Chantelle Murray
Chantelle Murray
Writer & Director
Trailblazing Director Chantelle Murray has a passion for storytelling and a unique perspective that has gained her accolades and credits on a range of projects. With a career debut in dramatic emotive short films, 2020 My Name is Mudju screened at Bronze Lens Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, CinefestOZ, touring with Flickerfest nation-wide, and winning best short film at Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival. Her second film Shed opened at Sydney Film Festival, and screened at WINDA and CinefestOZ Film Festivals.
Chantelle participated in the NATIVE Slam in 2020 initiated by Māoriland Film Trust alongside Māori filmmakers Bailey Poching and Hiona Henare. Chantelle has been attached to international productions as Directors attachment to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, Phillip Noyce, most recently, Thor: Love and Thunder shadowing Taika Waititi. She’s currently in production for her debut animation feature.
Chantelle is a passionate storyteller who develops her own content with a focus on Aboriginal History.
Chantelle participated in the NATIVE Slam in 2020 initiated by Māoriland Film Trust alongside Māori filmmakers Bailey Poching and Hiona Henare. Chantelle has been attached to international productions as Directors attachment to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, Phillip Noyce, most recently, Thor: Love and Thunder shadowing Taika Waititi. She’s currently in production for her debut animation feature.
Chantelle is a passionate storyteller who develops her own content with a focus on Aboriginal History.
Related Sessions
Indigenous Collaboration: Making Films That Heal
MON, OCT 16, 3:30 PM
Conference
Co-presented by UNESCO Wellington City of Film and Māoriland Film Festival, the world's largest indigenous film festival, this inspiring panel will feature indigenous and First Nation award-winning talent and thinkers who are driving impact in the screen industry in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and beyond. Join them as they offer their experiences and insights, and a challenge around improving opportunity and outcomes for indigenous filmmakers and those working across the screen industry, centred on indigenous collaboration as a supercharger for change and the critical importance of making of films that heal.
