Wooden Horse is an award-winning independent television and film production company with a focus on distinctive, provocative storytelling for global audiences.
The company was founded in December 2019 by former industry executives Jude Troy and Richard Finlayson, who brought their extensive international and local networks together to build a legacy brand that collaborates with the best creative talent on and off screen.
Wooden Horse has offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, developing and producing a carefully curated slate of premium scripted and documentary series and feature films with partners including Disney +, SBS, Stan, ABC, Netflix and Warner Bros, alongside exciting, globally recognised creatives and producing partners.
In 2024, Wooden Horse was named Breakthrough Business of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards, where the company also won Miniseries Production of the Year for The Clearing (the first major commission for Disney+ in the territory and starring Guy Perace, Mirna Otto and Teresa Palmer). Wooden Horse has also been nominated twice for Production Business of the Year, in both 2026 and 2024, and Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year for Mother and Son and Feature Documentary Production of the Year for The Cape. In 2025, Wooden Horse’s second series of the critically acclaimed Stuff the British Stole won Documentary Series Production of the Year, which also took home a win for Best Factual Series at the AIDC Awards. The company and its productions have also garnered several craft and cast nominations and awards across its slate including several AACTA and Logie Award nominations.
Stories we love
Since its inception in 2019, Wooden Horse has produced:
The hotly anticipated 8 x 30 drama for SBS and Netflix, The Airport Chaplain.
The critically acclaimed, award-winning eight-part psychological thriller The Clearing for Disney+ globally (Hulu in the USA) starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce.
Two seasons of the reimagined iconic Australian comedy Mother and Son, written by and starring Matt Okine, alongside Denise Scott.
Three seasons of the hit factual series Stuff the British Stole with award winning journalist Marc Fennell, in partnership with WildBear Entertainment and Cream Productions for ABC Australia and CBC in Canada.
Feature documentary Rose Gold, the story of The Boomers, the Australian men’s basketball team, and how best friends and NBA stars, Patti Mills and Joe Ingles built a team culture that finally secured a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Feature documentary The Cape, based on a stranger than fiction true crime that took place in Australia’s deep north. Directed by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Michael Ware (Only the Dead) and now in development as a major scripted series with Stan.
Two seasons of The Other Guy for Stan & Hulu in partnership with Aquarius Films and created by, written by and starring Matt Okine alongside Harriet Dyer, Valene Kane and Christaan Van Vuuren.
Executive Produced Waltzing the Dragon with Benjamin Law for the ABC.