Grant Scicluna (born in 1980) is an Australian film director and writer. best known for his work on '' The Wilding'' which won the

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in 2012, and the feature film Downriver. He is a graduate of

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School of Media and Communications in

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. Scicluna directed the

short film ''Hurt's Rescue'' which premiered at the

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in 2014. In 2015, Scicluna made his feature debut with the

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backed ''

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'' which premiered at the

before playing at

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, with an Australian cinema release following. ''Downriver'' sold to the USA, the UK and Europe. Scicluna lives in Melbourne, Australia and is married to designer, David Allouf. He frequently works with producer Jannine Barnes.

Filmography (as director)

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