Billie Dean is an animal shaman and professional psychic animal communicator with over three decades in the buiness. She has an international clientele and has communicated with many thousands of animal clients.

Billie comes from a background in journalism, acting, and natural therapies, and is a partner in the filmmaking company Wild Pure Heart Productions with her husband Andrew Einspruch.

Billie has always experienced the silent language of the natural world. Considered "too sensitive" as a child, she kept her experiences with animals and nature to herself. Mostly. When she was older, her horse Sollie sent her feelings and pictures as they rode. but it wasn't until she read Kinship with All Life that she realised it was the silent language of nature, and that others could experience it too. Her natural ability was strengthened by meditation, improvised comedy and listening to her animal friends, especially Sollie, Burmese cats Binah, Chockmah and Pucawan, and Reka, her German Shepherd dog.

Billie and Andrew have studied with elders from numerous native cultures, including Aboriginal, Maori, Native American, Hawaiian and Celtic. They have have also studied shamanism with Lynn Andrews and Denise Linn, and have been adopted by a Maori tribe and initiated into the Seneca Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge. Billie is also a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Most recently, she was initiated into the lineage of the Inka, and was the first Australian to receive all nine rites of the Munay-Ki, enabling her to take on protégés. Billie is a graduate of the Healing the Light Body School, founded by Dr Alberto Villoldo.

Over a 30-year writing career, Billie has written children's books, and extensively for stage, television, newspapers and magazines.

Her television credits include writing for the children's shows Hi-5, which won both Logie and Australian Record Industry Association awards, and Cushion Kids.

Bilie has also performed as a stand-up comedian, and with Andrew as a comedy duo, both in Australia and in the USA.

Billie was the writer, director and lead actress for her debut feature film, Finding Joy, which won her an AFTI Best Actress award. See Films for details.

Along with Andrew, she has produced and directed numerous documentaries, corporate and music videos, and programming for cable and experimental television. Billie was recognised as an Emerging Producer by the Screen Producers' Association of Australia in 1999.

Her most recent completed project is her documentary This Sacred Earth: The 2012 Phenomenon. Before that, she created the "dog-umentary" Seven Days with Seven Dogs (2007). During 2005 and 2006, Billie and Andrew documented the development pressures on the heritage town of Braidwood, NSW, which was gramted State Heritage Listing in 2006.

Billie is an activist and a strong supporter of animal rights (ee the For Life Campaign). She is currently developing Rainbow Fianna, a school for teaching people to be the best animal guardians, partners, and healers they can be.