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Taylor Ferguson

Taylor Ferguson is an Australian writer-director working with Good Oil Films (Australia/New Zealand), Rattling Stick (UK/US, signed May 2025), and Cobblestone Filmproduction (Germany).

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Production company & representation
Good Oil
Production company · AU, NZ · verified Jul 2026
Rattling Stick
Production company · US, UK · verified Jul 2026
Rattling Stick
Production company · Global · verification date unavailable
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Recent press & creds
Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director (short film 'Tough')
Sydney Film Festival · 2022 · award
Emerging Director of the Year
AWARD Awards · 2023 · award
Best Director (short film 'Tough')
Flickerfest International Film Festival · 2022 · award
Selected clients
2DegreesALDI MobileTourism Tasmania

Bio & background

Taylor Ferguson is an Australian writer-director working with Good Oil Films (Australia/New Zealand), Rattling Stick (UK/US, signed May 2025), and Cobblestone Filmproduction (Germany). A former actor with credits including Netflix's *Clickbait*, *Glitch*, *Fires*, and *Ten Pound Poms*, Ferguson brings performance expertise to character-driven commercial and narrative work. Her debut short *Tough* (2021) won the Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director at Sydney Film Festival, Best Director at Flickerfest International, Best Female Director at Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, and Best First Time Filmmaker Short at Hollywood Shortsfest—all in 2022. She was named Emerging Director of the Year at the 2023 AWARD Awards. Commercial clients include Tourism Tasmania (satirical *TasmanAI* campaign via BMF Sydney), 2Degrees (*Support Her Club*), Budget Direct (Pet Insurance via 303 MullenLowe), ALDI Mobile, Westpac Business, Great Western Foods, MAXIMUS, and Starlight Foundation. She has directed episodes of Stan's *Year Of* and Paramount+'s *Fake*, and music videos for Boy & Bear. Ferguson is developing feature film *Lippy Palm* and TV series *Sick Shit* with Kindling Pictures, and has contributed to writers' rooms for Matchbox Pictures, Roadshow Rough Diamond, Kindling Pictures, and Wildflower Films.

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Awards
  • Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director (short film 'Tough')
    Sydney Film Festival · 2022
  • Emerging Director of the Year
    AWARD Awards · 2023
  • Best Director (short film 'Tough')
    Flickerfest International Film Festival · 2022
  • Best Female Director
    Cannes Indie Shorts Awards · 2022
  • Best First Time Filmmaker Short
Hollywood Shortsfest · 2022
  • Silver
    Cannes Young Lions · 2022
  • Nominated for Best Music Video ('State of Fight' by Boy & Bear)
    Australian Directors Guild Award · 2022
  • Press
    • Taylor Ferguson joins Rattling Stick for UK representation
      SHOTS · 2025
    • Tourism Tasmania prompts Abstract Inspiration
      SHOTS · 2024
    • Budget Direct's 'Chief' gets clean bill of health in new Pet Insurance spot via 303 MullenLowe
      attivogroup.co · 2024
    • 5 minutes with Taylor Ferguson, Director, GoodOil
      AWARD · 2024