Danielle Stamoulos

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Awards & Accolades LEAD ACTOR/WRITER of GORGO - 2025 AACTA AWARD WINNER FOR BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM 2025 - GORGO - THE FRENCH ACADEMY (César) LES NUITS EN OR 2025 program - selected to screen in 8 countries. 2025 WINNER BEST PERFORMANCE - GORGO - Stellar Shorts Film Festival (Australia) 2025 WINNER SPECIAL MENTION - GORGO - Stellar Shorts Film Festival (Australia) GORGO was also in Official Selection at 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival SBIFF 2024 North American Premiere (plus more festivals below). 2020/2019 - SYDNEY SLEUTHERS (web series) - Official Selection Die Seriale (Germany) - Official Selection Women’s Comedy Film Festival Atlanta - Official Selection Miami Web Fest 2020 - Santa Monica Web Fest Finalist 2020 - WINNER Best Cast Ensemble / Best Web Series / Best Director / Best Editing ONIROS Film Awards (Italy) - WINNER Best Ensemble Cast Comedy 2019 ASIA WEB AWARDS - WINNER Made in the West Film Festival - NYC WEB FEST 2019 Official Selection - 2018 Filmaka Competition Pilot Winner (LA) 2016 Sydney Theatre Award Nomination for 'Best Ensemble Cast' For SLUT by Patricia Cornelius, WITS Festival Fatale Voted 1 of top 11 Shows of 2016 Sydney Back by popular demand at the Old Fitz with Redline Productions, June 2017 ★★★★★ Time Out Sydney ★★★★½ Arts Hub ★★★★ Daily Review Training/Education: 2013 - ACA (Actors Centre Australia) Graduate with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts (Acting) 2021 - AFTRS Masters of Screen: Screenwriting BIO: Danielle is an AACTA award winning Greek-Australian filmmaker, actor and writer originally from Western Sydney. She is passionate about telling stories of unorthodox women from CALD backgrounds, cultural outsiders or antiheroines wrestling with their inner and outer worlds. Danielle’s short film GORGO which she created, wrote and starred in, won the 2025 AACTA Award for Best Australian Short Film, and was nominated across multiple Australian film festivals, taking home awards at Flickerfest 2024, and Stellar Shorts Film Festival 2025. The film also enjoyed international success at festivals in the US and Europe, including a North American premiere at Santa Barbara International Film Festival and most recently selected by The French Academy (César) to screen at Les Nuits En Or 2025, across 8 countries (40 screenings) globally. Danielle also recently won the 2025 BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD for Gorgo at Australia’s invite-only short festival Stellar Film Festival, showcasing Australia’s best of the best short films. Danielle is currently co-writing the sci-fi drama feature film 2 MOONS, produced by Co Curious with director Fadia Abboud (House of Gods) attached, commissioned by the Powerhouse Museum. Danielle’s supernatural cringe-comedy online series, CURSE OF THE VIRGIN, received Screen Australia development funding, with Barry Gamba and Bec Bignell attached as Executive Producers, and Grace Tan attached to direct. Danielle was selected for the 2024 Cinefest Oz Writer’s Retreat to further develop her pilot script for the series. Danielle co-wrote Episode 4 of HALAL GURLS for ABCiview and was the Producers’ Attachment (Development) for Co Curious’ Western Sydney anthology feature HERE OUT WEST. Danielle’s original fantasy dark-comedy series, FACE MY FURIE, was selected for the Co Curious/Netflix Creative Equity Fund, with Script Consultant Kirsty Fisher. Danielle completed a development placement with Lingo Pictures through the Screen Australia Developing the Developer initiative. She also served as Script Coordinator for the SBS series WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY, led by Showrunner Kim Wilson, and was Script Coordinator for Season 1 of Sarah Scheller and Alison Bell’s THE LETDOWN for Netflix and ABC iView. She was also a Story Developer for Damien Strouthos’ (The Twelve) debut feature film PANOS, PANNOS & GEORGE, directed by Peter Andrikidis. Danielle completed a Scripted Ink Writer’s Internship with STUDIOCANAL AUS/NZ, and was selected for the 2019 Screen Australia Developing the Developer initiative, whereupon she had a Development Placement with acclaimed LINGO PICTURES. Other acting credits include play LADYBIRD LADYBIRD by Linda Nicholls-Gidley at Flightpath Theatre (NSW) directed by Anthony Skuse, SBS’ WHILE THE MEN ARE AWAY, LOVE CHILD S4 (Channel 9 Australia), internationally award-winning murder comedy web series SYDNEY SLEUTHERS (WINNER Best Ensemble Cast Comedy 2019 Asia Web Awards /WINNER/2019 NYC Web Fest Film), short doco film SHADING (Diversity Arts Australia), TO BE HONEST (Bankstown Arts Centre), EI8HT at 2015 Sydney Fringe Festival and THE CANTERBURY TALES (The New Theatre). Danielle founded theatre company EDGEWARE FORUM, where they received a BEST ENSEMBLE CAST 2016 Sydney Theatre Award nomination for Patricia Cornelius' play SLUT. Danielle is an acting graduate of ACA (Actors Centre Australia) and holds a Masters from AFTRS. Check her out: www.daniellestamoulos.com