Originally from the junction of Wonnarua, Geawegal and Gamillaroi country, Hattie Archibald is an emerging director, writer and producer with a passion for drama and children’s content that aims to uplift, inspire and shift narratives.

After dabbling as actor while completing a BA at the University of Sydney, then interning and getting an entry-level job at post-production house Spectrum Films, Hattie’s professional start to the industry was largely as an impact producer for feature documentaries.

In 2019 Hattie graduated from the two year Directing Masters program at the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Her award-winning graduating project, Gut Feeling, a 3 x 12 minute comedy-drama web series, was picked up by ABC Comedy + iview in 2020 and presented at MIPCOM 2019 as part of the Best of Short Form showcase. Awards of note include the Audience Choice awards at Melbourne WebFest and Minnesota WebFest; Best Student Series at Melbourne and Santa Monica Webfests; and Best Series and Best Comedy Screenplay at Sydney Webfest.

Hattie is currently one of the regular directors on ABC’s Play School that recently won Best Children's Program at the 2026 TV WEEK Logie Awards. She directed All Together (30min) that won the 2026 AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program. Other Play School credits include Down On The Farm (30min), Make and Create (series), My Place My Home (series), Mighty Machines (series), What’s Cooking (series), Let The Games Begin (series), Story Time Series 6, and episodes of Show Time featuring artists including G Flip, Nikki Webster and The Cat Empire.

Other work in the children’s/family space includes her live action adaptation of Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas, produced by Caleb Irwin for his Masters at AFTRS. The 15 min film screened on ABC Kids for Book Week 2025 after premiering at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in 2023 and at Flickerfest in Australia 2024. Awards include Best Film at the Scone Film Festival, Best Casting of a Short Film (for Danny Long) at the 2023 CGA Awards, the Gold Award - Best Student Cinematography (for Pete Moses) by the Australian Cinematographers Society.

Hattie has directed branded content for McDonald’s; comedy sketches for We Interrupt This Broadcast (Helium Pictures for Channel 7); and a kids music video series for Zindzi and the Zillionaires for ABC Music.

She is grateful to have had director’s attachment opportunities with Nash Edgerton on Season 3 of Mr Inbetween and David Gould on Home & Away.

Other key learning opportunities have been through Hattie’s work as an assistant director. She was the 1st AD on the AACTA award-winning feature Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt); MumLife, a short film that was in official competition at La Cinef 2022 at Festival de Cannes; and Rocky & Me, a CJZ film for ABCMe DisRupted on which she was also an associate producer. Projects as a 2nd AD include Limbo directed by Ivan Sen, The Moth Effect for Bunya Productions, Rachel Perkins’ The Australian Wars for SBS and NITV, and Limitless With Chris Hemsworth for Disney+.

Hattie has a slate of drama and family content in development through her production company, Staircase Productions, together with her producing partner Emily Bull of HelloFuture.tv. She has two small children and lives and works across Wangal, Gadigal, Wonnarua, Geawegal and Wiradjuri country.