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Alies Sluiter

Alies Sluiter

SCREENWRITER, DIRECTOR

THIRD YEAR – NEW YORK

Alies recently directed an episode of Aftertaste (ABC) and was selected for the SAFC’s 2022 Film Lab: New Voices. Her TV series The Astrogirl Column, produced by Film Camp (Brazen Hussies, Galore) is currently in development, funded by Screen Australia.

Her Academy Award® qualified short AYAAN, screened worldwide, winning 20+ awards including an Australian Directors Guild Award and Best International Short at Show Me Shorts Festival (NZ). MYTH premiered at MIFF 2022, where Alies was selected for the Accelerator Lab. 

Previously, Alies worked as a violinist and AACTA nominated composer, performing in over 55 countries with artists including Nitin Sawhney, Sylvie Guillem, Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. She also musically directed Laurence Olivier Award and Time Out Critics Award (UK) nominated productions and composed for Film and TV. Alies is a Berlinale Talent alumna, John Monash Scholar and holds an MFA from Columbia University where she also taught screenwriting. 

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