Poppy Stockell is an award winning director, producer and author. She wrote and directed John Farnham: Finding the Voice, the highest grossing Australian documentary at the local box office, and co-created, directed and produced Triple Oh!, a dark comedy series that won the Grand Jury Prize at Cinema Jove’s Luna de Valencia. She also co-wrote John Farnham: The Voice Inside, the official memoir of the iconic performer.
Known for emotionally driven storytelling that uses personal narrative to explore power, culture and lived experience, her work has won an AACTA, Logie, Walkley, UN Media Peace Prize, ARIA, ABIA and Sydney Film Festival Audience Awards.
Poppy is a board member of ASDACS – a not-for-profit organisation that collects and distributes royalties for screen directors in Australia and New Zealand, and is writing her second book for Hachette. She is currently developing a slate of original projects across film and television, including the documentary series Man Made, about bias in AI, and Michael & Me, about INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, working with creative partners who share her commitment to precision, ambition and cultural relevance. Her work continues to examine identity, humour and the contradictions of being human.
