writer and director
of your wildest creams
His work explores themes of delusion, the barbed nature of individualism and Australian deadshittery. He likes to cook up stories about millennial grimelords, using a combination of visual lyricism, esoteric music and an editing ryhtm that cares for both the heartfelt and the dumbfelt at once.
In his work as a commercial comedy director he has helmed projects for Square, Cashrewards, Mr Black, St George, Vicks, Trov and Bubble.
He won the Australian Directors Guild award for best digital comedy direction in 2021 and the Australian Writers Guild award for best comedy writing in 2017.
From 2018-2020 Stone was commissioned to write and direct 10 originals for Comedy Central AU/NZ including two digital series, No Experience Necessary and Share This and also wrote and performed the 2017 anthology series Fancy Boy for ABC.
He directed the debut stand up specials for both Sam Campbell and Aaron Chen, is a writer for Taskmaster and additionally he produced all the music videos for the album Palaces by musician Flume.
Stone works with Junkyard Management in Australia and 3Arts in the USA.
Awards
2023 - Nominee Best Commercial Content Direction - Australian Directors Guild Awards - Square MoGal
2023 - Winner Best Short Film - Sydney Underground Film Festival - Blood Sugar Sex Yowie
2023 - Nominee Dendy Best Australian Short Film - Sydney Film Festival - The 2IC
2021 - Winner Best Direction in Digital Comedy Series - Australian Directors Guild Award - A Life in Questions
2021 - Nominee Best Digital Comedy - AACTA Awards - A Life in Questions
2019 Nominee Best Online Comedy Direction - Australian Directors Guild Award — Be Your Own Boss
2018 Nominee Outstanding Light Entertainment Program - AACTA Awards - The Checkout
2017 Winner Best Sketch Comedy Writing - Australian Writers Guild Awards — Fancy Boy
2016 Nominee Best Comedy Writing - Australian Writers Guild Laugh Out Loud - Grubby Festival Campsite
2014 Winner Golden Gibbo Award Melbourne International Comedy Festival — Fancy Boy Variety Show