Biography

Stef Smith is a director and writer who has worked within television, film and commercial across many genres. Stef is the recipient for Create NSW 2017 Generator: Emerging Filmmaker's Fund for her short film Joy Boy as Writer/Director. 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; and completed a Director's Attachment for the ABC/Netflix series The Letdown with Director Trent O'Donnell. Commercially, Stef has directed an observational documentary campaign series for National Disability Services, a mockumentary comedy series for Westpac, an inclusion and diversity campaign for Commonwealth Bank, and factual campaigns for Down Syndrome Australia and Family Planning Australia. Stef proudly tutors weekly at Bus Stop Films - the not-for-profit filmmaking school for young adults with an intellectual disability. Stef is a recipient of the 2018 Australia Director's Guild Commercial and Content Mentorship program and is placed with Photoplay Films in Sydney. Stef has been selected by Create NSW to attend the MIFF Accelerator Director's Lab 2018 alongside the most promising emerging directors from Australia and New Zealand. Stef has shadowed directors on Feature Films and TV series in Australia and the United States where she has been attached to directors Trent O'Donnell, Rachel Ward and Cate Shortland.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stef Smith