Stef Smith
Writer/ Director
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 MONOLOGUE. Stef 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
Production | Company | Notes |
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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
Production | Company | Notes |
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WTFAQ 2023 | Mercury Scout, ABC | Director |
MONOLOGUE 2023 | Truce Films | Director |
IT’S FINE, I’M FINE 2022 | SBS NITV Broadcast, funded by Screen NSW and Screen Australia, Photoplay | Director/Creator/Writer/ Producer |
THE LOST TAPES (iView series) 2018 | ABC/Screen AusFresh Blood | Director |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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JONES FAMILY CHRISTMAS 2023 | Two Johns, Stan Original | Director |
Short Films
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
WAY OUT ASSISTANCE 2018 | Bus Stop Films/Taste Creative | Director/Writer |
Radio
Production | Company | Notes |
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THE INVISIBLE WOMEN'S SOCIETY 2019 | Amazon, Audible Originals Australia | Director |
Assisting Credits
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
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
Production | Company | Notes |
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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 |
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
Production | Company | Notes |
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AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA ‘BAROQUE IN BLOOM 2021 | Playtime | Director (Concert Film) |
AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA ‘BACHS UNIVERSE (Concert Film) 2021 | Playtime | Director |
ARTISTS IN MOTION ‘MOVING PORTRAIT SERIES (video installation) 2021 | Playtime | Director |