Talk:Jennifer Peedom

Edit request

I am Jennifer Peedom, the subject of this article, and am disclosing my conflict of interest. I have not previously edited the article directly. I am requesting that independent editors consider the following factual and structural changes. I also noticed that the Talk page identifies an account named “Jenpeedom” as a connected contributor. I do not recall creating or using that account and do not know whether it was created by someone previously acting on my behalf. Lead and infobox The infobox currently lists my occupations as “Director, producer,” omitting my work as a writer. The opening paragraph also contains the typo “She as written,” does not mention Tenzing, and no longer gives a balanced summary of my work. I suggest changing the occupation field to “Film director, writer and producer” and replacing the lead with: “Jennifer Peedom is an Australian film director, writer and producer. She is known for the documentary films Solo (2008), Sherpa (2015), Mountain (2017), River (2021) and Deeper (2025). Sherpa won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Peedom produced the International Emmy-nominated television series David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema (2017). She directed, co-developed the story for, and produced the biographical drama Tenzing, scheduled for release by Apple in October 2026.” Suggested sources are the BFI’s 2015 London Film Festival awards announcement, the BAFTA awards record for the 2016 documentary category, the ABC’s announcement of the International Emmy nomination, and Apple TV Press’s official Tenzing page. Tenzing The current sentence does not include my story or producer credits and describes the production mainly as a return to the Himalayas. I suggest replacing it with: “Peedom directed and produced the biographical drama Tenzing, from a screenplay by Luke Davies and a story by Peedom and Davies. The film stars Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Caitríona Balfe, and is scheduled for release by Apple in October 2026.” Apple TV Press lists Jennifer Peedom as director, “story by” and producer, and gives a release date of 16 October 2026. Deeper The present paragraph devotes considerable space to three individual reviews, including two specialist diving publications, which seems disproportionate to the treatment of the other films in the article. It also contains the incomplete phrase “3 out of stars.” I suggest replacing the review material with a concise, neutrally worded summary of the film’s reception, while retaining both positive and negative critical assessments. The paragraph should also identify Alex Barry as co-director, subject to confirmation from the film’s published credits. Awards and recognition The dedicated section currently lists only the 2004 NSW Young Telstra Business Woman award and the 2011 David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship. More substantial film and television recognition is contained elsewhere in the article. Would editors consider either removing this separate section or replacing it with a short, independently sourced “Selected awards and nominations” table? Care should be taken to distinguish awards received personally from awards received by a film or program. Copy-editing and stale information The following appear to require correction or updating: “Peedom first film” to “Peedom’s first film.” “a collaboration the Australian Chamber Orchestra” to “a collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.” The internally inconsistent and dated box-office ranking for Mountain. The broken anchor for the 2009 AFI documentary award. The dated “as of 2024” wording in the Stranger Than Fiction section. The isolated one-sentence Teaching section, which could be folded into the career section. Thank you for considering these requests. I will not implement the changes myself and am happy to provide further published sources where needed. ~2026-39914-57 (talk) 04:37, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

I submitted the request above before realising that I was not logged into my registered account. This is my registered account, and I will monitor the discussion here. Thank you. WikiSherpa123 (talk) 04:47, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

For convenience, here are direct sources supporting the requested changes:

BFI: 59th BFI London Film Festival award winners confirms that Sherpa, directed by Jennifer Peedom, won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary.

BAFTA: Documentary awards lists Sherpa as a nominee in the 2016 Documentary category and names Bridget Ikin, Jennifer Peedom and John Smithson.

ABC: International Emmy Award nomination confirms that David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema was nominated for the 2018 International Emmy for Arts Programming and identifies Jo-anne McGowan and Jennifer Peedom as its producers.

Apple TV Press: Tenzing gives the release date as 16 October 2026 and credits Jennifer Peedom as Director, Story By and Producer.

For precision, in the proposed lead and Tenzing section, I would be happy for editors to use Apple’s exact credit terminology, “story by,” rather than “co-developed the story.”

I hope these sources make the request easier to assess. Thank you. WikiSherpa123 (talk) 04:51, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Reply 28-JUL-2026

  Clarification requested  

• Looking at this request, I must say it's very hard delineating which changes are being requested. To expedite this request, it would help if you could provide the following information, perhaps in bullet form for readability:

1. Please state each specific desired change and accompanying reference in the form of verbatim statements which can then be added to the article (if approved) by the reviewer.
2. The exact location where the desired claims are to be placed should be given.
3. Exact, verbatim descriptions of any text and/or references to be removed should also be given.
4. Reasons should be provided for each change.

• In the section of text below titled Sample edit request, the four required items are shown as an example:

Sample edit request

1. Please remove the third sentence from the second paragraph of the Sun section:

"The Sun's diameter is estimated to be approximately 25 miles in length."

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2. Please add the following claim as the third sentence of the second paragraph of the Sun section:

"The Sun's diameter is estimated to be approximately 864,337 miles in length."

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3. Using as the reference:

Prisha Harinath (2023). The Sun. Academic Press. p. 1.

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4. Reason for change being made:

"The previously given diameter was incorrect."

• Kindly open a new edit request at your earliest convenience when ready to proceed with all four items from your request.

References

Thank you! Regards,  Spintendo  01:59, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Revised COI edit request – specific changes

Subject: Revised COI edit request – specific changes

I am Jennifer Peedom, the subject of this article, and I am disclosing my conflict of interest. I will not edit the article directly. Following Spintendo’s request of 29 July 2026 for clarification, I have reformatted the requested changes below so that each specifies: (1) the exact location, (2) the text to be removed or changed, (3) the proposed replacement or addition, (4) the supporting reference, and (5) the reason for the change. I have also narrowed the request to factual corrections, updates and relatively straightforward copy-editing. 1. Infobox – occupations Location: Infobox, “Occupations” field. Please replace: “Director, producer” with: “Film director, writer and producer” References: Australian Film Television and Radio School, “AFTRS Student and Alumni Films Set for Brisbane International Film Festival” (2021), which credits River as “Director/writer/producer: Jennifer Peedom”. Apple TV Press, “Tenzing”, which credits Jennifer Peedom as Director, Story By and Producer. Reason: The current infobox omits Peedom’s work as a writer. The AFTRS source independently identifies her as a director, writer and producer, and the Apple credits provide an additional published writing-related credit. 2. Lead paragraph Location: The opening paragraph immediately below the infobox. Please remove the entire current lead paragraph, beginning: “Jennifer Peedom is an Australian filmmaker.” and ending: “...Deeper, was released in 2025.” Please replace it with: “Jennifer Peedom is an Australian film director, writer and producer. Her documentary films include Sherpa (2015), Mountain (2017), River (2021) and Deeper (2025). Sherpa won the Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Peedom also produced the International Emmy-nominated television series David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema (2017). She directed and produced the biographical drama Tenzing, and shares a ‘story by’ credit with Luke Davies; the film is scheduled for release on Apple TV on 16 October 2026.” References: Australian Film Television and Radio School, “AFTRS Student and Alumni Films Set for Brisbane International Film Festival” (2021) – credits Peedom as director/writer/producer of River. British Film Institute, “59th BFI London Film Festival award winners” (17 October 2015) – confirms Sherpa as winner of the Grierson Award for Best Documentary. BAFTA, “Documentary” awards record for 2016 – lists Sherpa as a nominee and Jennifer Peedom among the credited filmmakers. ABC, “ABC scores International Emmy Award nomination” (28 September 2018) – confirms the nomination of David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema for the 2018 International Emmy for Arts Programming and identifies Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan as producers. Apple TV Press, “Tenzing” – credits Jennifer Peedom as Director, Story By and Producer, Luke Davies as Writer and Story By, and gives a release date of 16 October 2026. Reason: The current lead contains the grammatical error “She as written” and is no longer an accurate summary of the principal work covered by the biography. The replacement corrects that error and summarises significant documentary, television and narrative-film work that is either already discussed in the article or, in the case of the television credit, requested for addition below. The wording of the Tenzing credit follows Apple’s published credit terminology rather than characterising the underlying creative process. 3. David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema – add television producing credit to Career section Location: Career → Filmmaking. Please insert this as a new sentence after the paragraph about Mountain and before the paragraph beginning “In 2021 she co-directed...”. No existing text needs to be removed. Please add: “Also in 2017, Peedom produced the three-part television series David Stratton’s Stories of Australian Cinema, which was nominated for the 2018 International Emmy Award for Arts Programming.” Reference: ABC, “ABC scores International Emmy Award nomination” (28 September 2018), which states that the three-part series was broadcast in 2017, was nominated for the 2018 International Emmy for Arts Programming, and identifies Jo-anne McGowan and Jennifer Peedom as its producers. Reason: This is a significant, independently sourced television producing credit and provides body-text support for the corresponding summary in the proposed lead. 4. Tenzing paragraph Location: Career → Filmmaking, final paragraph, beginning “In 2025, she returned to the Himalayas...”. Please remove the current paragraph: “In 2025, she returned to the Himalayas to film the narrative feature film Tenzing, which is due for release by Apple TV in late 2026.” Please replace it with: “Peedom directed and produced the biographical drama Tenzing. Luke Davies is credited as writer, with Peedom and Davies receiving ‘story by’ credits. The film stars Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Caitríona Balfe, and is scheduled for release on Apple TV on 16 October 2026.” Reference: Apple TV Press, “Tenzing”. The published cast and crew listing credits Jennifer Peedom as Director, Story By and Producer; Luke Davies as Writer, Story By and Producer; and lists Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Caitríona Balfe in the cast. The page gives the release date as 16 October 2026. Reason: The present sentence is now outdated and incomplete: it gives only an approximate release date and omits Peedom’s published producer and story credits. The replacement uses Apple’s exact credit categories and current release date. 5. Deeper – co-director credit and reception paragraph Location: Career → Filmmaking, the paragraph beginning “Her feature documentary about Richard ‘Harry’ Harris...”. Please remove the entire current paragraph, including the three individual review summaries and the citations to InDEPTH and X-Ray International Dive Magazine. The paragraph currently begins: “Her feature documentary about Richard ‘Harry’ Harris...” and ends: “...does not fully penetrate the emotional or philosophical heart of its protagonist.” Please replace it with: “Peedom co-directed with Alex Barry the feature documentary Deeper, about Australian doctor and cave diver Richard ‘Harry’ Harris. The film was selected for SXSW and was released in Australian cinemas on 30 October 2025. Reviewing the film for The Guardian, Luke Buckmaster described it as ‘entertaining and quite well-made’ while arguing that it did not fully explain the divers’ motivations and that much of the cave-diving footage was not visually compelling.” References: Sydney Film Festival, “Deeper” program page – explicitly identifies Alex Barry as Peedom’s co-director and describes the film as SXSW-selected. Stephen A. Russell, “Thai cave rescuer Richard Harris explores risk-taking in the film Deeper”, ABC News, 25 October 2025 – the existing source for the Australian cinema release. Luke Buckmaster, “Deeper review – extreme cave diving documentary offers drama but lacks a little oomph”, The Guardian, 30 October 2025 – describes the film as “entertaining and quite well-made”, while questioning whether it communicates the divers’ motivations and noting the visual limitations of filming deep cave diving. References to be removed with the deleted review material: Stratis Kas, “‘Deeper’ with Dr. Richard Harris: A Movie Review”, InDEPTH, 19 September 2025. “‘Deeper’ Explores Cave-Diving Limits”, X-Ray International Dive Magazine, 29 January 2026. Reason: The current paragraph omits Alex Barry’s independently documented co-director credit and contains the incomplete wording “3 out of stars”. It also devotes substantial space to three separate review summaries, two from specialist diving publications, which is disproportionate to the treatment of critical reception elsewhere in the biography. The proposed replacement does not remove negative criticism: it retains both the positive and critical elements of the mainstream Guardian review while presenting the reception more concisely. 6. Mountain – grammar and box-office wording Location: Career → Filmmaking, paragraph beginning “In 2017 Peedom directed Mountain...”. Please replace the current paragraph, beginning: “In 2017 Peedom directed Mountain, a collaboration the Australian Chamber Orchestra...” and containing the internally inconsistent wording: “...the highest grossing non-IMAX Australian documentary of all time (as of 3 March 2022, third).” with: “In 2017 Peedom directed Mountain, a collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), with a script by Robert Macfarlane and narration by Willem Dafoe. It screened theatrically in 27 countries and, at the time of its release, became the highest-grossing non-IMAX Australian documentary at the domestic box office. It won three AACTA Awards in 2018.” References: Caris Bizzaca, “Documentary – 2003 vs 2018 – Part 2: form”, Screen Australia, 31 July 2018. The article states that Mountain earned $2.03 million and became the all-time highest-grossing non-IMAX Australian documentary at the local box office. The existing references for the Australian Chamber Orchestra collaboration, international theatrical release and AACTA Awards may otherwise be retained. Reason: This corrects the missing word “with” in “a collaboration the Australian Chamber Orchestra” and resolves the contradictory box-office statement. The proposed wording makes clear that the record was achieved at the time of the film’s release, rather than presenting it as a current all-time ranking. 7. First-film sentence – grammar Location: Career → Filmmaking, first sentence. Please replace the opening wording: “Peedom first film was a SBS Dateline 2003 special...” with: “Peedom’s first film was an SBS Dateline 2003 special titled Everest’s Sherpas: Forgotten Heroes of the Himalayas, focusing on the lives of the Sherpas who take tourists up the mountain.” Reference: Please retain the existing Sydney Morning Herald reference attached to this sentence. Reason: Copy-edit only: “Peedom” requires the possessive “Peedom’s”, and “a SBS” should be “an SBS”. 8. Solo – broken award link and award title Location: Career → Filmmaking, first sentence of the Solo paragraph. Please change the award wording and link from: “Best Documentary in Under One Hour” to: “Best Documentary Under One Hour” and link it to the Wikipedia article “AACTA Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour”, rather than to the deleted anchor on the “2009 Australian Film Institute Awards” page. The resulting sentence should read: “Peedom’s feature documentary film Solo (co-directed with David Michôd) won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour.” Reference: Please retain the existing reference supporting the award. Reason: The Talk page currently flags the existing anchor as broken because the target anchor has been deleted. “Best Documentary Under One Hour” is also the title used for the award. 9. Stranger Than Fiction section – dated staff wording Location: “Stranger Than Fiction” section. Please remove the current paragraph, which contains the sentence: “Producer Blayke Hoffman is also with the company as of 2024, which is based in Sydney, New South Wales.” Please replace the paragraph with: “Peedom is co-founder, with producer Jo-anne McGowan, of Sydney-based film production company Stranger Than Fiction. The company has produced most of Peedom’s films.” Reference: Stranger Than Fiction’s current website identifies Jennifer Peedom and Jo-anne McGowan as co-founders and describes Stranger Than Fiction as a production company based in Sydney, Australia. The existing Stranger Than Fiction reference may be updated to the current version of the company website. Reason: The phrase “as of 2024” is a dated staff snapshot and is already flagged by Wikipedia as potentially dated. The replacement retains the stable biographical information relevant to Peedom – the company’s co-founders, location and relationship to her work – without requiring a time-sensitive statement about another employee. 10. Teaching subsection – structural copy-edit Location: Career → Teaching. Please remove the standalone “Teaching” subheading and move the existing sentence: “In 2012, Peedom lectured on documentary film at AFTRS.” to the Career → Filmmaking section, immediately after the Solo paragraph and before the Sherpa paragraph. Please retain the existing reference. Reason: No factual content is being added or removed. Moving the existing single sentence into the chronological Career section avoids a separate subsection containing only one sentence. For clarity, I am not renewing my earlier suggestion concerning restructuring the “Awards and recognition” section. I am happy to leave any future restructuring of that section entirely to independent editors. Thank you for reviewing these specific requests. WikiSherpa123 (talk) 00:39, 8 August 2026 (UTC)