Amelia Gilday

Biography

Amelia Gilday is a director, producer, writer and composer. Most recently, Amelia directed Bow and Apple for Bus Stop Films, directed Wally by Nick Vagne at KXT on Broadway and toured their new musical Hemlines around Australia and to Prague and London. Amelia hold’s a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Theatre from The University of Notre Dame, an Advanced Diploma of Music Creation and Composition, and a Master of Applied Theatre from the University of New England. They co-directed ShopFront Arts Co-op’s When I Grow Up and were recognised as an OFA 30 Under 30 Winner in 2024. Currently, they are developing The Finary (working title) with support from Critical Path and are a resident artist with KXT/bAKEHOUSE. In 2023, Amelia was a resident artist at ShopFront Arts Co-op, where they developed Under the Influence, a multidisciplinary performance work that premiered at 107 Projects in Sydney. Their film Pieces of You earned both Best Short Film and the Governors Award at Short Shorts & Asia. In 2022, they directed Next Step at the Festival of Regional Theatre and Short+Sweet Sydney, with both festivals recognising the work with awards. Amelia also devised and performed Where Shall We Meet? with ShopFront’s Harness Ensemble, stage-managed Who’s Afraid at Belvoir (Four One One), and produced Waiting in Soho with Moon Bureau for Sydney Fringe Festival. Previous credits include directing Good Talk (Moon Bureau) at Adelaide Fringe Festival and Anywhere Festival Brisbane (2021), and devising and directing Illuminated (Moon Bureau), which toured Sydney (2018), Adelaide, and Darwin Fringe Festivals (2019). Amelia co-wrote and directed Coming Out on Broadway through Open Shop Residencies at Sydney Fringe Festival (2019) and produced Two Quarters Full at Flight Path Theatre (2019). Their earlier works include directing HMS Headwind, winner of both Judges’ and Audience Choice at Short+Sweet Sydney (2018); assistant directing The Spoils by Jesse Eisenberg at Flight Path Theatre (2019), and facilitating Home Theatre (2020), an online script development series featuring 18 artists from across Australia, culminating in live-streamed performances. Amelia also directed and produced the award-winning short film Girls Pty Ltd. (2018) and co-wrote and directed the award-winning series License to Succeed (2018).