- Born
- Writer-director Helena Brooks recently directed crime-comedy POPULATION 11 starring Ben Feldman for Lionsgate/Jungle. Prior, she was set-up director on CBS Studios/ABC comedy, GOLD DIGGERS, for which she is nominated for Best Director at the Australian Director's Guild and Best Narrative Comedy Series at AACTA 2024. She directed Celeste Barber's WELLMANIA for Netflix, Rose Matafeo's FUNNY GIRLS, DRUNK HISTORY: AUSTRALIA and co-wrote and directed Palme d'Or nominated short film NOTHING SPECIAL. Dramas include set-up director for THE BAD SEED, reviewed as the best New Zealand noir since TOP OF THE LAKE, Sundance NOW's THE GULF, THE BROKENWOOD MYSTERIES and ABC's THE MESSENGER. She holds a B.A in Film & Philosophy, an M.A in Screenwriting & Directing, studied Directing Actors with Judith Weston & Miranda Harcourt and British Film Institute masterclasses with Ridley Scott, Charlie Kaufman, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet in London while being signed by Ridley Scott Associates. She is based in Australia and represented by Yellow Creative Management.- IMDb Mini Biography By: YCM
- Wrote 'Nothing Special' with Actress / TV presenter Jaquie Brown. The pair met at High School.
- Got her break in the art dept when her favorite director came into the café where she was waitressing.
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