Larissa Behrendt

Larissa is an award-winning author with a passion for telling the stories of Indigenous Australia. She is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. She has a legal background, is an experienced researcher, is involved with several arts organisations and educational programs. She is currently Professor of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology, Sydney. Find out more about Larissa Behrendt's writing visit www.larissabehrendt.com.

Screen Credits

• Director, Writer, After the Apology (80 minutes). Purskey Productions.
• Director, Rosemary Valadon – A Sensual World (30 minutes). Pursekey Productions,
• Director, Under Skin, In Blood. (13 minutes). Brown Cabs
• Director, Djon Mundine – In the Spirit of Bungaree (13 minutes). Brown Cabs.
• Fred Maynard – Aboriginal Patriot. (30 minutes) Pursekey Productions. N
• Director, Writer. Innocence Betrayed. (52 minutes) Lavarch Productions. 2014
• Director, Writer, Producer. Stand Up, Deadly. (90 minutes) Lavarch Productions. 2014
• Writer. Who We Are 3. (54 minutes) CAAMA/Foxtel; directed by Leah Purcell. 2014
• Producer. Protecting Manuwangku. (26 minutes) NITV. 2014
• Director, Writer, Producer. The Syron's Call. (14 minutes) AFTRS. 2013
• Director, Writer. The Night Sky. (8 minutes) AFTRS. 2013
• Director, Writer. Clan. (7 minutes) AFTRS. 2013

Books
• Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling UQP: 2016 (non-fiction)
• Indigenous Australia for Dummies. Wiley: 2012 (non-fiction)
• Australian Screen Classics: Rabbit Proof Fence. Currency Press: 2012 (non-fiction)
• Legacy. St Lucia: UQP. 2008 (fiction)
• Home. St Lucia: UQP. 2004. (fiction)
• Achieving Social Justice. Annandale: Federation Press, 2002. (non-fiction)

Short Stories
• "Under Skin, In Blood". Overland Literary Magazine, Vol. 203, Winter 2011.
• "The Space Between Us". 10 Short Stories you must read in 2011. Australia Council: Surry Hills, 2011.

Awards
• ADG Best Direction in a Feature Documentary – 2018
• AW Myer Indigenous Award – AFTRS – 2012
• NSW Australian of the Year – 2011
• NAIDOC Person of the Year – 2009
• Victorian Literary Award – Indigenous Writing – 2009
• Commonwealth Writers Prize – Best first novel Asia/Pacific – 2005
• Queensland Literary Award – David Uniapon Award – 2002

Qualifications
• Bachelor of Law/Bachelor of Jurisprudence (UNSW) 1992
• Master of Laws (Harvard Law School) 1994
• Doctorate of Laws (Harvard Law School) 1998
• Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting (AFTRS) 2012
• Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors 2013
• Graduate Diploma in Documentary (AFTRS) 2013

Professional Achievements and Associations
• Fellow, Australian Social Sciences Academy
• Foundation Fellow, Australian Academy of Law
• Member, Australian Writers Guild
• Member, Australian Directors Guild
• Member and Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Arts Boards
• Sydney Festival: Board Member 2015-
• Australia Council Major Performing Arts Panel: Member 2015-
• Bangarra Dance Theatre: Board Member 2008; Chair 2010-present
• Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG): Board member: 2013-present
• Museums and Galleries NSW: 2012-present
• Judge, Premiers Literary Awards, Non Fiction – 2013-2014
• Museum of Contemporary Art Australia: Board member, 2007-2012
• National Indigenous Television (NITV): Inaugural Chair, 2006-2009

Education/Literacy Projects
• Ambassador, Guwara Aboriginal Campus, St. Andrew's Cathedral School

Filmography

	INNOCENCE BETRAYED » Innocence Betrayed follows the parents of three murdered Aboriginal children and the highs and lows of their 23 year long fight for justice...
	AFTER THE APOLOGY » The removal of Indigenous children from their families has increased at an exponential rate since Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the apology to the ‘stolen generations’ in 2008...