Director — Neil Sharma

Mentored by Oscar winning auteur Taika Waititi and AACTA Award winner Jeffrey Walker, Neil’s directing credits include the forthcoming reboot of Heartbreak High (Netflix), The Unlisted (Netflix), Born to Spy (ABC/Aquarius Films) and splinter unit for Lambs Of God (Foxtel/Showtime).

He cut his teeth in the film industry as an assistant director on productions such as Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, Mortal Kombat, Picnic At Hanging Rock and The Dressmaker to name a few.

He graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts, Media and Cultural Studies, before furthering his studies at AFTRS.

Some other credits include Thor: Love And Thunder, Lion, The Cry, The Whistle Blower, Lost Flowers Of Alice Hart, Love Child, Dance Academy, Janet King, Childhood’s End and Wolf Like Me. His extensive on-set experience and invaluable mentorships have put Neil in the perfect position to conceptualise and navigate a film production.

“I was that kid that stayed up all night watching music videos on RAGE. I didn’t realise it at the time but this was the beginning of my enthralment with film and more importantly - story.

Nothing fascinates me more than observing human nature. What it is that makes us so fantastically bizarre, endlessly curious and emotionally resilient.

“I was that kid that stayed up all night watching music videos on RAGE. I didn’t realise it at the time but this was the beginning of my enthralment with film and more importantly - story.

Nothing fascinates me more than observing human nature. What it is that makes us so fantastically bizarre, endlessly curious and emotionally resilient.

Representing this experience through my own unique gaze, is my ikigai”.