Steve McGregor

Steven McGregor is an Indigenous writer/director from Darwin. He has worked in the film and television industry since joining Imparja Television as a cameraman and editor in the 1990s.

A directing graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Steven has worked on numerous documentary and drama projects as a writer, director and/or producer, including a 50-minute drama, Cold Turkey, for which he received two AFI nominations.

His documentary, Five Seasons, won the award for Best Indigenous Film at the National Geographic Film Festival.

My Brother Vinnie was a festival favourite winning awards in Australia and overseas, including being nominated for a Logie and an IF Award.

In 2007, Steven spent ten months on the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia, working closely with Baz and his creative team as script adviser and acting tutor for the Indigenous cast.

His most recent work is the touching documentary Croker Island Exodus. Steven has also written for the acclaimed drama series Redfern Now (series 1 and 2) which saw him receive the 2013 AACTA for Best Screenplay in Television for episode 6, Pretty Boy Blue.

Filmography

	MARN GROOK [from the CAAMA Collection] » MARN GROOK explores the history, achievements and struggles of Aboriginal sportsmen involved in our National game, 'Aussie Rules'...
	FIVE SEASONS [from the CAAMA Collection] » The Numurindi people have developed a culture where all things past and present, including the weather, are interrelated...
	IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN » IN A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN follows the fortunes of the first all-Aboriginal Australian Rules football team to enter a mainstream AFL-affiliated competition, through their first bone-jarring season...
	MY COLOUR, YOUR KIND [from the CAAMA Collection] » This atmospheric short drama was made on film in 1998 and serves as a showcase for some of the outstanding talent nurtured by CAAMA at that time, supported by filmmaking talent from elsewhere including Safina Uberoi and Jackie McKimmie...
	MERREPEN [from the CAAMA Collection] » The Merrepen palm tree is one of many plants that provide a life source for the people of the Daly River region in the top end of the Northern Territory...
	COLD TURKEY [from the CAAMA Collection] » COLD TURKEY is a short drama produced for SBS Independent, about two brothers and their journey into a long night of desperate living in Alice Springs...
	TALES FROM THE DALY - Nauiyu Nambiyu [from the CAAMA Collection] » In the Monsoon season, the Daly River region is lashed by savage storms which bring the landscape and river to life. Legend says it is the Sugar Glider traveling across the sky mischievously moving the clouds around, which brings the rain...
	INTERVENTION 2 years on [from the CAAMA Collection] » This impassioned documentary was rejected for broadcast by ABC TV as “biased” and lacking “balance”. John Howard introduced the Intervention legislation in July 2007...
	BIG NAME, NO BLANKET » The life and music of George Rrurrambu and the Warumpi Band. BIG NAME NO BLANKET tells the extraordinary story of George Rrurrambu, the former lead singer of the pioneering Warumpi Band of the 1980s...