Lucy Knox

Lucy Knox is an award-winning Australian writer-director working across narrative, documentary and commercial work. Her shorts have screened at over 50 festivals worldwide, including the Berlinale, MoMA New York, Sheffield DocFest and MIFF, with two films – An Act of Love and Hot Mother – acquired by The Criterion Channel. Hot Mother earned a Crystal Bear nomination at the Berlinale and is now in production as a feature. In 2026, her documentary short Opal Fever won Gold at the Cannes Lions Young Director Award.

Lucy brings that same eye for detail to her global advertising work, directing campaigns for brands including Nike, Google, Mastercard, Target and NRMA. Her commercial work has been recognised at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Creators’ Showcase, with finalist placements at Ciclope Asia and a Silver at the Shots Asia Pacific Awards, alongside multiple Australian Directors’ Guild nominations for her music video and short film work. She is a Torino Film Lab Next Fellow and was recently invited to join the inaugural year of Square Peg Social, led by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen.