A multi-disciplinary filmmaker from Tasmania, Australia, Michael has a passion for character driven stories and creates both original and commissioned content for the screen as a producer and director.
Through his commissioned work he has directed and produced content for a range of clients across Australia. Highlights include directing multiple national TV commercials for St Vincent de Paul Society and directing the EPK content for seasons 3, 4 and 5 of Rosehaven (ABC) and Season 1 of The Gloaming (Stan).
Through his original work, Michael has directed and produced a range of projects. In 2014 his dramatic short film ‘No Good Deed’ won the Sony Global Production Awards and the film was screened in London as part of the Sony Global Photography Awards. In 2019 he co created the 1x15min documentary ‘The Small Town Drifter’ for SBS On Demand. The same year he created alongside collaborator, Dylan Hesp, ‘Australia’s Best Street Racer’ a multi-platform comedy series with investment from Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania, accumulated over 1 million views within the first month of its release and won Best Direction In An Online Comedy from the Australian Directors Guild.
In 2021 Michael undertook a Director’s Attachment under Jonathon Brough on the Rosehaven Season 5. Most recently, he released the second series of ‘Australia’s Best Street Racer: 2 Street 2 Racer’ with investment from Screen Australia and Screen Tasmania.
Michael is based in Launceston, Tasmania, but has travelled to and exhibited work in Australia, England, India, Japan and the USA.
Stan, ABC, SBS, Elk, St Vincent de Paul Society, Sony, Optus, Australian Institute of Management (AIM), Hydro Tasmania, TRY Australia, Juice Plus Australia, Halftime Australia.
We create original content through Blur Films, a production company built on the creative partnership of Dylan Hesp and Michael O’Neill.
michael.t.oneill@mac.com
+61 439 118 291
Tasmania, Australia