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Zoe is a writer and director for film, theatre, television and participatory gaming. Zoe is a recipient of Screenwest’s 2017 Feature Navigator program – a development track that is allowing her to write her debut feature script, following ten years as one of Western Australia’s top theatre directors. She was also a recipient of the 2014 Creative Australia Fellowship to develop interactive digital experiences. In May 2017, Zoe premiered her first audio work for children, Into the Jungle, at DreamBig Festival in Adelaide. In 2013, Zoe directed and co-wrote The Confidence Man, which premiered at Arts House and has since secured a season with Perth Theatre Company and a national tour in 2015. She also directed and co-wrote award winning production, The Wives of Hemingway, which played as part of Perth’s Fringe World Festival 2013. From 2011 to 2012, Zoe worked with Sydney Theatre Company developing The Lobotomist and devising/directing Fiddler’s Coin as part of the Money Shots series. In 2014, the Tamarama Rock Surfers in Sydney presented Zoe’s work, The Pride, for the show’s fifth season. For screen, Zoe has written, directed and co-produced two short films and an online comedy short. She is currently in post-production on The Big Spaghetti, a web series she directed and co-wrote with Tim Watts and Adriane Daff. Zoe has studied film directing at AFTRS, acting at WAAPA and performance at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris.