FILMS
HIGHWAY (2016) - WRITER/DIRECTOR
A troubled young hitchhiker struggles to escape a fatal prophecy on a remote mountain highway.
NOMINATED: Best Direction of a Short Film - Australian Director's Guild Award 2018
Produced by Tim Russell & Michael Wark. Starring Odessa Young, Andrew Gilbert, Rebecca Smart & Rhiannon Zanker. Cinematography by Edward Goldner, Production Design by Sherree Philips, Edited by Anil Griffin, Makeup by Victoria Mavromatis, Sound Design by Michael Newton, Original Score by Jonathan Adam Joseph Wilson & Beau Cassidy, Colourist CJ Dobson. Recipient of the ACT Screen Arts Production Fund 2015. International Sales - MAGNET FILM.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: BFI London Film Festival 2016, Warsaw Film Festival 2016, Flickerfest 2017, Palm Springs Shortfest 2017, Hollyshorts 2017, Fantastic Fest 2017, Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival 2017, Pittsburgh Film Festival 2017, Canberra International Film Festival 2017, Canberra Short Film Festival 2017, Landshut Film Festival 2018, Cleveland International Film Festival 2018, Nevermore Film Festival, Final Girls Film Festival Berlin 2018, Final Frame Horror Short Film Competition at StokerCon 2018.
SHILOH (2018) - WRITER / DIRECTOR
Certain that there is no other way to save her parents, Shiloh travels back in time to the wedding at which they first met in a bid to prevent their union.
Produced by Cyna Strachan and Liam Heyen. Starring Megan Smart, Sarah Armanious, Jean Bachoura, Christian Byers. Cinematography by Ross Giardina, Production Design by Bethany Ryan, Edited by Christine Cheung, Costume by Verity Mackey, Makeup by Mariel McClorey, Sound Design by Michael Newton, Original Score by Freya Berkhout, Colourist Billy Whychgel. Executive Produced by Emerald Films. Recipient of the ACT Screen Arts Production Fund.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Melbourne International Film Festival 2018, Accelerator Program.
Hollyshorts Film Festival 2019.
Flickerfest International Film Festival 2019.
FOAL (2014) - WRITER/DIRECTOR
In the extended absence of her older stockman husband, Aurora falls pregnant to her young lover, Joe. As Aurora braces for the imminent return of her husband, her young daughter Annie struggles to make sense of her mother’s complex adult world, and of her own burgeoning sexuality.
AFTRS MSA short film starring Tess Haubrich, Lola Bennett, Benjamin Hoetjes, and Geoff Morrell. Produced by Lyn Norfor, Cinematogrpahy by Ryley Brown, Production Design by Sherree Philips, Costume by Anna Cahill, Makeup by Veronica Colvin, Edited by Anil Griffin, Original Music by Freya Berkhout, Sound Design by Abigail Sie, Colourist Edel Rafferty.
WINNER
Kenneth B. Myer Award for Exceptional Talent 2014
Newport Beach International Film Festival 2016 - Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Best Foreign Short
Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2016 - Platinum Remi Award
NOMINATIONS: Australian Director's Guild Award 2015, Australian Writer's Guild Award 2015, Craft Award - St Kilda Film Festival 2016, Best Editing - St Kilda Film Festival 2016, Best Young Actress - St Kilda Film Festival 2016.
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Poitiers Film Festival, Newport Beach International Film Festival 2016, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival 2016, Flickerfest (Sydney, Canberra) 2016, Cannes Festival Des Antipodes (2016, 2017), St Kilda Film Festival 2016, Canberra Short Film Festival (2016), Dungog Film Festival (2016), Kratkinabrzinu Film Festival (Croatia) 2016, Cineclass (Paris) 2016, ArtNotApart Canberra 2016, Poitiers International Film Festival 2015. Australians in Film/G'Day USA Showcase 2017, ABC iView "Grad Season" 2017, Virgin Inflight Entertainment “Best of the Fests” 2016, .