James Menelaus Rush is a writer, director, producer and editor based between Melbourne and London. His previous short Tadpoles has screened at various premiere international short film festivals around the world such as Winterthur Kurzfilmtage, Flickerfest International Short Film Festival and Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival. It's also seen him nominated for the 2022 Australian Director's Guild Awards. Recently James was one of few accepted from a global callout to be invited to take part in the Locarno Film Festival's ‘Base Camp’ program - he is currently developing multiple short film projects as well as his first feature film.