Shaun Grant

DEVELOPMENT:

• Untitled Feature Film – 21 Laps / Netflix US
• Untitled Original Feature Film – Steel Spring Pictures / Blackfella Films
• Untitled Original Feature Film – Made Up Stories / Fifth Season
• Untitled Series – Contributing Writer/Episode – Made Up Stores / AppleTV

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• Narrow Road to the Deep North – co-creator and sole writer – Curio Pictures for Amazon MGM Studios (Director: Justin Kurzel, Starring Jacob Elordi) Series Nominated for 1 Golden Globe and 12 AACTA Awards, going on to win 9 AACTA Awards.

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:

• 2021 AACTA International Award Nominee – Best Screenplay & Best Film: Nitram
• 2021 AACTA Nominee & Winner – Best Film & Best Screenplay: Nitram
• 2021 AACTA Nominee – Best Adapted Screenplay: Penguin Bloom
• 2020 AACTA Nominee & Winner – Best Screenplay: True History of the Kelly Gang
• 2020 AWG Nominee & Winner – Feature Film – Adaptation: Penguin Bloom
• 2019 WGA TV Award Nominee – Best Drama Series (collegiate): Mindhunter
• 2019 AWGIE Nominee & Winner – Best Adapated Screenplay: True History of the Kelly Gang 
• 2017 AACTA Awards Nominee & Winner – Best Adapted Screenplay: Jasper Jones
• 2017 AACTA Awards Nominee – Best Adapted Screenplay: Berlin Syndrome
• 2011 Cannes Film Festival – Critics Week – Snowtown – President of the Jury Special Award Grand Prix

FESTIVALS:

• 2025 Berlin Film Festival – World Premiere – Narrow Road to the Deep North
• 2021 Cannes Film Festival – Competition – Nitram
• Toronto International Film Festival 2020 – Gala Premiere of Penguin Bloom
• Toronto International Film Festival 2019 – Gala Premiere of True History of the Kelly Gang
• Sundance Film Festival 2017 – screenplay adaptation of Berlin Syndrome based on the novel by Melanie Joosten for Aquarius Films
• Cannes Film Festival 2011 – Critics Week – screenplay of Snowtown

 

Shaun Grant is a critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning screenwriter whose work has premiered at the world’s most prestigious film festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance. His screenplays have garnered international recognition and numerous accolades, including AACTA Awards, AWGIE Awards and WGA nominations.

In 2025, Shaun was the co-creator and sole writer of the Amazon Prime limited series, The Narrow Road to the Deep North , which was selected to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. The series went on to be nominated for a Golden Globe (Best Actor in a Limited Series), an Australian Writer’s Guild award (AWGIE), and 12 Australian Academy Award Awards (AACTA), going on to win 9.

Shaun’s sixth feature film, Nitram , premiered In Competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it claimed the award for Best Actor. The film earned widespread acclaim, securing International AACTA nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Film, as well as 15 AACTA Award nominations, going on to win for both Best Film and Best Screenplay. Shaun also received an AWGIE Award for his screenplay, his sixth, adding to his long-standing recognition from the Australian Writers’ Guild.

Shaun’s adaptation of Penguin Bloom premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received nine AACTA nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2019, Shaun’s adaptation of True History of the Kelly Gang also premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film earned 12 AACTA Award nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay.

Shaun’s adaptation of Berlin Syndrome premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and earned 8 AACTA nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay. That same year, he was also nominated for the AACTA Award for his screenplay of Jasper Jones, with both films contributing to his rare achievement of dual AACTA nominations in the same category.

Shaun’s first film, Snowtown, premiered at Critics’ Week at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the President of the Jury Special Award. The film earned widespread acclaim, securing 10 AACTA award nominations and going on to win for Best Adapted Screenplay.

In television, Shaun has written for multiple high-profile series. His work on the mini-series Deadline Gallipoli earned him both an AWGIE Award and an AACTA nomination.

He later wrote the finale of Netflix’s acclaimed series Mindhunter, for which he and the writing team received a Writers Guild of America nomination for Best Drama Series.

Shaun currently has multiple film and television projects in active development in Australia and the United States. Shaun is a member of the WGA and the Australian Writers Guild.