| Jonathan M. Shiff | |
| Birth Name: | Jonathan Mark Shiff |
| Birth Place: | Queensland, Australia |
| Alma Mater: | Swinburne University of Technology |
| Occupation: | Television producer |
| Years Active: | 1988–present |
| Known For: | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions |
Jonathan Mark Shiff is an Australian television producer of television series. After leaving his work as a lawyer, he founded his own Melbourne-based production company, Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, in 1988. His company produces programs for children and families, which are screened in 170 countries.[1] He is regarded in the industry as being known for discovering Australian talent who go on to successful international careers, such as Margot Robbie, Liam Hemsworth, Claire Holt, and Phoebe Tonkin.[2]
Shiff is best known for producing the Ocean Girl series, the H2O: Just Add Water series and spinoff Mako Mermaids, which stream on Netflix.[3] Shiff also produced the television series The Bureau of Magical Things.[4]
While his professional homepage hints that a movie of 90 minutes length has been produced for Mako Mermaids,[5] the B2B-site that ZDF Enterprises — distributor of the H2O franchise — operates for said show, shows no sign of such movie produced.[6]
Shiff also hinted the Movie on social media.[7] [8]
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Production company | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator | Producer | Executive producer | |||||
| scope=row | The Pandas: Fei Fei and Xiao Xiao China's Living Treasures | 1988 | Westbridge Films | Documentary | |||
| scope=row | Search for the World's Most Secret Animals | 1989 | Documentary | ||||
| scope=row | Kelly | 1991–92 | Network 10 | Westbridge Entertainment | |||
| scope=row | Baby Bath Massacre | 1994 | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions | Television film | |||
| scope=row | Ocean Girl | 1994–97 | Network 10 | ||||
| scope=row | Thunderstone | 1999–2000 | Executive producer | ||||
| scope=row | The New Adventures of Ocean Girl | 2000 | Media World Features | ||||
| scope=row | Horace and Tina | 2001 | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions | ||||
| scope=row | Cybergirl | 2001–02 | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions & Daniel Scharf Productions | ||||
| scope=row | Pirate Islands | 2003 | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions | ||||
| scope=row | Wicked Science | 2004–06 | |||||
| scope=row | 2005 | ||||||
| scope=row | H2O: Just Add Water | 2006–10 | |||||
| scope=row | The Lost Treasure of Fiji | 2007 | Banana J Media | ||||
| scope=row | The Elephant Princess | 2008–11 | Jonathan M. Shiff Productions | ||||
| scope=row | Lightning Point | 2012 | |||||
| scope=row | Reef Doctors | 2013 | |||||
| scope=row | 2013–16 | ||||||
| scope=row | The Bureau of Magical Things | 2018–21 | Eleven 10 Shake | ||||