Australian screen and stage director.
Leticia Cáceres is an award-winning Argentine/Australian director with over 20 years of experience across screen and stage. Her work spans drama, comedy, opera, musicals, and new writing, earning recognition at Australia’s highest levels: Helpmann Awards, Green Room Awards, Sydney Theatre Awards, and nominations for AACTA, LOGIE, and Australian Directors Guild Awards.
On stage, Leticia has directed more than 30 professional productions for Australia’s leading theatre companies. As Associate Director at Melbourne Theatre Company (2012 to 2015), she directed mainstage seasons and championed pathways for emerging artists. Her Helpmann Award-winning production of The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell at Belvoir St Theatre cemented her reputation for visceral, actor-driven storytelling. Other landmark credits include Barbara and the Camp Dogs (Helpmann Award, Best Musical), Birdland (Green Room Award, Best Direction), and nationally and internationally touring work that reached the Sydney Opera House, the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, Dschungel Wien, Vienna and Cortile Theater im Hof, Bolzano, Italy.
For television, Leticia has directed across networks and genres: Bump for Stan (Seasons 1 and 2), Erotic Stories for SBS, RFDS Season 3 for Network Seven, Spooky Files for ABC and BBC, and Rock Island Mysteries for Network 10 and Nickelodeon. Her screen work has garnered AACTA, LOGIE, and ADG Award nominations, and her series have sold internationally to BBC One, HBO Max, CW Network, and CBC.
Leticia is currently developing her feature debut, Bean, a coming-of-age road movie written by Claire Phillips and produced by Miriam Stein of Tama Films, with development funding from Screen NSW. In 2025, she wrote and directed Weight Limit, a short film exploring her personal experience of migration from 1980s Argentina, reimagined in a contemporary Latin/Australian context. In 2026, Leticia returns to the stage to direct Losing Face by Marieke Hardy for Melbourne Theatre Company.
  • Director (4 Credits)
    LETICIA CACERES - TIFF DIRECTORS' LAB 20262026
    Other
    Weight Limit2026
    Short
    Going Down2020
    Web / New Media
    The True History of Billie the Kid2018
    Short, Student
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    LETICIA CACERES - TIFF DIRECTORS' LAB 20262026
    Other
    Weight Limit2026
    Short
  • Composer and Sound Designer (1 Credit)
    Wild2017
    Short, Student
Winner 3rd Prize - Best Film / Best Actor
The True History of Billie the Kid
Peninsula Film Festival
Melbourne
2019
Winner - Best Drama
The True History of Billie the Kid
Wellington Independent Film Festival
Wellington
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
World Wide Women in Film Festival
Arizona
2019
Winner - Best Short West
The True History of Billie the Kid
Setting Sun Film Festival
Melbourne
2019
Winner - Best Production Design
The True History of Billie the Kid
West End Film Festival
Brisbane
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Perth
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
St Kilda Film Festival
Melbourne
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
International Shorts
Melbourne
2019
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Middlebury
2019
Best Student Film
The True History of Billie the Kid
London Independent Film Awards
London
2018
Winner - Best Short Film
The True History of Billie the Kid
Wollongong Film Festival
Wollongong
2018
Accelerator Program/ Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne
2018
Official Selection
Wild
Setting Sun Film Festival
Melbourne
2018
Best Next Gen Student Film Award
Wild
Melbourne Women in Film Festival
Melbourne
2018
Semi Finalist
Wild
Sanctuary Cove International Film Festival
Gold Coast
2017
Official Selection
The True History of Billie the Kid
Solaris Film Festival
Nice
College
Victorian Collage of the Arts , Melbourne University
Foundations in Film and Television
2017
College
Victorian Collage of the Arts, Melbourne University
Masters of Fine Arts, Drama Directing
20102014
College
Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Arts, Drama, Honours
19961999
Birth City
Cordoba, Argentina
Current City
Melbourne, Australia
Gender
Female
Pronouns
She/Her
Ethnicity
South American
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