Angela Lopez


Angela Lopez (she/her) is an Australian-born Filipino Producer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Occassionally, she is also a Production Designer and Director. Her work has been screened at esteemed film festivals including Tribeca Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and SXSW Sydney. As a multi-disciplinary freelancer, her work spans from short to long-form narratives, music videos and branded campaigns, including credits on Apple TV+ limited series ‘Granite’.

Angela graduated with a Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours) from Swinburne University of Technology in 2023. In 2025, she founded the New East Collective, aiming to challenge the traditional trajectory of storytelling by platforming diasporic narratives. ‘TOMMY’, the first short film under the collective, is set to premiere in 2026. In her creative pursuits as a producer, she aims to explore the connection between high-quality outputs and the fostering of positive, collaborative working environments during production. 

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Swinburne
Recliner Films


Teach Me How to Cry
Short Film
2023

Awards
Best Screenplay (National Category) Winner at Canberra Short Film Festival 2023
Best Student Short Film Winner at Australia Independent Film Festival 2023

Nominees
Young Australian Filmmaker of the Year Nominee at Byron Bay International Film Festival 2023

Selections

Directors Notes 2025
St Kilda Film Festival 2024
Stellar Short Film Festival 2024

Press

FilmInk
Writer, Director Finegan Sampson
Producer Max Kearsley
Co-Producer Angela Lopez
Director of Photography Cameron Mitchell, Daniel Shen
Production Design Angela Lopez, Tannaz Shaabanpour
Editor Sara Riippa
Costume Designer Bella Salvatore
Prop Master Mark Wager
Wardrobe Master Jennifer Bennie
1st Assistant Director Angela Lopez
2nd Assistant Director Chloe Doumanis, Nikita Chronis
3rd Assistant Director Anthony Bougioukos
Production Design Assistant Bella Salvatore
Camera Operator Cameron Mitchell
1st Assistant Camera Kieren Barber-Wilson, Walter Mather
2nd Assistant Camera Walter Mather, Andrew Whelan
Gaffer Nick Smith
Grip Daniel Smith
Best Jordan Ruyi Blanch, Andrew Whelan
Lighting Engineer Lachlan Hicks
Sound Recordist, Mixer Leytton To
Boom Operator Spencer Cameron, Ben J. Read
Hair and Make-Up Artist Helen Magelaki
Hair and Make-Up Assistance Zoe Crawford
Colourist Jordan Ruyi Blanch
Assistant Editor Noah Atfeh
Data Wrangler Marsalis Lam
BTS Videography Andrew Whelan, Tyron Tran
Stills Photography Olivia McGregor
BTS Phootgraphy Natalie Tsembas
Runner Cassidy Oreo
Production Assistants Oscar Kearsley, Sara Rippa
Starring

Lachy Hulme as Graeme McRae
Michala Banas as Lex
Bert LaBonté as Sol Diamond
Justina Noble as Maddy
Julian Haig as Johnny Lawrence
Campbell Connelly as Matisse Brewer
Nikita Chronis as Stage Hand
Finegan Sampson as Jack


I live and work on the stolen country of the Wurundjeri People of the Koolin Nation.
I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Australia and pay my respect to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty has never been ceded; this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.