Career
He is based in Melbourne, Australia where he filmed the television series Not Quite Artist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation screened during October-November 2007. Westbury"s mother Kaye Westbury was the Australian Democrats candidate for the Division of Newcastle in 1998 when she died on the eve of the election, forcing a postponement of the vote in the city. Arts and festivals
Westbury was the Director of the 2004 and 2006 Next Wave Festivals under the themes of Unpopular Culture (2004) and Empire Games (2006).
Marcus Westbury also co-founded and was one of the directors of Freeplay, Australia"s largest independent computer games developers" conference.
Media projects
Westbury has worked across a range of media including as a commentator and producer for American Broadcasting Company Local Radio in Newcastle, Sydney and Melbourne and American Broadcasting Company Radio National and has featured on a range of American Broadcasting Company television series including Recovery, Critical Mass and Vulture. As an occasionally published writer, Westbury is also a coauthor of the h2w2 guidebook (published by the Australia Council) and a tongue in cheek tourism guide to Newcastle called Newcastle Navigator.
In 2014, Westbury published a book on urban renewal titled Creating Cities. Oliver, Robin. Not Quite Art, The Age Newspaper, 15 October 2007.
Hill, Jason. Screen Play: Not Quite Art, The Age Newspaper, 2 October 2007.