Damon Gameau

Damon Gameau's Biography

Damon Gameau is an Australian film director, speaker, and author.

After 10 years as an actor in which he appeared in several feature films and television shows, including receiving an AFI nomination for best supporting actor in the film Balibo, Damon turned to directing and activism.

As a director he wrote, directed, and performed the vocals for the 2011 winning Tropfest short film, Animal Beatbox.

In 2015 he released his first feature film ‘That Sugar Film’ which became the highest grossing Australian documentary across Australia and New Zealand of all time. It has received awards from across the world including the 2015 AACTA Award for Best Documentary. The accompanying book, ‘That Sugar Book’ was a best seller in Australia and has since been released in over 20 countries and 8 languages around the world. That Sugar Guide is his latest release.

Damon then completed the documentary ‘2040’ in 2019 with an accompanying book called ‘2040: a handbook for the regeneration’. The film now sits in the top 4 highest grossing documentaries at the Australian cinema. Damon was nominated for the 2020 NSW Australian of the Year for this work.

Damon then co-founded Regen Studios with Anna Kapplan where together they work with philanthropists and NGO’s to build comprehensive impact campaigns for the films to raise money for ecological solutions and awareness in classrooms, board rooms and in Parliaments around the world.

In 2022 Damon spoke at TEDx Sydney and his talk ‘went viral’ when posted on the global TED platform.

His project Regenerating Australia took him to 68 towns and cities across Australia in 2022 and unearthed 40 regenerative projects which were given seed funding with the help of WWF Australia.

His latest film Future Council premiered at MIFF in 2024 and played inside the United Nations at the 2024 General Assembly. The film will be released globally in 2025 and comes with a comprehensive impact campaign to help children shape and design their own futures.

Damon is a sought-after speaker and spoke at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York. Damon has also addressed numerous Governments around the world and spoken at organisations such as GOOGLE, BP, PWC, ANZ, ZURICH, ATLASSIAN, UTAH CLEAN ENERGY, MASTERCARD, CREDIT SUISSE, CBA, HESTA and many more.

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Speaking Topics Include

2040 - Concerned about his young daughter's future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change. He meets with innovators and changemakers in many fields to draw on their expertise.