WENDY
THOMPSON
Casting Director
Wendy Thompson is a writer/director/producer who has made over
twenty films including Marbles (AFI Award for Best Non
Feature Screenplay), Damsels be Damned (Lillian Gish Award
for Best Film at Los Angeles Women in Film Festival, Best
Screenplay at St Kilda Film Festival) and The Heart Has No
Wrinkles (Gold Medal Award San Francisco Medical Film
Festival).
Wendy has worked as an agent and done short stints acting as
Executive Director for ADG during her 10 year service on its Board.
She has been the Casting Director at AFTRS since 2003, and
currently has three features in development.
Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
Diploma in Directing (Degree conversion), AFTRS
Workshop Director and Consultant
Drama Lecturer, University of Technology
Agent, Kumbler Auckland Management
Co-facilitator, Psychological Profiling Seminars
Studio Assistant, Canberra School of Art
Serials Librarian, Australian National University
Australian Screen Directors Association, Board Member
Australian Screen Directors Association, Acting Executive
Director
Australian Screen Directors Association, Representative on the AFC
Advisory Panel on Co-Productions
AFTI Award for Best Non Feature Screenplay for
Marbles
ATOM Award Certificate for Home
Lillian Gish Award Best Short Film at Los Angeles Women in Film
Festival for Damsels be Damned
Best Screenplay at St Kilda Festival for Damsels be
Damned
ATOM Award for Best Narrative Damsels be Damned
AFI Award Nominee for Best Film for Damsels be
Damned
Finalist Greater Union Award for Damsels be Damned
Marbles, Director/ Writer
Home, Director/ Writer
The Australian Image, Documentary, Writer/
Researcher
Jaffas In The Aisle, Documentary, Writer/
Researcher
Stop Laughing This Is Serious, Documentary, Writer/
Researcher
Damsels Be Damned, Writer/ Producer
Secrets: Dead Letters/The Infinitely Healing
Conversation, 6 part series, Writer
Australian Odyssey, SBS Documentary, Researcher/
Writer
Share the Spirit of Peace, Documentary, Producer/
Director
