Mike MONTAGUE | Unit Manager & Owner of MPS Production Services

🚚 Unit & Location Services | Film Production Trucks | Base Camp Support

📍 Perth, Western Australia

🇦🇺 Australian

📧 mike@mpsfilm.com.au

🌐 www.mpsfilm.com.au

🎞 Mike's IMDb

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Mike Montague is one of Western Australia's most respected Unit Managers, with over two decades of experience across feature films, drama series and international productions. His recent credits include Two Birds (Stan), Breakers (Netflix), The Twelve (Binge) and Scrublands (Stan), where he brought hands-on expertise, calm leadership and a solutions-focused approach to set.

His career spans back over twenty years of WA screen production, including long-running credits on titles such as the Red Dog franchise, Hounds of Love, Cloudstreet, Blueback and Japanese Story. Across this body of work, Mike has managed units of well over 100 crew, coordinated base camps in both metropolitan and remote regional locations, and worked across genres from large-scale drama series to feature films. His experience extends beyond unit management into location scouting and location management, giving him a practical understanding of a production's needs from both sides of the base camp.

Mike is also the founder of MPS Production Services, supplying production trucks, base camp infrastructure and location vehicles to major WA productions, a business detailed separately below.

KEY SKILLS

• Unit management and base camp coordination
• Location scouting and location management
• Crew and vehicle logistics at scale (100+ crew)
• Budget and vendor management for unit operations
• Remote and regional production set-up
• Stakeholder liaison with producers, councils and landholders

KEY INTERESTS & STRENGTHS



• Complex, large-scale productions with high logistical demands
• Remote and regional shoots, where his location experience adds most value
• Mentoring and steadying crews through pressure situations
• Long-term partnership with productions, seen in his 20+ year relationships with WA producers

PRODUCTION VALUE

• Recent credits on four major productions, Two Birds (Stan), Breakers (Netflix), The Twelve (Binge) and Scrublands (Stan)
• Two decades of unbroken WA unit management credits, including Red Dog, Hounds of Love, Cloudstreet and Blueback
• Dual capability across Unit Management and Location Management, reducing the need to bring in separate specialists
• Owner-operator of MPS Production Services, giving productions direct access to trucks, base camp and location infrastructure alongside his own on-set role

KEY SERVICES & EQUIPMENT – MPS Production Services

• Makeup Trucks – 4-station setups, hot water, A/C, extraction fans, spray tan booth option
• Costume Trucks & Caravans – oversize 9m pans, washer/dryer, full hanging racks, fully insulated
• Green Rooms (Single & Double Suites) – ensuite, couch, fridge, desk, TV/media player, A/C
• Unit Trucks – marquees, coffee machine, office space, toolkit, covers 100+ crew
• Generator Utility Trucks – 60KVA silenced generator, diesel & water tanks, distro boards, Hiab crane
• Landcruisers (Troopy & Ute) – high-capacity towing, recovery gear, mine-spec suspension
• Unit Trailer – flexible second-unit / TVC support, gas burner, generator mount
• Office Van – 15ft caravan, reverse cycle A/C, cable ports, ideal for ADs, tutoring, costume overflow

SELECTED CREDITS – UNIT MANAGER / PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

• Two Birds (2026) - Stan TV Series - Unit Manager
• Breakers (2026) - Netflix TV Series - Surf Unit Manager
• Population: 11 (2024) – Stan TV Series – Unit Manager
• Scrublands (Silver) (2025) – Stan TV Series – Unit Manager (4 eps)
• The Twelve (Cape Rock Killer) (2025) - Binge TV Series - Unit Manager
• We Bury the Dead (2024) – Feature Film – Unit Manager
• The Twelve (2023) – Binge TV Series – Unit Manager (8 eps)
• Blueback (2022) – Feature – Unit Manager
• How to Please a Woman (2022) – Feature Film – Unit Manager
• Itch (2020–2021) – TV Series – Unit Manager (20 eps)
• Go Karts (2020) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Red Dog: True Blue (2016) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Hounds of Love (2016) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Son of a Gun (2014) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Kill Me Three Times (2014) – Feature – Unit Manager
• An Accidental Soldier (2013) – TV Movie – Unit Manager
• The Great Mint Swindle (2012) – TV Movie – Unit Manager
• Cloudstreet (2011) – TV Mini Series – Unit Manager
• 3 Acts of Murder (2009) – TV Movie – Unit Manager
• Lockie Leonard (2007) – TV Series – Unit Manager
• The Sleepover Club (2003–2007) – TV Series – Unit Manager
• Foreign Exchange (2004) – TV Series – Unit Manager
• Southern Cross (2004) – Feature – Unit Manager
• The Shark Net (2003) – TV Mini Series – Unit Manager
• Japanese Story (2003) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Let’s Get Skase (2001) – Feature – Unit Manager
• Wild Kat (2001) – TV Series – Unit Manager

SELECTED CREDITS – LOCATION MANAGEMENT

• The Furnace (2020) – Feature – Locations Scout
• Itch (2020) – TV Series – Locations Scout
• H is for Happiness (2019) - Feature Film - Location Set-up Consultant
• Three Summers (2017) – Feature – Location Manager
• Kill Me Three Times (2014) – Feature – Pre-Production Location Manager
• Drift (2013) – Feature – Location Manager
• Cloudstreet (2011) – TV Mini Series – Location Scout
• Bran Nue Dae (2009) – Feature – Location Manager (Broome)
• Two Fists, One Heart (2008) - Feature Film - Location Manager
• Parallax (2004) – TV Series – Locations (2nd Unit)
• Japanese Story (2003) – Feature – Locations & Scout

REFERENCES

Available upon request from senior producers, line producers, and location managers who have collaborated with Mike across major features and television projects.