Vonne Patiag

Vonne Patiag is an AACTA, AWGIE and SPA Award nominated Showrunner, Producer, Writer, Director and Actor working in TV and Film based in Sydney, Australia. His recent credits include writing and producing anthology feature film 'Here Out West' for Co-Curious, Emerald Productions and ABC, which recently premiered as the Opening Night Film for Sydney Film Festival 2021, and the 4x1 hour TV series 'The Unusual Suspects' for Aquarius Films and SBS, both landmark moments of representation for Filipino communities on screen. For these, he has been nominated for an AWGIE for Best Original Feature Screenplay, and an AACTA for Best Miniseries respectively. He has worked as a freelance writer for Fremantle International and Porchlight Films, and has run multiple shows through his own production company In-Between Pictures, of which he is the Co-Founder and Director. The company has a keen focus on targeting the youth-skewed 18-45yo demographic intersecting with POC, LGBTQIA+ and cross-class work. In-Between Pictures has pioneered development processes for cost-effective inclusive stories for longer formats, as well as innovating short-form content for the ever-connected online world. Vonne is renowned as one of Australia's youngest Showrunners, having show-run 'Halal Gurls' for ABC, where he oversaw writing, producing, directing, editing and the social media release strategy of the series. The online series has been nominated for the AACTA for Best Online Series, an AWGIE for Best Script - Web Series and Best Online Production at the upcoming SPA Awards. He also directed and wrote short films 'Tomgirl' (2018) for SBS and 'Window' (2016), which premiered at the St Kilda Film Festival. With his feature adaptation of 'Tomgirl', he was recently invited to the prestigious TIFF Filmmaker Lab, and the Inside Out Film Finance Forum 2021. The 'Tomgirl' screenplay was also shortlisted for the Sundance Writer's Lab. He also writes and performs for the stage, with his one-man show 'the life cycle of blanco' opening to a sold out Sydney season in November 2020. His full-length debut was 'Obviously!', a queer sitcom/theatre hybrid which opened at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in 2018. He is slotted to make his main stage debut with Belvoir Theatre Company.