Directed by Jordan Bond, Lachlan Ryan

Fiction, 9 min, Australia, 2016

Synopsis

A lonely Indian taxi driver is befriended by an enigmatic passenger, who tries to coax him out of his shell.

The Directors

Jordan Bond is an award-winning writer/director of short films and music videos, a graduate of Swinburne University’s Bachelor of Film and TV, an Alumni the Melbourne International Film Festival’s Accelerator program for emerging directors, and from 2013-2016 was full-time writer/director at DPI, a Melbourne production company. His short films have won him acclaim both locally and internationally.

In 2015 he wrote and directed two music videos for TINY LITTLE HOUSES, winning an Audience Award at SoundKILDA, and screening at the Los Angeles Music Video Festival in competition with some of the world’s biggest music artists. His short film SHE SELLS was screened at Flickerfest in 2015 and subsequently picked up by Flickerfest distribution.

Lachlan Ryan is currently working as a freelance writer, director and editor, whilst developing a slate of feature film projects.  During his time as Drama Development Manager at The Film Company, Lachlan edited numerous television commercials, associate produced the highly successful Australian family comedy ODDBALL, and helped attract development funding for Rachel Griffiths’ debut feature film. He previously worked at WTFN ENTERTAINMENT as a Shooter-Producer on various television programs including National Geographic’s highest rating show of 2015, ODDBALL: THE NATURE OF A MOVIE.

 In 2013 Lachlan wrote, directed and produced the feature film, REVERSE RUNNER, with Jarrod Theodore. Lachlan graduated from Swinburne University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Film & TV (Honours First Class). Lachlan is a member of the Australian Director’s Guild.