About

German born, Aussie girl – Rita Artmann is the co-founder/co-creator of production company ArtSpear and associated YouTube channel ArtSpear Entertainment (3.6 million subscribers and over 1 billion views).

She recently produced ArtSpear’s family comedy Clay, a hybrid live-action/animation short film funded by Screen Queensland, and is currently producing AACTA Proof short Deadline for Haven't You Done Well Productions and the Macfarlane Bros.

Rita was one of the 2024/2025 Screen Producers Australia "Ones To Watch". She has produced and co-created Screen Australia and YouTube supported mockumentary web series UnTrue Crime; multi-award-winning, internationally distributed comedy feature films The Killage and Australiens; skit-comedy series The Void and The Void: Rebooted; and viral animated parody series Toon Sandwich.

Rita produced the AACTA and SPA nominated anthology web series The Worst That Could Happen. The series has garnered over 10 million views across online platforms. 

Having started her career as an actor, Rita has performed in film, TV, theatre and web series professionally for over 20 years. She has emulated hundreds of popular characters as the sole female voice artist of Toon Sandwich. 

Co-founder of production company ArtSpear, Joe Bauer has an innate talent for comedy and genre filmmaking with a distinctive style evident across his work. He is the writer, director, sole animator and male voice actor for viral animated YouTube series Toon Sandwich (1 billion views and 3.6 million subscribers on ArtSpear’s channel).

Recently, Joe finished directing and animating ArtSpear’s Clay, a hybrid live action/animated short film he also wrote, supported by the inaugural Screen Queensland Short Film Fund. 

Joe wrote, directed and starred in award-winning true crime mockumentary series UnTrue Crime, a recipient of Screen Australia and YouTube's 2023 Skip Ahead initiative and has written/directed two 6x30min comedy series, The Void and The Void: Rebooted, released on 31 Digital broadcast and YouTube respectively.

His two comedy feature films The Killage and Australiens were both internationally distributed and have won multiple awards around the world.

Joe is also an illustrator of 6 children’s books — the popular Eric Vale and Derek Dale trilogies — which have been published in multiple countries.