their estranged romance. | IMDB Link |
| 2006 | Sea Patrol | TV Series | Location Consultant | McElroy All Media Pty Ltd | IMDB Link | ||
| 2005 | Get Me Out of Here – I’m a Celebrity IAC5 | Reality TV | Location Manager | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2005 | Opposite of Lucky | TV Series | Location Manager | Darlow Smithson Productions Pty Ltd – UK | |||
| 2005 | XXXX Gold | TVC | Location Manager | Aht Productions | |||
| 2005 | Swiss Family Robinson | Feature | Location Scout | Disney | |||
| 2005 | Baz Luhrman’s ‘Australia’ | Feature | Location Scout | Bazmark Productions | Baz Luhrmann | IMDB Link | |
| 2005 | Rogue | Feature | Location Scout | Australian Production | Greg McLean | IMDB Link | |
| 2005 | Celebrity Love Island – Australia | Reality TV | Location Scout | Granada | |||
| 2004 | Troppo – Big Reef | Telemovie | Location Manager | Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier | Steve Jodrell | IMDB Link | |
| 2004 | Panadol – Bullrider | TVC | Location Manager | Plush Films | |||
| 2004 | Remote Area Nurse – RAN | TV Series | Torres Straits Location Scout | Chapman Films | IMDB Link | ||
| 2004 | Adventure of a Lifetime – Outback Jack | Reality TV | WA Location Manager | Nash Entertainment | |||
| 2004 | Get Me Out of Here – I’m a Celebrity | Reality TV | Location Manager (Germany/UK) | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2003 | Get Me Out Of Here – I’m a Celebrity | Reality TV | Location Manager (UK/USA) | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2003 | Camp Molloy Realty Adventure TV | Reality TV | Location Manager/Co Producer | Strix Productions – Sweden | IMDB Link | ||
| 2003 | Biggles | Feature | Location Scout | Pinewood Studios | |||
| 2003 | Queensland Rail | TVC | Location Manager | ||||
| 2003 | Woolworths Superstores | TVC | Location Manager | ||||
| 2003 | Gecko Resort | TVC | Location Manager | ||||
| 2003 | Expedia.com | TVC | Location Manager | ||||
| 2003 | The Last Buffalo Hunt | Feature | Location Scout | Intermedia | |||
| 2003 | Stealth | Feature | Location Scout | Columbia Pictures | Rob Cohen | IMDB Link | |
| 2003 | Troppo | Feature | Location Scout | Simpson Le Mesuier | IMDB Link | ||
| 2002 | Get Me Out Of Here – I’m a Celebrity | Reality TV | Location Manager | Granada UK | IMDB Link | ||
| 2002 | The Great Raid | Feature | FNQ Location Manager | US/Australian | John Dahl | IMDB Link | |
| 2002 | Peter Pan | Feature | New Zealand Location Scout | US | P.J. Hogan | IMDB Link | |
| 2002 | Victoria Bitter | TVC | |||||
| 2002 | Coolaid | TVC | |||||
| 2002 | Johnnie Walker | TVC | |||||
| 2002 | Silverscreen | TVC | |||||
| 2002 | Film Graphics | TVC | |||||
| 2001 | Paradise Found | Feature | Location Manager (FNQ) | French/Australian | Mario Andreacchio | IMDB Link | |
| 2001 | The Wilde Girls | TV Movie | Location Manager | US | Del Shores | IMDB Link | |
| 2000 | Survivor II – The Australian Outback | Reality TV Series | Location Manager | US Production | 16 new castaways land in the Australian Outback to begin the adventure of a lifetime. 2 tribes, Kucha and Ogakor, begin to build their camps and build relationships. But a couple of castaways are having trouble with the latter. | IMDB Link | |
| 2000 | Hook Wine & Sinker Fare | One Day Event | Event Manager | 8000 Pax | |||
| 2000 | South Pacific | Musical Tele-movie | Location Manager | Richard Pearce | IMDB Link |
| Year | Name | Type | Role | Producer | Director/Creator | Summary | IMDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Amazon | TV Series | Location Manager | Canadian | |||
| 1999 | Hook Wine & Sinker Fare | One Day Event | Event Manager | 6000 Pax | |||
| 1999 | Pantene | TVC | Location Manager | Newman Films Pty Ltd | |||
| 1999 | The Lost World | TV Series | Location Manager | Coote/Hayes Production Services Pty Ltd | IMDB Link | ||
| 1999 | Journey to the Centre of the Earth | TV Series | NZ Location Scout | George Miller | IMDB Link | ||
| 1998 | Tribe | TV Series | Location Manager | Crawford Productions Pty Ltd | Harry Duffin, Raymond Thompson | IMDB Link | |
| 1998 | Myer Stores | Summer Campaign | Location Manager | Cranbrook Films Limited | |||
| 1998 | Country Road | Catalogue Shoot | Location Manager | Melbourne | |||
| 1997 | Discovery Channel Eco Challenge Special Event | 5 Hour Documentary | Location/Logistics Manager (FNQ Region) | MPH Entertainment | IMDB Link | ||
| 1997 | The Thin Red Line | Feature Film | Location Scout | Phoenix Pictures | Terrence Malick | Adaptation of James Jones’ autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. | IMDB Link |
| 1997 | Neri – Ocean Girl IV | TV Series | Location Manager | Jonathan Shiff Developments | Jonathan M. Shiff | Set against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony. | IMDB Link |
| 1996 | Paradise Road | Feature | FNQ Location Manager | VRP Production Services P/L | Bruce Beresford | IMDB Link | |
| 1996 | The Phantom | Feature | FNQ Asst Location Manager (2nd Unit) | VRP Productions Services P/L | Simon Wincer | IMDB Link | |
| 1995 | The Island of Dr Moreau | Feature | Location Scout | Newline Cinema | John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley | IMDB Link | |
| 1995 | Sweet Uncle Harry and The Monster | Feature | Location Manager | MUVI Productions (Switzerland) | |||
| 1995 | Neri – The Ocean Girl | TV Series | Location Manager | Westbridge Productions P/L | Jonathan M. Shiff | Set against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony. | IMDB Link |
| 1995 | To Have and To Hold | Feature | Location Manager | Small Man Productions Pty Ltd | John Hillcoat | IMDB Link | |
| 1994 | Rescue Feature (Pre-Production) London Weekend TV UK | Location Manager | |||||
| 1994 | XXXX Beer | TVC | Location Manager | Window Productions Sydney | |||
| 1994 | Neri – The Ocean Girl | TV Series (Port Douglas) | Location Manager | Jonathan Shiff Developments | Jonathan M. Shiff | IMDB Link | |
| 1994 | All Men Are Liars | Feature (Queensland) | Location Manager/Scout | Gerard Lee | Gerard Lee | IMDB Link | |
| 1993 | No Escape (Escape from Absolom) | Feature (Queensland) | Production Assistant | Martin Campbell | Martin Campbell | IMDB Link | |
| 1992 | Captain Blood | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | The Phantom | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | Robinson Crusoe | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | Walt Disney/Touchstone | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | 6 Days/7 Nights | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | Blackbeard | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | White Shark | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1992 | Mighty Joe Young | Feature | Location Scout | Pacific Film & TV Commission (Brisbane) | |||
| 1991 | Sniper | Feature | PA to Executive Producer | Executive Producer Mark Johnston | Luis Llosa | IMDB Link | |
| 1989 | Mission Impossible | TV Series | Location Coordinator | Bruce Geller | Bruce Geller | IMDB Link | |
| 1989 | Dolphin Cove | TV Series | Location Coordinator | Paramount Pictures | Peter Benchley, Allan Marcil | IMDB Link |
