aquarius productions commenced production on frackman in early 2011. the film was shot in queensland and new south wales and according to director, richard todd, the story is told "through the eyes of dayne 'the frackman' pratzky". by november 2011, todd had followed sub plot character stories with drew hutton, jeremy buckingham, dr marian lloyd smith, bob irwin, barnaby joyce. alan jones had been filmed at a community gathering in bowral and also in brisbane. time-critical shoots had already occurred and further filming was expected to occur in mid 2013. editing was expected to follow in late 2013. todd, who was born in newcastle and hails from margaret river in western australia has said that he is "attracted to stories that require a very close and personal relationship with a central character." he has also said that he has "the ability to be 'let in' to complex and difficult to film situations."