Aaron Lucas is a Jewish Australian writer and director based in Sydney. He initially trained as an actor at the University of Wollongong, where he first began directing theatre, which led to creating short films such as THE CLIQUE (2018), FREE THERAPY (2019), and MARY (2023), along with several music videos. Aaron’s independent pilot Privileged won Best Comedy at SeriesFest 2021 and Stareable LA 2022.
Aaron’s animated documentary, I’LL BE FRANK won First Prize in the Hearts, Minds, & Souls Award at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022, and was nominated for Best Documentary/Factual Single at the Australian International Documentary Conference 2023. I’LL BE FRANK screened on SBS Television in 2023.
In 2022, Aaron took part in TIFF’s Filmmaker Lab, and in 2023, he was selected as one of eight participants for TIFF’s Writers Studio with his debut feature film script.
His short film, LUNA AND THE BRAIN TUNA (2024), produced as a proof of concept for his debut feature, screened at the 2024 SXSW Sydney and the Adelaide Film Festival. LUNA has received development funding from Screen Australia, and is being produced by Cosmic Scream and Closer Productions.
