Photo: Alexandrena Parker
I am a Greek-Australian AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts) award winning filmmaker, writer, actor and story developer, who grew up in Western Sydney Australia, and available for work between Sydney and Melbourne. I’m co-writing the sci-fi drama feature film 2 MOONS, produced by Co Curious with an Emmy Nominated director attached, commissioned by the Powerhouse Museum. Coming to theatres and screens near you… in 2027. My cringe comedy online series CURSE OF THE VIRGIN is in advanced development, and received Screen Australia development funding, with Executive Producers Barry Gamba from Arts & Cultural Exchange (SBS’ NIGHTBLOOMERS) & Bec Bignell (HOMESPUN/HARD AS PUCK), and is being directed by Grace Tan (SBS/Cannes’ APPETITE). I was selected for the 2024 Cinefest Oz Writer’s Retreat in Busselton Western Australia to further develop the pilot script. I was recently selected as a part of Vicscreen’s Originate Genre Initiative as 1 of 8 participants, to develop a first draft screenplay of my fantasy comedy feature INNER BEAST.
I created, wrote and starred in GORGO — WINNER of the 2025 AACTA AWARD BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM. Now streaming on SBS On Demand Network in Australia, and screened worldwide at multiple festivals in the US and Europe, including a North American premiere at 2024 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and selected by The French Academy (Académie des César) to screen in their European program of Les Nuits En Or 2025, dedicated to showcasing the best of international award-winning academy short films. Also nominated across multiple Australian film festivals, including being the Winner of Best Original Music at Academy/BAFTA qualifying Flickerfest 2024,a nd I won Best Performance and a Special Mention awards at 2025 Stellar Film Festival.
I co-wrote Episode 4 for HALAL GURLS (ABCiview) and was the Producers’ Attachment (Development) for Co Curious’s Western Sydney anthology feature HERE OUT WEST.My original concept for a fantasy dark-comedy TV series FACE MY FURIEwas selected for the Co Curious/NETFLIX’S Creative Equity Fund. I was also a Story Developer for Damien Strouthos’ (The Twelve) debut feature film PANOS, PANNOS & GEORGE directed by Peter Andrikidis. I’ve worked in roles across short form, story coverage for theatrical distribution STUDIOCANAL as a part of their Scripted Ink Writers’ Internship. I was selected for 2019 Screen Australia Developing the Developer where I took a development placement with LINGO PICTURES. I was the Script Coordinator for SBS’ show WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY and was the Script Coordinator for season 1 of THE LETDOWN (NETFLIX/ABCiview).
I’ve been a contributing Writer for networks like Disney, and a Notetaker for writers rooms for See-Saw Films, Dreamchaser Entertainment, Lingo Pictures, Magpie Pictures, Made Up Stories, Co Curious, Moving On Productions, Afro Sistahs Collective, Arts & Cultural Exchange and Jacaranda Dreams Productions. I went to AFTRS (Australian Film, Television & Radio School) and did a 2021 Masters of Screen (Screenwriting).
I love to tell stories about unapologetically sensitive or unorthodox women — who are outsiders, who are graceless, who are disruptive, to themselves and others
Photo: Alexandrena ParkerIn Development
INNER BEAST | 90 mins dark-comedy fantasy feature film | TBA
CURSE OF THE VIRGIN | 7 x 7 online series | 2024 Screen Australia Online Development | Creator/Writer/Co-Producer
2 MOONS Sci-Fi Drama Feature Film (90 mins) | Co Curious, commissioned by Powerhouse Museum | Writer/Associate Producer
FURIES | 6 x 25 mins TV series | original concept created during ‘On The Bright Side,’ Netflix Creative Equity Fund/Co-Curious | Writer
Completed
GORGO | 19 mins short film | 2025 AACTA AWARD WINNER BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM | Writer
CURSE OF THE VIRGIN | 7 mins proof-of-concept | Digital Diasporas Initiative ACE (Arts & Cultural Exchange) & Rosie Lourde | Writer
HALAL GURLS | 6 x 10 mins online series ABCiview | AACTA Nominated Best Online Drama or Comedy | Co-Writer EPISODE 4
WE TAKE HER CHILDREN IN AMONGST OUR OWN | 6 mins short film | AFTRS | Writer
Accolades
2026 | GORGO acquired by SBS On Demand Network
2025 | GORGO- AACTA WINNER BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM | WRITER
2024 | CINEFEST OZ/WIFT AUS WRITER’S RETREAT SELECTED WRITER PARTICIPANT
2023 | IN THE ROOM FEATURE FILM COMMISSION | WRITER | CO CURIOUS
2022 | SCRIPTED INK/AWG (AUSTRALIAN WRITERS’ GUILD) | WRITERS’ INTERNSHIP STUDIOCANAL AUS/NZ
2022 | ON THE BRIGHT SIDE PROGRAM | CO CURIOUS/NETFLIX CREATIVE EQUITY FUND | SELECTED COMEDY WRITER
2022 | PRODUCER ATTACHMENT (DEVELOPMENT) | ON FEATURE FILM HERE OUT WEST| CO CURIOUS
2020 | DIGITAL DIASPORAS SELECTED WRITER (ACE, SCREEN AUSTRALIA, CREATE NSW)
2019 | SCREEN AUSTRALIA’S DEVELOPING THE DEVELOPER SELECTED PARTICIPANT
2017 | ICE PRODUCE PERFECT WORKSHOP - WINNER OF TV SERIES PITCHING COMPETITION
“Danielle will be creating and generating more impressive projects as the coming years unfold. For now, ‘Gorgo’ is a creative piece worth looking out for. It is a heavy and defining film, just like her win at the AACTA Awards.”
- Billy Cotsis (NEOS KOSMOS ARTICLE)