Joelene Crnogorac
Joelene Crnogorac is an actor, writer and director. She has lived and breathed filmmaking since she was 13 years old when she got her break as a young actress in the acclaimed children’s television series Round the Twist. Joelene is inspired by bold female characters and is passionate about bringing big-swinging, irreverent, female driven comedy to our small screens.
Most recently she was nominated for an ADG Award for Best Director of an Online Comedy Series Episode for her female web comedy All the Way to the Top – which she wrote, produced and directed. All the Way to the Top has screened in the following international festivals: Houston Comedy Film Festival (WINNER BEST COMEDY SERIES EPISODE), Portland Comedy Film Festival (WINNER BEST ACTRESS), Toronto International Women Film Festival, New York Lift-Off Film Festival, HollyShorts LA, Los Angeles LiftOff Film Festival, Sydney Web Fest and Byron Bay Film Festival.
As a one-act play, All the Way to the Top has been staged across numerous theatres debuting at the Victorian Arts Centre in Melbourne, followed by the Seymour Centre in Sydney, Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood and the Pico Playhouse in Los Angeles. Joelene has also directed Australian comedienne and Barry Award nominee Kate McLennan in her one-woman show The Enthusiasts, for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Joelene has recently completed a Screen NSW’s Director’s Attachment on season five of the Stan series Bump. She is also in development on Hive – the TV series adaptation of AJ Betts’ award-winning novel, with her pilot script reaching the Top 14 in the AWG’s 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards.
Website: https://www.joelene-c.com
All the Way to the Top link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3XHiiryoNF93XsTd6s2chg