More About Us

GPP was formed in December 2019 by four friends: Finn, Gabriella, Jo and Will. Motivated to work and create together, these four individuals draw on experiences as varied as the performing and visual arts, spiritual mentoring and life coaching, Business (marketing, PR and communications) as well as shared loves of travelling, languages and music.

Why Golden Pineapple Productions? On the day our company was born, Gabriella was wearing a pair of black shoes, dotted with lots of little golden pineapples! We find the fun and creativity in everything…

Meet the Team

William Michael Atkinson

Will is an AACTA/AFI nominated actor, director, producer and host with over 15 years of experience in theatre, musical theatre, kids entertainment and film/TV.

One of his biggest ongoing projects is Bounce Patrol Kids, a YouTube channel featuring songs for kids 2-6 years old. With over 28 million subscribers and more than 21 billion views across the whole channel, Bounce Patrol Kids is Australia's most watched YouTube channel, and one of the most popular kids channels around the globe.

Will can also be seen in various films, music videos and other screen projects, whilst also working commercially as a producer and communications professional.

Will is proud member of Screen Producers Australia, MEAA (Equity) and the Australian Writers Guild.

Gabriella Rose-Cárter

Gabriella Rose-Carter grew up in New York City and is an alumna of the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, where she received a conservatory artist degree in acting. Gab conveys over 20 years of industry experience and has a PHD from UL. An advocate of changing the narrative for women.In 2014, she founded Q44 Theatre a non for profit community organisation in Melbourne, which focused on stories from a female perspective, placing the female POV at the centre of every story. Gabriella has had the honour of working with and learning from some of the world’s leading Industry professionals. She is a member of Screen Producers Australia, MEAA and WIFT.

Finn McBurney

Finn McBurney is a young Australian artist, who grew up in Melbourne. Finn acts, writes, produces and directs. He decided to take a gap year adventure of the world throughout 2019, in which he visited Japan, Ireland, England, France and Spain. While in Spain he completed the Camino de Santiago, one of his greatest achievements and where he learnt the importance of persistence, resilience and strength. Values that he continues to practice in life and through his art. He also believes in humanity and encouraging discussion, traits which he brings to each project he is a part of. He has worked with closely with the Q44 Theatre Company and is proudly one of the founding members of Golden Pineapple Productions. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and Creative Writing.

Jo Lippold

After studying drama and performance art, Jo Lippold found herself back in her home town of London where she embarked on a six year stint agency side in Advertising and PR. Coming up with creative campaign concepts and then collecting, connecting, and sharing the dots as stories.
Since moving to Melbourne, Australia in 2012 she has managed restaurants, become a certified life coach, volunteered at festivals of ideas and events on kindness, completed her yoga teacher training, and was the communications manager at Loving Earth for four years. She’s working on bringing to life all that she has learned about consciousness, communication and courage, integrating all these practices to help people move through life’s crossroads.
She believes everyone is creative and has a story to, not only tell, but own and speak truly. Everything she does she tries to inject a healthy amount of warmth, humour and tender truth.

Terje Sinclair

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Darcy Marta

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Vanessa Cox

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Why Golden Pineapple?

The colour Gold is the colour of success, achievement and triumph... At the uppermost level, this is a colour which is associated with higher ideals, wisdom, understanding and enlightenment. It inspires knowledge, spirituality and a deep understanding of the self and the soul.

And Pineapple, due to their association with generosity, they were often consumed at religious feasts to symbolise warmth, prosperity and friendship.