Dani Pearce is an Australian Writer/Director.
Her work has been described as ambitious and inventive – ideologically ruminating most distinctly on womanhood, body politics, systems of power and invisible disability. Dani’s work has been identified by IndieWire as being defined by “her stunning, signature style.”
Dani’s filmography includes NURSED BACK, BACKPEDAL and PLACES I GO.
This work has been recognised by Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Lions, Museum of Contemporary Art Australian, Cannes Young Director’s Awards, the Saatchi&Saatchi New Director’s Showcase, AVIFF Cannes Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, BAFTA Aesthetica Film Festival, Tribeca Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, Brisbane International Film Festival, Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Manchester Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Vimeo Staff Picks and many more.
Dani is the recipient of Shots New Director of the Year 2021 & 2022, LIA Best New Director 2019 and winner of Gold at Berlin’s Ciclope 2019 for New Talent in Direction. In 2020 Dani was the only Australian director invited to the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Competition.
Dani is currently nearing the completion of her debut feature screenplay, developing a series and producing video art work for exhibition. Further, she is writing a collection of essays titled of BODY OF WORK – set to be complete in 2023.
Further to this, Dani directs commercials and is represented by Revolver (Sydney) and Henry (Paris) respectively.
