Ana Kokkinos

She was a lawyer working in research and industry before she was interested in cinema. In 1990, she wrote and directed 2 short films. She graduated at the VCA School of Film and TV; her 38 min film Antamosi won many awards. She worked as a screenwriter and a director with Mira Robertson for a medium length film, Only the brave, which had good reviews and released in Australia, the USA and in France in 1995. This film particpated in many international festivals and won the best screenplay award from the Australian Film Institute, the best film award in Melbourne and Sidney, for example. Head on is her first full length film.