Shay Spencer
PRODUCER
Shay Spencer is an award-winning producer who has worked on over 140 hours of television drama. She started her career as director’s attachment on Jonathan Teplitzsky’s feature film, BURNING MAN, before stepping into producing via an attachment on Stephan Elliott’s A FEW BEST MEN. She worked with Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award winning producers, Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher on Baz Luhrmann’s THE GREAT GATSBY before joining Fremantle in 2012.
As Drama Executive, Shay worked across the full life-cycle of projects and was involved in some of Australian television’s most exciting and successful series including the international hit WENTWORTH for Foxtel which sold to over 170 territories internationally and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK for Foxtel. During her time with Fremantle, she was also appointed to the company’s global shadow board after a competitive process across the 5000+ employees internationally.
Most recently, Shay has served as Head of Drama at Jungle Entertainment. There she produced WAKEFIELD for ABC/Showtime/BBC Studios, Executive Produced SUNNY NIGHTS for STAN/Cineflix, HE HAD IT COMING for STAN/Fifth Season as well as developing a full slate of drama projects, including MY BRILLIANT CAREER. As a long-time fan of Sam Strauss, she is thrilled to have joined See-Saw Films in 2025 to drive the Picking Scabs slate, with an adaptation of Marian Keyes’ novel, GROWN UPS, currently in pre-production.
