ABOUT
Becki Bouchier is a Singaporean-Australian filmmaker living in Naarm/Melbourne. She works across film and television development, advertising, and content creation.
As a writer/director, Becki's work explores the challenges faced by women, including mental health and preconceived gender roles. As the 2022 Victorian recipient of the SBS Emerging Writers' Incubator, she spent a year working on the scripted development team at production company Sweetshop & Green. Her 2021 short film Snapshot had its world premiere at Austin Film Festival, and was nominated for an Australian Directors' Guild Award as well as an Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Award. Her screenplays have been shortlisted for a range of Australian and international scriptwriting competitions, and she has been accepted into the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Pathways Showcase with two television pilot screenplays. She has completed a Master of Film/TV (Narrative Directing) at the Victorian College of the Arts.
In 2019, Becki made her first foray into theatre, writing and directing the play Chasing Yesterday, which premiered at the Melbourne Fringe to a sold-out season. Becki completed an artists’ residency with Platform Arts in 2020, and the associate artist program with The Voice in My Hands independent theatre company in 2021.
Having worked extensively as an editor on a range of TVCs and online content, Becki has contributed to many case studies that have gone on to win awards at festivals such as Cannes Lions and London International Awards. She has worked in a freelance capacity as well as in-house at production companies and advertising agencies.
Becki is incredibly passionate about bringing her stories to the world via film, and with the recent push for gender equality and cultural diversity within the industry, she feels there has never been a better time to make herself heard.