Full Name
Lilla Berry
Company
Dinosaur Disco Films
Biography
Lilla is a Yankunytjatjara woman, multi-disciplinary artist, arts worker, film maker and producer. Lilla began her career as an Arts Administration Trainee at Carclew in 2014, and has since contributed to a wide range of arts programming. She is currently Manager, First Nations Programs, where she supports and creates opportunities for other young mob in the arts. Her first screen credit was producing Sansbury Sisters (2019) as part of the Deadly Family Portraits Initiative with South Australian Film Corp and ABC iView. In late 2021, Lilla was awarded the SASA emerging producer award, and began producing the NITV, Screen Australia and SAFC commissioned short documentary, Black Empire, as part of the Curious Australia Initiative, which was released in 2022. She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts from The University of Adelaide, and in 2024 was award the Frank Ford Memorial Young Achiever Award at the Ruby’s. She is currently a Screen Producers Australia ‘Ones to Watch’, and has multiple screen projects in various stages of development and production with her company Dinosaur Disco Films. These include a low budget feature being developed as part of the SAFC’s Film Lab program called The Debt, and two short films in pre production, including her debut short film as writer/director.
Lilla Berry