Bio

Lou Sanz is a multi-award-winning multi-genre writer for film, television, stage and print and a former multi-award-winning comedy performer. Her debut feature, Audrey, directed by Natalie Bailey, premiered in competition at SXSW in 2024 to sell out sessions and critical acclaim, ahead of its European/ UK premiere at sold out sessions at BFI London Film Festival. Lou was nominated as the writer of the film for Best Screenplay at the 2025 AACTA Awards. Her TV credits include How To Stay Married, Life Support and The PM’s Daughter for which she received her second Australian Writers Guild Award nomination. Lou has also worked in the script departments on beloved Australian dramas including Offspring and The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

Lou and her partner, John Kachoyan, participated in Talent USA (NY) in 2022, after winning AACTA/Screenworks Pitch: Regional Landscapes with their film Land’s End. In 2024, Lou was one of six participants in the Screen Australia/Australians in Film (AiF) Talent Gateway program, which aims to support established Australian creatives by elevating their skills for an increasingly global market. She is working on film and TV projects in Australia, Europe, and the USA, collaborating with Princess Pictures and Roughhouse Pictures, Magical Thinking, series creator Mark Williams (Ozark), actress Geraldine Viswanathan (Drive-Away Dolls, Miracle Workers), Wee Beastie Productions (AU), Ipso Facto (UK), Gambit Media (AU), and a slate of projects with her  production company, Sanzipants.