Oliver Ellis is a trans, nonbinary producer based in Naarm/Melbourne. They produced the short supernatural horror THE DYSPHORIA - winner of Best Picture in Fantastic Fest’s horror shorts program Short Fuse, and the City of Melbourne Award for Best Short Film at Melbourne Queer Film Festival. THE DYSPHORIA went on to screen at countless other festivals, including Melbourne International Film Festival, Fantasia, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Tampere Film Festival and BFI Flare. Other short films produced by Oliver include the psychological horror SEE FOR YOURSELF (streaming on ABC iView), queer romance Asexy (featured in ABC Queer and Star) and documentaries FAREWELL HAPPY FIELDS (with author Fiona Wright) and CODA (with performance artist Jodee Mundy OAM). In 2021, Oliver was selected as one of Minus18’s inaugural Young Leaders, and they continue to advocate for trans and queer Australians with organisations such as VicHealth.