Biography

Jack Kearney is an Australian filmmaker, playwright and lawyer. His screen work includes writing, directing and producing the sketch comedy web-series ‘The Forecast’ (2020), the award winning short-film ‘Goodnight Sal’ (2021), and the independent feature film ‘The Prep Room’ (2024) which is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime. His first play, ‘Unperturbed’, premiered at the 2022 Adelaide Fringe Festival to generous critical reception before performing a sell-out run in Sydney the following year where it was nominated for Best in Theatre. His follow-up play, ‘In Paraburdoo’, will premiere at The Actors Pulse playhouse in September 2024.

He has worked extensively on the stage show ‘A Taste of Ireland’, which has since toured Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. Jack is the founder and creative director of Sydney based theatre and film company Nevus Productions.