Samantha Alexis Laughton
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Visual Effects
- Director
SAMANTHA ALEXIS LAUGHTON credits Writer, Producer, Director FENCE (Spark Short Film Initiative, DIFF 2024), Director Attachment KANGAROO (Studiocanal), Associate Producer DESERT KING (Netflix, Ronde Media, Easy Tiger Productions 2023), Producer Assistant BILLION DOLLAR PLAYGROUND (Ronde Media 2023), Writer, Director HEPHAESTION (Spark Short Film Initiative 2023), Producer Attachment MOOGAI (No Coincidence Media 2023-2024), VFX Coordinator on Dev Payel's MONKEY MAN (2023), Warrick Thornton's THE NEW BOY, Kitty Green's THE ROYAL HOTEL (2023), 3rd Assistant Director and VFX Coordinator on Jon Bell's THE MOOGAI (Causeway Films, No Coincidence Media 2022), 3rd Assistant Director on Bunya Productions crime-drama series TRUE COLOURS (2021). Recipient of Netflix First Nations Screen Masters Scholarship 2023 (AFTRS), shortlisted for SBS Emerging Writers Incubator (2022), top five selection for AACTA Pitch: Regional Landscapes (2020) and runner-up for Sundance Merata Mita Fellowship (2019). Laughton is also an advisory board member on Screen Australia Gender Matters Taskforce and facilitated Netflix First Nations Production Ready Bootcamp for Grow Creative Equity Program ANZ in 2023.