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Filmmaker

Sian Davies

Sian Davies is an award-winning Australian director whose work spans drama, comedy, film and commercials. She recently directed episodes of the Stan thriller WATCHING YOU and is best known as the set-up director of both seasons of the AACTA and Logie-nominated murder mystery series BLACK SNOW (Stan/Sundance TV), where she established the show's visual language, tone and storytelling approach.


Her work on Black Snow and the Foxtel legal drama THE TWELVE earned Australian Directors' Guild Award nominations, while in 2022 she received three ADG nominations and won for her direction of SPREADSHEET (Paramount+) and SURVIVING SUMMER (Netflix). She was again recognised in 2023 with a Highly Commended citation for SURVIVING SUMMER Season 2.


Sian's television credits span some of Australia's most acclaimed and popular series, including THE GLOAMING, BLOOM, WENTWORTH, MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES, OFFSPRING, RUSH and SATISFACTION. Earlier in her career, she directed Seasons three and four of the International Emmy Award-winning NOWHERE BOYS, helmed all episodes of ABC's political satire THE EX-PM, and received a nomination for Best Direction in a TV Comedy Program for TRUE STORY with Hamish and Andy.


Alongside her television work, Sian has also directed a number of acclaimed short films. POETRY AND PIÑATA premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival, while her VCA graduate film BLACKOUT screened internationally at Cannes and Clermont-Ferrand.

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7 Feb 2027

FORTITUDE VALLEY World Premiere

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