DIRECTING for STAGE
| épochè | Co-creator & Director, Cité internationale des arts 2019
M.ROCK - staged read French translation | Director, Cité internationale des arts 2018
WOMEN OF MANHATTAN - staged read | Director, KXTeethCutting, Bakehouse Theatre 2018
VICE | VERSA | Co-creator & Director, Sydney Fringe Festival 2017
LOVE AND MONEY | Assistant Director to Judy Davis, NIDA 2017
MORAL PANIC - development workshop | Assistant Director to Bridget Baloudis, 2017
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FUEL AND THE FIRE | Assistant Director to Constantine Costi, NIDA 2016
THE BLUE ROOM | Director, NIDA + National Theatre Collaboration 2016
WEIMAR CABARET | Co-director, NIDA 2016
WHEN WORDS DON'T WORK | Co-creator & Director, NIDA + Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts 2016
PRIVATE LIVES | Director, NIDA + Actors Centre Australia Collaboration 2016
DIRECTING & WRITING for SCREEN
I'VE GOTTA HAVE YOU - Fluir | Director, Triple J Unearthed + NIDA music video 2016
SHE WAS SHE | Director, short drama 2013
THE GAY AGENDA | Director & Writer, short documentary 2013
MANDARIN PEEL | Director & Writer, short drama 2009
SMALL CHANGE | Director & Writer, short drama 2007
THE LAST WALTZ | Director & Writer, short drama 2007
EVENTS & EXPERIMENTAL ARTS PROJECTS
LES DIALOGUES | Research project, La Richardière 2022-present
PLAYGROUND | Improvisational film workshop for children in development, La Richardière 2022-present
NON JE NE REGRETTE RIEN | Transmedia project in development, Arteles Creative Centre 2022-present
PROXEMICA | Directing and consulting for professional online performance, 2020-present
CHASING DIALOGUE | Practice based research, 2017-present
NARNIA @ GAYTIMES FESTIVAL | Co-creator with Alexander Berlage & Jeremy Allen, 2017
THE PUNT ROAD PROJECT | Co-creator with Penelope Chai & Rita Walsh, 2014-present
EDUCATIONAL ROLES
CHASING DIALOGUE WORKSHOP - The Photo Album | NYU ABU DHABI, April & September 2023
AWARDS
SHE WAS SHE - Accelerator Program - Melbourne International Film Festival, 2014
MANDARIN PEEL - Best International Short Nomination, International Film Festival Breda, 2010
SMALL CHANGE - Student Visionary Award, Tribeca Film Festival, 2009
SMALL CHANGE - Best Direction in Short Film Nomination, Australian Directors Guild Awards, 2009
SMALL CHANGE - Triumph of the Spirit Award, Angelus Student Film Festival, 2008
SMALL CHANGE - Best Director Award, In the Bin Short Film Festival, 2008
SMALL CHANGE - Best Student Live Action 2nd Prize, Palm Springs Short Film Festival, 2008
SMALL CHANGE - VCA Film Victoria Award - Best Graduate Diploma Narrative Film, 2007
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TERTIARY EDUCATION
2017 / Master of Fine Arts - Directing, National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Sydney
2008 / Master of Film and Television – Narrative, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
1996 / Bachelor of Arts - Majors in Fine Arts and Literature, The University of Melbourne
Honours Year in Fine Arts: Thesis “Screening Daddy: Paternal Anxiety in Hollywood”
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020 / European Theatre Forum - online
2019-2020 / Kawalis Zoukak - Behind the Curtains, Zoukak Theatre Beirut Lebanon*
*Participation sponsored by Institute de Francais, Lebanon - event cancelled in 2019 and in 2020.
2018-2019 / Spectacle Vivant Lauréate - Resident at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris France
2018-2016-2014 / 16th Street Larry Moss Masterclass - auditor
2017 / Natalie Miller Fellowship Brilliant Careers Leadership Conference – online participant
2015 / Story Structure Workshop with Stephen Cleary - Open Channel
2015 / City of Yarra Annual Grant for further development of The Punt Road Project
2014 / Accelerator Program - Melbourne International Film Festival
2014 / Performance Investigations - City of Yarra residency for The Punt Road Project
2013 / Writing the Heroine’s Story with Helen Jacey - Screen Australia
2012 / Jury member for the 2013 AACTA Awards for Best Young Actor Category
2011 / Assessor for VCA Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
2011 / Berlinale Talent Campus – Berlin International Film Festival
2010 / Cinema Projects Development Summer School with Bobette Buster , Italy
2010 / Directing Actors with Alkinos Tsilimidos - Open Channel
2009 / Tribeca Film Fellows Mentoring Program – Tribeca Film Festival, USA
2009 / Film Maker Programme - Sapporo International Film Festival, Japan
2009 / Leopard of Tomorrow Programme - Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland
2008 / Cilect – International Filmmaking Schools Conference, Mexico
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Women in Theatre and Screen
Theatre Network Australia
Theatre Network NSW
Cité Internationale des Arts Alumni
Arteles Creative Residency Alumni
High Tees Artist-in-Residence