Chief Executive - Kim Dalton

Kim Dalton graduated from Flinders University Drama School in 1973. He then worked in Adelaide and Sydney as a freelance production manager and assistant director prior to moving to London in 1976. During five years in London, Kim completed a postgraduate Diploma in Arts Administration, freelanced in the film industry, was involved in managing one of London's leading independent cinemas, and also managed an independent UK production and distribution company.

Kim returned to live in Melbourne in 1980, initially working as an independent producer and then from 1984 to 1987 as general manager of OPENChannel during which time he co-produced the award-winning television mini-series In Between.

In 1987 Kim formed his own production company, Warner Dalton Pty Ltd, and co-produced the mini-series The Magistrate for the ABC and UK and Italian broadcasters, and a telemovie Street Angels for the ABC. In 1992 Kim became the FFC's Melbourne investment manager and was involved in the financing of numerous television projects and feature films including Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Following a brief period as general manager of the Australian Children's Television Foundation in 1994, Kim joined Beyond International Limited in February 1995 as manager of acquisitions and development.

During his four and a half years at Beyond, Kim was involved in the development, financing and production of a large number of television and feature film projects. He was executive producer of the children's television series Li'l Monsters and the award-winning natural history series Wild Ones. He has also been involved in the acquisition and international release by Beyond of a number of feature films including the AFC-funded Love and Other Catastrophes.

Kim joined the AFC as Chief Executive in August 1999. He has been responsible for a significant restructure and refocusing of the organisation. In August 2001 the Australian Government announced a major increase in funding for the AFC in addition to providing it with funds to establish a groundbreaking broadband production fund.

In May 2003, the government announced that ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and Sound Archive, would be integrated with the AFC. Kim has overseen this transition, involving further significant change management and organisational restructuring issues.