Gemma Salomon
Production
Biography
Gemma Salomon is the founder of Whisper Tree Productions – a femme-focussed genre film house based in South Australia. In 2023, she was the recipient of the Helpmann Academy Creative Innovator Program major prize of $20,000 seed funding. A South Australian Screen Award winner, she also co-directed the Ramsay Prize winning video performance work "Witness" by Adelaide based performance artist Ida Sophia. Gemma is a genre filmmaker whose work focuses on the monsters we create when we abandon ourselves and each other. Her horror short “The Eaters” will have its world premiere at SXSW Sydney in 2024.
Known For
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Babadook
A disoriented patient is tormented by strange happenings in a clinic that won't administer pain relief during medical procedures.
Lie Down, Breathe Out
A privileged family, gathered for a wake, find their perfect home under attack from the desperate survivors of a parasitic pandemic.