Imogen McCluskey

Imogen McCluskey is a freelance writer/director based between Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. 'Suburban Wildlife' is Imogen's debut feature film. Made on a micro-budget of $4,000, it premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in California, Sydney Film Festival (Second Runner-Up for Audience Award), Taormina Film Festival, and was the London Australian Film Festival's Closing Night Film - with Imogen honoured as the Debut Director for 2019. 'Suburban Wildlife' was long-listed for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts award for Best Indie Film, 2019. The film is now available to watch in US/Canada. A graduate of the prestigious AFTRS Bachelor of Arts (Screen) program, her graduating short film 'Gem' received the EU Film Award and was officially selected for Film Fest Gent in 2018. Her short film 'Natural' was a finalist for The Horizon Award supported by Sundance 2018. Amongst other accolades, her music video 'Savannah' won Best Australian Music Video at Clipped Music Video Festival 2019. In 2017, she was selected for Screen Australia Gender Matters initiative Smart for a Girl and produced her first television pilot 'The Ground' with Imogen Banks (Offspring, Puberty Blues) and Alice Bell (The Expatriates, Suburban Mayhem, The Slap). 'Surprise Party', a web series anthology created by Imogen, was one of 10 projects shortlisted for the SBS and Screen Australia DIGITAL ORIGINALS workshops 2019/2020. Imogen's latest short film 'Atomic Love' had its World Premiere at the 2020 BFI Flare Film Festival in London; Europe's largest LGBTQI+ event, run by the British Film Institute. Imogen is represented by helium.film for commercial work, and has made ads for clients such as The Cancer Council, Crimson Education and Tinder. Imogen's slate of screen projects includes: 'MASC', an anthology web series about masculinity, which recently received Screen Australia Generate Funding, a YA comedy-drama television show in development with Easy Tiger, and her sophomore feature with Beyond Productions.