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Agnes Peel-McGregor
Sydney
Affiliations
DEGNZ, AWG
Agnes is an award-winning directress and screenwriter with a background in theatre and editing. 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 (Twin Peaks; Mulholland Drive; Wild at Heart; Blue Velvet; Elephant Man) 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. In 2019, the film was chosen from a few thousand shorts to have a week-long theatrical release in Hollywood.
Agnes is also a graduate of Sydney Film School (SFS) in Australia, 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. While undertaking her screenwriting studies at UCLA - considered to be one of the most prestigious academic programs for screenwriters - Agnes’s first feature length screenplay ELLIOT, was nominated for the Nate Wilson Joie de Vivre Award (an award presented to the screenwriting student whose screenplay is selected as best of the year).
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”.
Agnes is currently developing a screenplay for her feature film debut and works as a freelance directress across fiction, animation, video installation art and commercial content.
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Awards
Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival (SPIFF), Saint- Petersburg, Russia 2019, Winner: GRAND PRIX - AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, BEST ART DIRECTION (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Olympus Film Festival, Los Angeles, United States 2019, Winner: BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST SCI-FI SHORT FILM, BEST ACTRESS UNDER 18 (for 'Last Tree Standing')
European Cinematography Awards (ECA), Amsterdam, Netherlands 2018, Winner: BEST SHORT FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER, BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY, BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Chicago International Genre Film Festival, Chicago, United States 2018, Winner: BEST FANTASY SHORT (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Sioux City International Film Festival, Sioux City, United States 2018, Winner: BEST FILM IN A SCI- FI/FANTASY CATEGORY (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Iowa Independent Film Festival, Iowa, United States 2018, Winner: BEST SHORT FILM (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Annual Australian Cinematographers Society State Awards for Cinematography (ACS), Sydney, Australia 2017, Winner: SILVER AWARD (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Annual Australian Screen Music Awards (AMCOS APRA), Melbourne, Australia 2017, Winner: BEST MUSIC SCORE IN A SHORT FILM CATEGORY (for 'Last Tree Standing')
European Cinematography Awards (ECA), Warsaw, Poland 2017, Winner: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (for 'Milkmaid')
St. Kilda Film Festival (Academy Awards® qualifying), Australia 2018, Winner: BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS, Nomination: BEST ANIMATION (for 'Last Tree Standing')
The 27th Annual Iowa Motion Picture Awards (IMPA), United States 2018, Winner: BEST DIRECTION, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST EDITING, BEST MUSIC SCORE, BEST SOUNDTRACK AUDIO MIX, BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (for 'Last Tree Standing')
Sydney World Film Festival, Sydney, Australia 2016, Winner: BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM (for 'Milkmaid')
St. Kilda Film Festival (Academy Awards® qualifying), Australia 2015, Winner: BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING, Nomination: BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND (for 'Milkmaid')
Macae Cine International Film Festival, South America 2015, SPECIAL MENTION (for 'Milkmaid')
Festicini - International Independent Film Festival South America 2015, Winner: BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Nomination: BEST FILM (for 'Milkmaid')
Brazil Cinefest South America 2015, SPECIAL MENTION (for 'Milkmaid')
Annual Australian Screen Editors ELLIE Awards (ASE), Sydney, Australia 2015, Nomination: BEST EDITING IN A SHORT FILM CATEGORY (for 'Milkmaid')
Accolade Competition, United States 2015, Winner: AWARD OF EXCELLENCE (for 'Milkmaid')
David Lynch Master of Fine Arts in Film Scholarship Competition United States 2014, Winner: SCHOLARSHIP WINNER (for 'Milkmaid')
UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television, Los Angeles, United States 2014, Nomination: NATE WILSON JOIE DE VIVRE AWARD (for a long form screenplay 'Elliott')
Showreel International Magazine, United Kingdom 2011, Winner: Editor's Choice for October (for 'Suppression')
11th Sydney Film School Festival, Sydney, Australia 2010, Winner: Best Production Design, Highly Commended for: Direction, Cinematography and Editing (for 'Suppression')
Qualifications
Professional and Advanced Program in Screenwriting (UCLA) - School of Theatre, Film and Television (USA) 2013
National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) - Screen Directors Studio (AU) 2012
Sydney Film School (SFS) - Diploma in Screen and Media (AU) 2010
Credits
Milkmaid - 2014 - SF - ZPM Film - Agnes Peel-McGregor
Walking Shadow - 2013 - T - Short and Sweet Sydney - Agnes Peel-McGregor
Suppression - 2010 - SF - SFS - Agnes Peel-McGregor
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