Easier to raise funds privately: Daddo

Actor/producer Cameron Daddo believes it’s easier to raise up to $1m privately than going through Australia’s funding bodies.

“They will make us jump through hoops,” Daddo told Encore.

Talking about Passengers, the film he produced and funded privately through the relationships he has cultivated while working in the US and Australia, Daddo said he preferred to bypass the traditional route of Australian filmmakers applying for government funding.

“It’s just a matter of how much work I want to put in as a producer to secure that funding. I felt  it might be easier to raise the funds privately, when it’s a small amount such as $1m,” he said.