Denai started out in the industry as a performer and producer and is now

transitioning her love of storytelling into writing and directing roles. Denai has

worked on dozens of high profile television commercials, short films, series, web

series and features. Writing ignited Denai's directorial passion, penning the London

storyline for her first feature, Forbidden Ground. Forbidden Ground (aka Battle

Ground) sold to Lionsgate (USA), eOne (UK) and Pinnacle (AUS) among other

reputable distributors worldwide, and won Best Film at the Intercultural Film

Festival in 2014. Denai produced multi-award winning short film Straight on Til

Mourning which recently won best mid-sized film at the Sydney Women’s

International Film Festival, 2024.

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Denai’s long and short form production credits include Infini, Gabriel, Singapore TV

Series Shero, and 2022 AACTA nominated Best Film, Sissy. She also wrote and

directed The Staircase, an episode of the horror thriller anthology Deadhouse Dark

which made official selection at Canneseries 2020, and released globally as a

Shudder Original Series in 2021.

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Dystopic sci fi short Shift which Denai produced, finished its festival run on a high,

named one of the top shorts at the Toronto After Dark Festival in 2018 and is

currently being adapted into a feature. Denai directed episode titled She in multi-

award winning web series Fragments, as well as the episode titled Tuesday in Gold

Coast Film Festival nominated Best Web Series, At The Phoenix. Most recently,

Denai worked on proof-of-concept short film EXO226 which she directed, wrote and

produced. The short has made official selection at multiple festivals, nominated for

Best Film and Best Director and had its world premiere at 2023 Sydney Sci Fi

Film Festival. The project was just named a Finalist for Best Film at the

Fantastico Film Festival, won Best Production Design at CSFF where Denai was

named the recipient of the CSFF 2023 Emerging Talent award.

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More than just entertain, Denai creates worlds. She’s currently developing a diverse

slate of features and series’ under her D|G|C creative content banner.