Craig Boreham

Craig Boreham is an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his debut short film Transient, and the feature films Teenage Kicks and Lonesome (2022). His films focus on queer themes.

Early life and education Craig Boreham graduated attended the University of Technology Sydney at the same time as future collaborator and friend, cinematographer Bonnie Elliott.

In 2008, he graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School with a Graduate Diploma in Directing (Fiction & Non Fiction).

Career In February 2005 his short drama Transient, premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2008, LesGaiCineMad and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, Spain, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison. Drowning starred Australian actors Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Tess Haubrich. Drowning was the prelude to film Teenage Kicks, also a collaboration with Elliott,

In 2022 Lonesome was launched by M-Appeal at the Berlin Film Festival. 2005: City of Melbourne Emerging Filmmaker for Best Australian Queer Short Film, at the 15th annual Melbourne Queer Film Festival, for his short film Transient. 2007: Best Independent Film, Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival, Sydney 2022: Nomination, 2022 AACTA Award for Best Indie Film, for Lonesome

Filmography Seamen (1998) Director, Producer, Writer Blow (2000) Director, Writer Pink Sheep (2003) Director, Producer, Editor Transient (2005) Director, Writer Stray (2007) Co Director with Dean Francis, Producer Love Bite (2008) Director, Writer, Producer Before The Rain - Violet (2009) Director Drowning (2009) Director, Writer William Yang - The Art Of Seduction (2010) Director Ostia - La Notte Finale (2010) Director, Writer Teenage Kicks (2016) Director, Writer Lonesome (2022)