kieran darcy-smith
Kieran is an assured director, photographer and dedicated screenwriter whose screenplays have won awards including the Inside Film Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay for Memorial Day and the Australian Writer’s Guild Mentorship Award for Little Sky Cambodia. His writing talent matured while working with acclaimed producer Andrew Mason (The Matrix Trilogy, Tomorrow When the War Began) and in 2009 his screenplay for Wish You Were Here was selected for the prestigious Aurora Script Development Program.
Wish You Were Here is Kieran's feature film debut. His next movie, Memorial Day, sees him collaborate once again with Wish You Were Here producer Angie Fielder, and acclaimed US indie producer Ted Hope (21 Grams, Happiness) is executive producer.
Kieran is a founding member of Blue-Tongue Films, an independent collective of writer/directors who have garnered international acclaim for their work.
Kieran has been active both in front of and behind the camera since graduating from drama school in Sydney in 1995. He has written, directed and starred in a number of internationally acclaimed short films and music videos. His second short film, Bloodlock, was nominated for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award, and other shorts The Island and Loaded have garnered genuine international recognition. As an actor Kieran’s feature film roles include The Square, September, The Cave, Two Hands and The Reef.