Photograph by Matthew Thompson

BIO

Recent projects include music video Wasteland for Mick Flannery; short dance film Silvaticus, shot on mobile in lockdown, in collaboration with award-winning Australian contemporary dancer Jana Castillo and minimalist Irish composer Úna Keane; and
three-part digital series on positive masculinity, A Few Good Blokes,
for ABC iView (2.5M views to date).

In 2017/2018, I was awarded placement at Oscar-nominated company FINCH as part
of the inaugural ‘Gender Matters’ initiative by Screen Australia and the ADG
(Australian Director’s Guild). LGBTQ+ short film/music video The Ocean for award-winning Irish artist Wallis Bird, produced with FINCH, was selected for multiple international
film festivals throughout 2019. The film also featured at the Shiny Awards 2019 (UK)
with a live panel review at M&C Saatchi, London.

Since graduating from AFTRS in Dec 2014, I’ve directed multiple short-form pieces; both narrative and non-fiction. Short film Ballsy has screened on the international film festival circuit with nominations for Best Documentary at Sheffield Doc/Fest, the Academy-accredited Flickerfest and Fastnet Film Festival. Juxtaposing fly-on-the-wall cinematography with designed overhead stop- motion sequences, Ballsy aims to contrast the darkness of the hero’s reality with moments of brighter hope. Alongside the premiere of Ballsy, I won the prestigious KB Myer award for multiplatform series The Alchemy Project. The project went on to be selected for the digital marketplace at Sheffield Doc/Fest, generously supported with an international travel grant from Screen Australia.

Other milestones have included mini musical Edie landing in the top five finalists
for the ABC’s Girls series; two short docs for BBC World; and a number of commercials drawing heavily upon my design background including the most recent – a minimalist colour/neon tribute to Monty Python, The New Fit, for Rebel.

I also create the annual original short film program for TED Talks, collaborating with top filmmaking teams around the world. The TEDFilms 2018 program featured short films by Mother, London; BAFTA-winning director Duncan Cowles, Edinburgh; SpecialGuest, NYC; and Shane Griffin, LA. The films premiered live onstage at TED2018 in Vancouver.
I previously created similar program for TEDxSydney – toured globally by TED as
‘best in class’ – and acted as onstage host and co-writer of the Fast Ideas segment in
2016 and 2017. Have a gander at the Fast Ideas 2016 segment here – and 2017 here.

I'm also a fan of bell hooks, salmon sashimi, Gaeilge (the Irish language),
First Nations storytelling, bikes, Barry's tea and early morning sea dips.