Simon Croker
Simon Croker. Photographed by Will Edgar
About
Simon’s short film and directorial debut, All Good Things, was awarded the Emerging Filmmaker prize in Mardi Gras Film Festival’s ‘My Queer Career’, shortlisted for the Iris Prize in Cardiff, and nominated for Best Direction in a Short Film in the Australian Directors’ Guild Awards.
His newborn baby girl performance art collective, someone gay presents, was nominated for Best Direction of an Interactive or Immersive Project in the Australian Directors’ Guild Awards for their inaugural production DAVID'S DEAD !! The collective has recently re-staged this work as a fundraiser drive for the Trans Justice Project, with a celebrity guest appearance from Courtney Act; and is developing a new work THE SITUATION ROOM - THE MUSICAL, a US foreign policy musical fantasia.
Simon plays Tommy in the Australian Academy (AACTA) nominated Sequin in a Blue Room (Audience Award, Sydney Film Festival). Theatre credits include the original production and national tour of A Town Named War Boy (ATYP), Chicom (Red Line), The Campaign (White Box), A Clockwork Orange (NIDA), All Good Things (ATYP), Werther (Opera Australia) and Dead Man Walking at the State Theatre. He also worked as a camera operator on Sydney Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed cine-theatre production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Kip Williams.
His newborn baby girl performance art collective, someone gay presents, was nominated for Best Direction of an Interactive or Immersive Project in the Australian Directors’ Guild Awards for their inaugural production DAVID'S DEAD !! The collective has recently re-staged this work as a fundraiser drive for the Trans Justice Project, with a celebrity guest appearance from Courtney Act; and is developing a new work THE SITUATION ROOM - THE MUSICAL, a US foreign policy musical fantasia.
Simon plays Tommy in the Australian Academy (AACTA) nominated Sequin in a Blue Room (Audience Award, Sydney Film Festival). Theatre credits include the original production and national tour of A Town Named War Boy (ATYP), Chicom (Red Line), The Campaign (White Box), A Clockwork Orange (NIDA), All Good Things (ATYP), Werther (Opera Australia) and Dead Man Walking at the State Theatre. He also worked as a camera operator on Sydney Theatre Company’s critically acclaimed cine-theatre production of The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Kip Williams.
He has recently wrapped production on his short film, Sugar (writer/director), and is looking forward to finding financing towards its post-production and distribution. Simon graduated from AFTRS with a BA in Screen Production in 2019, and studied at Atlantic Acting School in 2023. He is represented by CP Artist Management.
Queer Development Program, 2025