ZOE PEPPER

writer. director.

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About

Zoe is a writer and director for film, theatre and participatory gaming. After ten years as one of Western Australia’s top theatre directors, she was selected for Screenwest’s prestigious Feature Navigator program, which is allowing her to develop her debut feature script. In 2018 Zoe completed two web series, LIFT, a Mad Kids production starring Lucy Durack and directed by Zoe, and The Big Spaghetti, which Zoe directed and co-wrote. In 2019 The Big Spaghetti premiered in the USA at Slamdance Film Festival and Zoe was awarded an Australian Directors’ Guild Award for best direction in an Online Comedy Series.

For theatre Zoe directed and co-wrote The Irresistible, which was nominated for Best Play at the Helpmann Awards and recently played at Dark Mofo Festival in Hobart and the Sydney Opera House. Some of her directing credits include HIR (Black Swan), The Confidence Man (Side Pony, Perth Theatre Company), The Pride (Side Pony, Perth Theatre Company), Money Shots (Sydney Theatre Company). She was also a recipient of the 2014 Creative Australia Fellowship to develop interactive digital experiences and is a co-founder of Audioplay, an interactive story app for kids. Zoe has studied film directing at AFTRS, acting at WAAPA and performance at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.

Contact:

zoe.e.pepper [a] gmail.com