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AP Pobjoy is an award-winning and ADG-nominated writer and director based on unceded Gadigal Land in Sydney, Australia. Named one of Inside Film’s ‘Rising Talents’, AP creates character-driven and emotionally claustrophobic stories that explore the intersections of family, memory, transformation and identity.
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AP is the creator, lead writer and one of the directors behind the SBS original drama series Homebodies, starring Claudia Karvan, Luke Wiltshire, Jazi Hall and Roxie Mohebbi. In 2026, the series premiered in competition at Series Mania in Lille France, where it was one of only two Australian works selected and received a Special Mention in the Short Form category. Homebodies was also recognised by Deadline as a 'Global Breakout', with The Guardian noting that it had "never seen another film or TV show quite like it."
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Prior to this, AP wrote and directed the acclaimed coming-of-age series Unerased, produced in collaboration with Screen Australia, VicScreen and Mashup Pictures.
The series earned a SPA nomination for 'Online Series Production of the Year.' AP also wrote and directed the television documentary Why Did She Have To Tell The World?, executive produced by Sue Maslin and produced in association with Film Victoria and Screen Australia. The film opened the ABCTV Compass season for 2021 and went on to be nominated for an Australian Directors Guild Award. The film also won 'Best Film' at the 2021 Mardi Gras Film Festival’s My Queer Career and was nominated for the prestigious Iris Prize.
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Their short film Billie and Jesse premiered in 2025, screening at Flickerfest, St Kilda Film Festival and Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival, where it was awarded 'Best Screenplay.' Their debut short film, starring Jana Zvedeniuk (While The Men Are Away) and Eva Rees (Nowhere Boys, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), earned nominations at the St Kilda Film Festival, SAE ATOM Awards, and was nominated for BBFF's ‘Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year'. AP's work has also been recognised by The Age, Global Citizen, Stronger Than Fiction and RUUSH Magazine.
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AP was the recipient of the 2022 UNTAPPED Initiative, supported by Australians in Film and Screen Australia, where they were mentored by producers Valerie Stadler (Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe) and Andrea Sperling (Transparent, But I'm a Cheerleader).
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They have also undertaken a director's attachment on the feature film
Sweet Milk Lake (Harvey Zielinski, Rhys Graham) and worked across development roles at the ABC, Fremantle, VicScreen, Aquarius Films and Unless Pictures.
Early on in their career, AP was also the recipient of the Film Victoria Screen Development Internship.
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AP is passionate about stories that centre belonging and self-discovery, particularly through underrepresented perspectives. They are currently developing their debut feature film with script editor Matthew Cormack (52 Tuesdays, The Hunting, Jimpa) with the support of Screen Australia, while continuing to build an original and diverse slate of projects spanning across television and film.
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P: +61 410 624 579
Pronouns: they/he
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