Grace Tan
Directing
Biography
Grace Tan is an Australian director and writer based in Gadigal land, Sydney. She is a graduate of UNSW Art & Design, and holds a Masters of Screen Arts degree from Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Known For

Covered in blood following an attack, genderqueer Ash seeks catharsis through a church confessional. As they feverishly recall memories that led them to the present day, Ash emerges from the darkness, finding strength and power for revenge.
Spiders on My Lashline

Teoh is dumped by his live-in girlfriend who takes all her possessions, including the washing machine. He buys a second-hand machine, which is when things go wrong.
The Beautiful Washing Machine

What happens when a gang of Form Five Ipoh boys embark on a 100km hike to fulfill a King Scouts requirement but come back on the road to becoming men? Goodbye Boys is a simple journey with complicated realizations. Set in 1990, Malaysia, it is about a gang of pimply guys with raging hormones, undecided ambitions and formative identities. They set out on a grueling 5-day journey through the Kinta Valley – once the richest tin deposit in the world, now an abandoned plain - that changes friendships and selves.
Goodbye Boys

A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.
The Maker

A visually imaginative, deeply personal story about the tensions that develop between an immigrant mother and a young woman as she prepares to head abroad.
Lucky Peach

A dancer falls. Can she get back up?
Again

On a sweltering summer’s day, two elderly friends talk about work, travel and dreams.
A Daydream with Fini
An alienated teen on the cusp of womanhood must find solace in an alternate coming of age, where lines of gender dissolve by the surrounds of the sea.