Celeste Geer

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About Celeste Geer

Celeste is a Walkley Award winning filmmaker directing (and occasionally producing) long form documentary films, TV programs and high end commercials with social agendas. Across all platforms, she seeks to distil raw moments of courage and beauty in unexpected places. Inspired by the universality of our strengths and frailties, Celeste's films celebrate grace under pressure. Whether crafting intimate, character based portraits or conceptually driven films, Celeste couples her deep curiosity for the human condition with a strong narrative sensibility. Her most recent documentary feature " The Endangered Generation?" premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival in 2022 ahead of a national cinema release in 2023. In "Then The Wind Changed"(ABC TV 2013) Celeste interwove her own family’s recovery in the aftermath of the devastating Black Saturday Bushfires with the experiences of other members of a close knit community to render a story of heartbreak and survival. The film won the 2012 Walkley Award for Best Documentary, the 2013 AACTA Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour and was nominated for a Logie in 2012 for Most Outstanding Factual Program. Earlier films include "Mick’s Gift"(ABC TV 2002) and "Veiled Ambition"(SBS 2006)(MIFF 2006 Winner Human Rights Award She has also worked as a director on many TV documentaries for ABC TV and SBS including "Me and My Tourettes"(SBS 2022),"Filthy Rich & Homeless"(SBS 2017)"Keeping Australia Alive"(ABC TV 2016) and "Catalyst Science of Sleep"(ABC TV 2018). Celeste also enjoys working in the commercial field for projects designed to activate social change. She has directed directed major Brand campaigns for LinkedIn, Ronald McDonald House Charities, ANZ, Medibank “I am Better”, AFLW, CommBank and Women's Cricket and McCains, Monash IVF and the Victorian re-imagining of the iconic “This Girl Can Campaign” for Vic Health. Her work for ANZ “Pocket Money” won gold and bronze Lions at Cannes and to date has reached 1 billion people. Innately curious, Celeste is always looking to create fresh ways for audiences to question, feel and connect.