Director

Zak Hilditch

Zak is a native of Perth, Western Australia and studied film at Curtin University. In 2013 his first funded feature These Final Hours premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival, picking up The Age critics prize for best film before later going onto its international premiere in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. 2017 saw the release of his first US based film, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novella 1922 starring Thomas Jane and Molly Parker, which was a Netflix original. The film had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas and went onto critical acclaim. 2019 saw the release of his follow up, another Netflix original titled Rattlesnake starring Carmen Ejogo, making Hilditch the first Australian to solely write and direct two exclusively Netflix original films. In 2024 Hilditch wrote & directed We Bury The Dead starring Daisy Ridley which had its world premiere at the 2025 SXSW film festival. He is currently working on an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Revival. Hilditch is represented by Thruline and Independent Artists Group in the US for long form work, and Sandbox Productions in Australia for TVC work.