A B O U T
Charles Williams is an acclaimed Australian film director, writer and producer; winner of more than 60 international awards including Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Palme d'Or.
Growing up in a a remote country town in Victoria, Australia, Charles began making short films in his teens. Since then, his films have screened at more than 200 of the world's most prestigious festivals including Cannes, TIFF, Clermont-Ferrand, Sydney, Telluride, MIFF, Hong Kong, Rotterdam, Busan and SXSW and have sold globally, including to the Criterion Collection.
He is an alumnus of TIFF’s Filmmaker Lab, the Golden Globes HFPA Filmmaker Residency and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. 
Charles' debut feature film, INSIDE starring Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis, Vincent Miller, Tammy Macintosh and Toby Wallace was released February 2025 in Australia to critical acclaim, winning the Australian Writers’ Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay.
INSIDE will have its North American premiere at the Tribeca Festival followed by a U.S. theatrical release in June 2025.
A W A R D S
AWARDS LINK
C O N T A C T
AUSTRALIAN AGENT
HLA Management
Edwina Stuart – edwina.stuart@hlamgt.com.au
ph: +61 (0)2 9549 3000

UK AGENT
Casarotto Ramsay & Associates
Jodi Shields – jodi@casarotto.co.uk
Anthony Mestriner – anthony@casarotto.co.uk
ph: +44 (0)20 7287 4450
O T H E R  S I T E S
INSIDE
ALL THESE CREATURES
SIMPATICO.
F I L M S
' I N S I D E '  ( 2 0 2 4 )
Feature Film (OFFICIAL SITE)
Winner Australian Writers Guild, Best Original Screenplay 2025. Winner NSW Literary Awards, Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting 2025. Official Selection, Tribeca Festival 2025. Official Selection, SXSW Sydney 2024. Nominee Best Feature Bright Horizons Competition, Melbourne International Film Festival 2025. Nominee Dragon Award for Best International Feature, Göteborg Film Festival 2025. 
Australian Theatrical Release 27 Feb 2025, US Theatrical Release 20 June 2025.
★★★★★ “Brutal Brilliance. Unforgettable.”
Nadine Whitney, THE CURB
★★★★★ “Williams performs miracles. An incendiary debut.”
Stephen A Russell, SCREENHUB
★★★★ "A captivating prison drama with painfully good performances"
Luke Buckmaster, THE GUARDIAN
“The best Australian film in years.”
Harry Windsor, THE MONTHLY
“To say it’s one of the best Australian films I’ve seen is to qualify it with an unnecessary adjective – it’s one of the best films I’ve seen, period.”
Ari Mattes, THE CONVERSATION
' A L L  T H E S E  C R E A T U R E S '  ( 2 0 1 8 )
Short Film (OFFICIAL SITE)
Winner Short Film Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 2018. Winner Best Short Film, AACTA Awards 2018. Winner Best Australian Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival 2018. Winner Firebird Award for Best Short Film, Hong Kong Film Festival 2018. Winner Best Film Youth Competition, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2018. Nominee Grand Prix, Tampere Film Festival 2018. Winner Best Short Fiction Film, Tirana International Film Festival 2018. Nominee Best Short Film, Toronto International Film Festival 2018. Nominee Best Direction in a Short Film, Australian Directors Guild 2019. Winner Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director, Sydney Film Festival 2019. Winner Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short, Sydney Film Festival 2019.
“A visually stunning tragedy. No wonder it won the Palme d’Or. It’s that good.”
ROGEREBERT.COM
“What sets Williams’ piece apart is a sense of wonder in the smallest details.”
SIGHT AND SOUND
“The most important film that we have seen to date.”
ARTSMUSE MAGAZINE