Craig Foster’s filmmaking roots began with sketch comedy at the University of New South Wales in 2002. Over five years, whilst also studying computer science, Craig wrote, directed and produced dozens of successful sketch comedy videos and short stage plays for a university audience. After leaving UNSW Craig yearned for a wider audience and began pursuing external projects beginning with his first short film Haute Torture – an absurdist comedy about violent interrogation and cross-dressing.
Haute was a finalist at the Newtown Boo Hoo Film Festival in 2008 and was part of the official selection for the Sydney Underground Film Festival in 2009. Recognising beyond any doubt that film directing was his true passion Craig resigned from his IT career in 2009 to pursue directing full-time. Nearly two years in the making Parrot is by far Craig’s most ambitious project to date and was made in association with some of Sydney’s finest emerging screen artists.
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