Agnes Peel-McGregor

Agnes is an award-winning screenwriter and director with a background in theatre and poetic performance art. Her short films have been described by critics as: 'immersive and full of visual spectacle'; 'stylish and imaginative' and they have screened at some of the top film festivals around the world, garnering multiple awards and nominations. Agnes has been personally awarded as a screenwriter, director, producer and editor. Her short 'Milkmaid' - a supernatural thriller, was awarded by David Lynch garnering her a full scholarship to attend the David Lynch Master of Fine Arts in Film in the USA, where she was mentored by the world renowned film director. 'Milkmaid' went on to win multiple awards and nominations at film festivals around the world. Agnes's latest film 'Last Tree Standing' - a 30 min. dystopian fantasy premiered at Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival - being only one of five shorts directed by a woman in Official Competition. To date, the film has won nearly thirty awards on the festival circuit worldwide and from professional Guilds and Associations, including multiple wins for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The film was in consideration for the 2020 OSCARS® Short Film Awards. Agnes is also a graduate of NIDA's (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) Screen Directors Studio in Australia and UCLA's (University of California School of Theatre, Film and Television) Professional Programs in Screenwriting in the USA, where her first feature length screenplay was nominated for the Nate Wilson Joie de Vivre Award. In 2018, Agnes was selected by the Directors and Editors Guild of New Zealand (DEGNZ) to participate in their Women Filmmakers Incubator - a one year program honouring female directors, who "show real promise in moving rapidly towards their first major projects".