Iris worked in graphic and fine art and was the founder of the typographic and reprographic company Art Type Pty Ltd in Australia for ten years. She also researched, produced and presented radio programmes for 5MMM over four years, and worked for holographic artist Dr Paula Dawson. Subsequently she moved to Europe where she worked in different roles in theatre, dance, music and radio at Hampstead Theatre, the Cholmondeleys and Featherstonehaughs, Sincere Management and VIVA in London. She also worked for BBC Education and Digital Media, including a European Commission Project, in research and project management. Iris currently produces, directs and edits news and documentary films. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Art (Sydney College of the Arts) and an MA in Documentary Research for Film and TV (University of the Arts London).