Director Chantelle Murray has a passion for storytelling and a unique perspective that has gained her accolades and credits on a range of projects. She made her career debut in dramatic emotive short films, with My Name Is Mudju (2019) screening at the Bronze Lens Film Festival, the Melbourne International Film Festival and CinefestOZ, as well as touring with Flickerfest nationwide, and winning best short film at the Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival. Her second film Shed (2019) opened at the Sydney Film Festival, and screened at the WINDA and CinefestOZ film festivals. Chantelle has joined international productions as director’s attachment to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, Phillip Noyce, and Thor: Love and Thunder shadowing Taika Waititi. She made her directorial debut on animated feature The Lost Tiger (2024) with Like A Photon Creative.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
