Reilly Archer-Whelan

Reilly is an Australian Director. She is the Creative Director of RAW Films - a dynamic video production agency that produces stand out creative content to help businesses engage with their audience. Reilly has had a diverse and multifaceted journey through film production which has allowed her to specialise in multiple avenues of content creation and execution. She is often employed for her ability to overlap in various roles on productions and campaigns, ranging from directing, producing and editing). Reilly originally entered the industry through the film festival scene. Before starting up her own Film Festival, she began her career in a number of professional positions at festivals such as Monster Fest where she acquired skills in Film Festival management. Years later, her own festival grew to become highly regarded. The festival was sponsored by reputable brands such as Panavision, Starnow and ADG, it involved some of Australia's most esteemed film industry professionals and sold out the largest theatre at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI). After graduating from Swinburne University with a Bachelors Degree in Film and Media, Reilly has been shooting short documentaries both in Australia and abroad. Her interest in social activism has lead her to create works around the refugee crisis in Australia, class struggle in South Africa and the looming mass extinction disaster. Her latest work, The Last Extinction, premiered at Melbourne Documentary Film Festival in 2020.