Stef Smith

Writer/ Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

Stef is an exciting young award-winning Australian filmmaker and established commercials director. Most recently Stef directed the JONES FAMILY CHRISTMAS for Stan starring Heather Mitchell and the Australian Academy-nominated comedy series MONOLOGUEStef is the creator, showrunner and series director of Australian Academy nominated, Australian Writers Guild winning, television miniseries IT'S FINE, I'M FINE, hailed by the SMH as "the best Australian drama of the year”. Debuting on SBS after its world premiere at CanneSeries and a sold-out Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival 2022.

Stef’s award-winning, Iris Prize-nominated short film JOY BOY screened internationally at festivals including Palm Springs and the AmPav Emerging Directors Showcase, Cannes Film Festival. It was financed by Create NSW 2017 Generator: Emerging Filmmaker’s Fund and premiered on SBS Viceland and SBS OnDemand in 2018. Stef directed and produced ABC iView sketch comedy series THE LOST TAPES funded by ABC and Screen Australia, as part of their Fresh Blood initiative. Stef is an alumni of the MIFF Accelerator Director’s Lab and a recipient of the 2018 Australian Director’s Guild Commercial & Content Directing Mentorship and is an established commercials director with Photoplay Films winning at Shots Asia for New Director of the Year 2021. Stef has won an Australian Directors Guild award and has had four nominations. She is currently in development as creator/writer on an original drama series with eOne and recently completed writing the Screen Australia funded feature film ANNA ROBI AND THE HOUSE OF DOGS with Maxine Mellor.

 

In Development

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FISH (Drama Series)

eOne UK

Creator/Writer/Director

ANNA ROBI & THE HOUSE OF DOGS

Development funding from Screen Australia

Director/Writer

Television

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WTFAQ

2023

Mercury Scout, ABC

Director

MONOLOGUE

2023

Truce Films

Director
NOMINATED Australian Academy Award

IT’S FINE, I’M FINE

2022

SBS NITV Broadcast, funded by Screen NSW and Screen Australia, Photoplay

Director/Creator/Writer/ Producer
WINNER AWGIE, episode: Poo Boy 2022
NOMINATED Australian Academy Award, Australian Directors Guild

THE LOST TAPES (iView series)

2018

ABC/Screen AusFresh Blood

Director

Film

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JONES FAMILY CHRISTMAS

2023

Two Johns, Stan Original

Director

Short Films

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WEATHER GIRL

2020

Unko, Screen NSW, Epic Games

Director/Writer

ALL YOU WHO HAVE NOT LOVED HER

2019

Unko

Director/Writer

JOY BOY

2018

SBS, Create NSW, Unko

Director/Writer
WINNER Best Short Film, Melb Queer Film Festival 2019
WINNER Best Film, West End Film Festival 2019
WINNER Best LGBT+ Film, West End Film Festival 2019

WAY OUT ASSISTANCE

2018

Bus Stop Films/Taste Creative

Director/Writer

Radio

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THE INVISIBLE WOMEN'S SOCIETY

2019

Amazon, Audible Originals Australia

Director

Assisting Credits

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THE LETDOWN S1

2017

Dir: Trent O'Donnell

MR INBETWEEN (S3)

2021

FX Showcase/ FX

Director’s shadowing scheme Dir: Nash Edgerton

THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER

2021

Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios

On Set Additional PA Dir: Taika Waititi

THE LETDOWN S2

2019

ABC Netflix

Director’s shadowing scheme
Dir: Trent O'Donnell

PALM BEACH

2018

Newtown Films

Director’s shadowing scheme Dir: Rachel Ward

NO ACTIVITY

2018

CBS US

Director’s shadowing scheme Dir: Trent O’Donnell

UNTITLED

2018

Matchbox

Director’s shadowing scheme Dir: Cate Shortland

Commercials

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MARS YOU WHO DID THAT THING YOU DID

2023

Playtime

Director

BONDS ‘BABY COVER WITH ANNE EDMONDS

2022

Playtime

Director

COMMBANK ‘DLS’ + ‘SLC’

2022

Playtime

Director

DOMAIN ‘THE ONLY APP YOU NEED

2021

Playtime

Director

PANTENE 'SHOWER TALK WITH CELESTE BARBER'

2020

Hogarth

Director
WINNER Australian Directors Guild

TELSTRA x NETFLIX 'STRANGER THINGS' + 'THE CROWN'

2020

Playtime

Director

FLEXMAMI x BUMBLE BFF

2020

Playtime

Director

I DON'T WANT TO BE AN ANGEL

2019

Playtime

Director

YOUNG HENRYS 'WHEN TOO STRONG IS TOO MUCH

2019

Playtime

Director

YOUNG HENRYS 'LADY BEER

2018

Unko

Director

Other

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AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA ‘BAROQUE IN BLOOM

2021

Playtime

Director (Concert Film)
NOMINATED Australian Directors Guild

AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA ‘BACHS UNIVERSE (Concert Film)

2021

Playtime

Director

ARTISTS IN MOTION ‘MOVING PORTRAIT SERIES (video installation)

2021

Playtime

Director
NOMINATED Australian Directors Guild