Michael O'Halloran
Michael O'Halloran
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Michael O'Halloran is an Australian Director, Writer & Producer.
He makes things for the big screen, the small screen, and everything in between.
Theatrically Released Feature Film
ARIA Nominated Music Video
National Advertising Campaigns
You may ask yourself, how did he get here?
Biography & Experience
Michael O’Halloran is an award-winning Australian film director. A graduate of QUT’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television, he has built a reputation for cinematic storytelling, visual flair, and tightly paced narratives.
His early short films screened at a wide range of festivals both nationally and internationally, where they received multiple accolades. More recently, his short-form work gained recognition with an ARIA Award nomination for Best Video in 2024 for directing Platinum-selling Budjerah’s Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense.
In 2025, Michael’s debut feature film, SPACE/TIME, was released in Australia and New Zealand through Umbrella Entertainment, playing to sold-out audiences and reaching number 3 on the Apple Sci-Fi chart in its opening weekend. It was released in North America and worldwide via Epic Pictures in early 2026.
Alongside his feature work, Michael has contributed across multiple stages of the filmmaking process, including as Editor on SPACE/TIME and Post-Production Supervisor for the Stan Original film WINDCATCHER. He is currently in financed development on a new feature film, BALI NOIR, which he is co-writing, directing, and producing.
Michael also maintains a strong body of work in television commercials and corporate campaigns, delivering projects for clients ranging from global brands like Baskin Robbins and TechnologyOne to major institutions such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Department of Justice and Inland Rail.
He makes movies with scale, heart and big-screen energy.
From sci-fi epics to intimate stories, his films are built to feel bigger than their limitations.
Big-Screen Independent Storytelling
Cinematic Visual Effects Production
Immersive Sound + Music Creation
"O’Halloran is a storyteller unafraid of tackling large ideas with patience and precision."
Gordon Shelley Influx Magazine
"Displays a visual ambition too often lacking in low-budget productions."
Elisabeth Vincentelli The New York Times
"Space/Time is an engaging and wild ride. O’Halloran directs with confidence."
Bobby LePire Film Threat
He loves a creative challenge, whatever the brief may be.
Michael believes good ideas can come from anywhere and loves figuring them out.
Corporate + Branded Films
Educational + Animated Storytelling
Music Videos for Australian Artists
A selection of Michael’s work.
Selected Filmography and Accolades
Film & TV
| Bali Noir (Feature in Financed Development) | — | Director / Writer / Producer | Mohworks Films |
| Prize Fighter (Feature in Financed Development) | — | Writer | PMCO |
| Space/Time (Feature) | 2025 | Director / Writer / Producer | Mohworks Films |
| Windcatcher (Feature) | 2024 | Post-Production Supervisor | Every Cloud Productions / Unless Pictures |
| Break The Rock (Short) | 2015 | Director / Producer | Mohworks Films |
| The Dossier Case (Short) | 2012 | Director / Producer | Mohworks Films |
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Commercial
| Art of the Score: John Williams | 2026 | Director / Producer | Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Concert Lab |
| Art of the Score: Joe Hisaishi | 2025 | Director / Producer | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Concert Lab |
| Failure To Report (TVC) | 2024 | Director | Department of Justice Qld / Smoke Creative |
| Move Together | 2024 | Director | Transport & Main Roads Qld / Smoke Creative |
| Resources Wide | 2024 | Producer | Romeo Digital / Good Folk Film |
| Our Work: Inland Rail | 2023 | Director / Producer | Inland Rail / Mohworks Films |
| Autonomous Refuelling Systems | 2023 | Producer | Australian Defence Force / Screencraft Media |
| Bring On The Baskins (TVC) | 2022 | Director | Type + Pixel / Smoke Creative |
| What We Seek | 2022 | Director / Writer | TechnologyOne / Smoke Creative |
| Generations | 2022 | Director / Writer | TechnologyOne / Smoke Creative |
| Baskin Robbins Flavour Smash (TVC) | 2021 | Director | Type + Pixel / Smoke Creative |
Music Video
| Budjerah ‘Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense’ | 2024 | Director | Warner Music / ONYX Film |
| Calais ‘Seeing It All’ | 2017 | Director / Producer | Independent / Mohworks Films |
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Film & Television, Queensland University of Technology
Selected Accolades
Recipient, Screen Queensland AACTA Creative Launchpad, 2026
Nominated for Best Video, ARIA Awards, 2024