Jonathan M. Shiff

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]

Jonathan M. Shiff
Born	Jonathan Mark Shiff Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	Swinburne University of Technology
Occupation	Television producer
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
Website	www.jmsp.com.au/jmsp/public/public

Notable projects

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]

Upcoming projects

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]

Filmography

Television

Title	Year	Credited as			Network	Production company	Notes
		Creator	Producer	Executive producer
The Pandas: Fei Fei and Xiao Xiao China's Living Treasures	1988		Yes	No		Westbridge Films	Documentary
Search for the World's Most Secret Animals	1989		No	Yes			Documentary
Kelly	1991–92	No			Network 10	Westbridge Entertainment
Baby Bath Massacre	1994		Yes	No		Jonathan M. Shiff Productions	Television film
Ocean Girl	1994–97	Yes		Yes	Network 10
Thunderstone	1999–2000						Executive producer (season 3)
The New Adventures of Ocean Girl	2000	No	No			Media World Features
Horace and Tina	2001	Yes	Yes			Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
Cybergirl	2001–02					Jonathan M. Shiff Productions & Daniel Scharf Productions
Pirate Islands	2003	Concept				Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
Wicked Science	2004–06
Scooter: Secret Agent	2005
H2O: Just Add Water	2006–10	Yes
The Lost Treasure of Fiji	2007		No			Banana J Media
The Elephant Princess	2008–11		Yes			Jonathan M. Shiff Productions
Lightning Point	2012	No
Reef Doctors	2013
Mako: Island of Secrets	2013–16	Developer
The Bureau of Magical Things	2018–21	Yes			Eleven 10 Shake