ABOUT.
CHARLOTTE IS DRAWN TO PEOPLE WITH INTERESTING LIFE STORIES AND THOSE WHO CHALLENGE TODAY’S SOCIETAL CONVENTIONS. HER WORK OFTEN EMBRACES SURREALISM AND, COMING FROM A MUSIC VIDEO BACKGROUND, SHE ATTEMPTS TO PUSH CONVENTIONAL STORYTELLING BOUNDARIES IN A VISUALLY STRIKING AND COMPELLING WAY.
HAVING WORKED AS AN EDITOR FOR 17 YEARS, STORYTELLING IS INGRAINED WITHIN HER. THIS COUPLED WITH A STRONG VISUAL STYLE HELPS HER CRAFT STORIES THAT ARE POETIC AND EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN.
Charlotte Evans is a Sydney-based filmmaker, director and editor known for her distinctive visual style and emotionally driven, performance-led storytelling. Charlotte began her film career in London, training under renowned editor Rick Waller, before relocating to New Zealand in 2009 where she built a reputation as a sought-after director across commercials, music videos and long-form documentary.
Charlotte has directed award-winning projects for artists including Kimbra, Aldous Harding, Benee and The DMA’s. She is a two-time winner of Best Director and Best Editor at the CLIPPED Music Video Festival. Her short film Give Kate A Voice received a Webby Honoree and Silver at the NZCINE Awards.
Her short documentary OK Chlöe offered an intimate portrait of Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick and screened at multiple international film festivals including Cinequest. The film was also selected as a New Yorker Original Documentary and featured on Short of the Week, establishing Charlotte as a filmmaker drawn to intimate, access-driven storytelling. Her documentary Nowhere To Be further cemented her reputation for deeply human, character-driven work.
Charlotte has directed campaigns for global brands including Adidas, AIA, the NSW Government and Tourism New Zealand, contributing to internationally recognised work including Tourism New Zealand’s Good Morning World, winner of multiple Global Effie Awards and widely awarded across Cannes Lions, D&AD, Spikes Asia and Axis Awards.
Charlotte’s work is unified by a cinematic visual language and an instinct for authentic performance, often exploring themes of identity, community and social change. She is currently in post-production The Weight of Change, a feature-length documentary following Chlöe Swarbrick’s ten-year political journey. Alongside this, Charlotte is in development on a slate of television series and feature film projects.
Now based in Sydney and working across Australia, New Zealand and internationally, Charlotte continues to bring a bold, collaborative and visually expressive voice to both commercial and narrative storytelling.