Shelly Lauman

Shelly Lauman is an Australian writer and director who trained as an actress and earned an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory in 2015. Her short film BIRDIE (2018, 8 minutes) premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and screened at TIFF and AFI Fest. Fox Searchlight acquired it as the first short film the studio distributed, and it was released as part of Searchlight Shorts. BIRDIE was also a Vimeo Staff Pick and received a 2019 ADG nomination. Her earlier shorts include WOMAN OUTSIDE (2015), for which she received AFI's Richard P. Rogers Spirit of Excellence Award, and TWO DUCKS (2009), which won an Audience Choice award at the World of Women Film Festival. She has also directed commercials for Westpac and Moccona.