Katharina Keil is a multi-award-winning director and producer of short films. WAVES, her most recent production, won a slew of awards, including Best Director in Brussels and the Cannes World Film Festival.

Possessed of an adventurous spirit, the inveterate trilingual traveller has made film and television features across three continents. With over 20 years of experience as a script supervisor and assistant director, she has read more than a 1000 scripts. Her credits include AFI award-winning films, long-run television series, telemovies and short films. Committed to her craft, Katharina has a BA in Screen Production, multiple AFTRS course credits, and is a member of the MEAA and ADG (Australian Directors Guild).

As a dual Australian-German citizen of Greek heritage, Katharina is a poster child for multicultural Australia. Standing at the nexus of a melange of diverse cultures has empowered her to tell stories through an idiosyncratic lens. Like the woman herself, Katharina's films convey a compassionate blend of empathy for the human condition and an understanding of the vagaries of the individual psyche. Yet all her titles are tinged with her trademark warmth and laconic sense of humour. It is this unique blend of insight and approachability that marks her work as a beacon of thoughtful storytelling.

Katharina has just wrapped on her latest project, entitled OPA, a compelling tale of clashing cultures 'where superstition and destiny collide.'