Eddie Diamandi

Writer \ Director

Eddie is a writer, director and producer based between Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.

In 2023, Eddie made his episodic television debut, directing two episodes, and co-directing one episode, of the Stan and Roadshow Young Adult series Year Of, of which he also co-wrote an episode.

After completing high school, Eddie applied for the Victorian College of The Arts and was accepted into to the School of Film and Television. Eddie’s VCA graduating film, Rigor Mortis, received international acclaim; the film, which was written, directed and edited by Eddie, went onto screen at various domestic and international film festivals. Festival highlights include Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, New Orleans International Film Festival and Rochester ImageOut Festival.  The Victorian College of the Arts awarded Eddie the outstanding achievement in directing award for Rigor Mortis.

Since graduating, Eddie has written and directed a number of short films, which have screened in film festivals around the world. In 2016, Eddies’ poignant and moving short, Emily, was part of the MIFF Accelerator Lab, it was also part of the Official Selection for the St. Kilda Film Festival and CinefestOz Film Festival. Eddie received the AMP Tomorrow Maker Award - it was awarded to Emily to fund the production of the film.

In 2018 Eddie made the Screen Australia funded short film, The Wake, while several of his screenplays were shortlisted by Sundance for their annual Screenwriters Lab. In 2019 Eddie was selected by Film Victoria to complete a two-month directing attachment on the AMC and Point Grey Pictures US TV series Preacher (dir. Iain B. Macdonald).

Eddie has spent the past few years developing multiple long-form projects, both independently and with support from Screen Australia. Both his television project, Pierrot, and feature project, Svetlana, were shortlisted by Sundance in their Screenwriters Lab; Pierrot for two consecutive years (2017 & 2018) and Svetlana for three (2018, 2019, 2020) - while the latter has also received Screen Australia funding.

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