Ian Booth

Ian is currently the CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Co, Western Australia’s major theatre company, a role he has held since 2022. He has over 25 years of experience in the Australian screen industry and is currently a director of film executive production company Indian Pacific Pictures and Home Fire Creative Industries, who developed and now manage Perth Film Studios. Ian is a Commonwealth Government appointed member of the Board of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, and Chair of its Finance and Audit Committee.  He is also a member of Minister McGurk’s Creative Industries Taskforce.

Ian was CEO of Screenwest for over a decade, financing hundreds of screen projects, including Mystery Road, Breath, Red Dog, Satellite Boy, Paper Planes, Bran Nue Dae, Cloudstreet, SAS: The Search for Warriors, Outback Truckers, Lockie Leonard and many more. Originally a lawyer, Ian also worked at the ABC and has served on the Boards of national screen agency Ausfilm, Awesome Arts and the FTI.

Ian was elected as a Director of Committee for Perth in 2025 for a three-year term.