GALACTIC BABY IS A PRODUCTION COMPANY FOUNDED BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PRODUCER, Lauren Elliott. WE’RE PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING PREMIUM FILM & TELEVISION AND TELLING GREAT STORIES WITH AUTHENTIC CHARACTERS.

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LAUREN ELLIOTT - FOUNDER / PRODUCER
Lauren Elliott is one of Western Australia's most groundbreaking comedy producers. Her producing credits include Henry & Aaron, The Legend of Gavin Tanner, DAFUQ, The Big Spaghetti, The Shapes and LIFT, as well as the AACTA-nominated KGB and Small Town Hackers. In 2015, she won Screenwest’s inaugural $100,000 Emerging Producer’s Initiative and in 2019, she won a 40under40 award which declared her one of WA’s leading entrepreneurs under the age of 40. She has a wealth of experience in film & TV, marketing, public relations and events having worked in Australia, the UK and the US. She learnt the Hollywood ropes at Red Hour Films and Abso Lutely Productions in Los Angeles and has produced for Jungle Entertainment and Bunya Productions in Sydney. She is currently the Public Relations Executive at Screenwest.

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CLARE TOONEN - PRODUCER'S ASSISTANT
Clare Toonen ensures the smooth running of development, production, post-production, distribution, marketing and publicity across Galactic Baby’s entire slate of projects. She is also an award-winning screenwriter with screenwriting credits including Pixar-inspired short film, Bird Drone which recently took out the top prize of Best Film and $30,000 at The Best Australian Short Film Competition, the AACTA-nominated ABC Indigenous comedy series, KGB (2019) and the short film You, Me and Karen (2017) which won the Channel 9 Award for Excellence in Scriptwriting. Clare has a Master of Screen Studies from the WA Screen Academy, as well as a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University. She is currently the Communications Coordinator at Screenwest.

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KODIE BEDFORD Kodie is a writer on the rise with an impressive list of screenwriting credits including Mystery Road, Robbie Hood, Grace Beside Me and Squinters, which she worked on alongside Lauren as Series Producer for Jungle Entertainment

KODIE BEDFORD
Kodie is a writer on the rise with an impressive list of screenwriting credits including Mystery Road, Robbie Hood, Grace Beside Me and Squinters, which she worked on alongside Lauren as Series Producer for Jungle Entertainment. Kodie made her directorial debut with the short film, Scout as part of the ABC’s Dark Place horror anthology, which has been nominated for Short Film Production of the Year at the 2019 SPA Awards. Kodie was also the Script Editor for KGB, Lauren’s most recent comedy series which premiered on ABC iview in July 2019. She is currently developing horror feature film, The Min Min, with Galactic Baby, which she’s co-writing with Bjorn Stewart.

BJORN STEWART Bjorn Stewart is a triple-threat actor/writer/director and star of KGB, Lauren’s most recent comedy series which premiered on ABC and YouTube on New Year’s Day 2020. Bjorn is a writer and cast member of the Logie-nominated series

BJORN STEWART
Bjorn Stewart is a triple-threat actor/writer/director and star of KGB, Lauren’s most recent comedy series which premiered on ABC and YouTube on New Year’s Day 2020. Bjorn is a writer and cast member of the Logie-nominated series Black Comedy and has also appeared in Foxtel’s The Slot , the ABC’s Get Krack!n and Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am and the darkly comic schlock horror flick, Red Christmas. Bjorn wrote and directed Killer Native for the Dark Place horror anthology which premiered on the ABC for Halloween 2019. Bjorn is currently developing horror feature film, The Min Min, with Galactic Baby, which he’s co-writing with Kodie Bedford.

HENRY INGLIS Henry Inglis is an award-winning writer/director and brilliant comedy editor. He was a founding member of Mad Kids alongside Lauren and together they have developed and produced 12 comedy projects. Henry’s viral hits, It’s a Snap! (3

HENRY INGLIS
Henry Inglis is an award-winning writer/director and brilliant comedy editor. He was a founding member of Mad Kids alongside Lauren and together they have developed and produced 12 comedy projects. Henry’s viral hits, It’s a Snap! (3 million hits) and Set Yourself Free (20 million hits) have garnered him celebrity fans including Dan Harmon, creator of Rick & Morty and Christopher McQuarrie, screenwriter of The Usual Suspects. In 2017, he wrote, directed and edited Small Town Hackers for Saturday Night Live’s digital platform Above Average, for which he won the 2018 ADG Award for Best Direction of an Online Comedy Project. He is currently developing a number of new projects with Galactic Baby.

UMAR AZAD Umar Azad is one of the brightest rising stars in Australian comedy thanks to his unique perspective on identity, culture and diversity, as well as his charismatic and cheeky attitude. His debut solo standup show, Halal? Is it Meat You’

UMAR AZAD
Umar Azad is one of the brightest rising stars in Australian comedy thanks to his unique perspective on identity, culture and diversity, as well as his charismatic and cheeky attitude. His debut solo standup show, Halal? Is it Meat You’re Looking For? was a sellout success at Fringe World 2019 and 2020, and also bagged him the Fringe World Best WA Comedy Award. Umar and Lauren were introduced in late 2019 and immediately teamed up to develop Bogan Muslim, a half hour comedy series which Umar will create, write and star in. The series is currently bubbling away with Galactic Baby and a number of brilliant collaborators, thanks to development investment from Screenwest.

TARYNE LAFFAR Taryne Laffar descends from the Bardi and Jabbir Jabbir nations in Western Australia and is the founder of brand new WA production company, PiNK PEPPER. She recently released OUR LAW, the groundbreaking NITV documentary which made na

TARYNE LAFFAR
Taryne Laffar descends from the Bardi and Jabbir Jabbir nations in Western Australia and is the founder of brand new WA production company, PiNK PEPPER. She recently released OUR LAW, the groundbreaking NITV documentary which made national headlines and was nominated for Best Australian Documentary at Sydney Film Festival 2020. She was the Series Producer of ABC iview indigenous comedy series, KGB (2019) alongside Lauren as Executive Producer. Since partnering on KGB, Taryne and Lauren have a number of projects in development together including OLD MATE, a comedy web series about a 47,000 year old Aboriginal superhero who has literally seen it all. Taryne and Lauren are currently developing the series with creators Clarence Ryan and Renato Fabretti, thanks to development investment from Screenwest.

CLARENCE RYAN Clarence Ryan is a critically-acclaimed actor who has been performing on Australian screens since he was 14 years old. He has starred in countless films and TV series including Cate Blanchett’s AACTA-winning series Stateless, AACTA

CLARENCE RYAN
Clarence Ryan is a critically-acclaimed actor who has been performing on Australian screens since he was 14 years old. He has starred in countless films and TV series including Cate Blanchett’s AACTA-winning series Stateless, AACTA-nominated Indigenous comedy series KGB, International Emmy award-winning Wrong Kind of Black, Wanted, Wolf Creek, Cleverman, Killer Native, We Were Here, September, The Circuit, Yagan and many more. He is currently developing his screenwriting debut, OLD MATE, a comedy series about a 47,000-year-old Aboriginal superhero who has literally seen it all. The series is currently in development with Galactic Baby and PiNK PEPPER, thanks to development investment from Screenwest.