Steven McGregor

Steven McGregor is an Australian filmmaker, known for his work on Redfern Now, Black Comedy, Sweet Country, and numerous documentaries, including My Brother Vinnie. He has collaborated with David Tranter on writing several screenplays.

Early life and education McGregor grew up near the leprosarium in East Arm, a suburb of Darwin, in the Northern Territory. His mother, who had grown up on a mission, was a healthworker at the leprosarium until its closure around 1970. He and his siblings used to hang out there to use the swimming pool and play. He said there was no real stigma attached to it, and the people with leprosy were fairly happy, but missed their family and homes.

Career McGregor began his career as a production assistant in the Northern Territory Chief Minister's media unit in Darwin, where he worked for six years. At CAAMA he met Warwick Thornton, Erica Glynn, Beck Cole, and many others. He worked on a documentary about Archie Roach in 1999.

Around 2007 McGregor worked with Baz Luhrmann as a script consultant on his feature film Australia.

His 2016 documentary, Servant or Slave, brought to life accounts of Indigenous Australian history, based on the first-hand experiences of five Aboriginal women, members of the Stolen Generation, whose stories were recorded by Hetti Perkins and Mitch Stanley.

It was screened at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival, The film won the Audience Choice Award at Antenna and was also selected to screen at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

McGregor was a co-writer on the 2024 Netflix series Territory.

He again teamed with David Tranter to co-write the script for Wolfram, Warwick Thornton's follow-up to Sweet Country.

Recognition and awards McGregor has been nominated for numerous and won several awards for his work on a number of films and television series, some of which are listed below:

2003: Nominated in two categories, AFI Awards, for Cold Turkey 2015: Nominated, AWGIE for Best Original Telemovie 2019: Winner, Kate Challis RAKA Award, for Sweet Country (shared with David Tranter) 2020: Nominated, Capricornia Film Awards, Best Broadcast Documentary, for Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky 2020: Nominated, AACTA Awards, Best Documentary, for Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky 2021: Winner, AIDC Award, Best Documentary / Factual Single, for Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky 2021: Winner, AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series, for Fires (co-writer) 2022: Winner, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie, for Fires, (co-writer)

Steve McGregor Award for Best Emerging Talent

The Steve McGregor Award for Best Emerging Talent in Film/Television was inaugurated at the National Remote Indigenous Media Festival in 2009. The inaugural winner was Bernard Namok Jnr, who worked for the Top End Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association (TEABBA).