Ep 246: To Be Our Crazy, Strange Unique Selves - Cara Stricker (Filmmaker/ Writer‪)‬ 360 Yourself! With Jamie Neale

Cara Stricker is an Australian born director, writer, musician and artist. Stricker first started making films,

photographs and installations as a young teenager, stemming from her background as a dancer and musician. She

is known for her work that combines filmmaking with her creative direction, choreography, and expressive

narratives. Her unique blend of feminism, nature and performance creates work that is both subversive and

otherworldly. Her work is screened, exhibited, printed, and performed around the world. Stricker’s major

commissions include: creating a techno-surrealist land-based prayer prompt short film with the Miccosukee,

Seminole and Black Carribean community’s of Miami within the Everglades, Allapattah, and installations by

James Turrell, Es Devlin and teamLab for Superblue; Bvglari global campaigns for 23’ and 24’ featuring

Zendaya and Anne Hathaway; a four part polyptych instillation and music video for Alicia Keys; visual sonic

film about the late Aaliyah’s legacy; and album films for Chloe and Halle, Blood Orange, Kelsey Lu, Amber

Mark, Tei Shi and Kadhja Bonet. She has collaborated with global brands such as Gucci, MAC Makeup, Chanel,

Alexander Wang, Missoni, musicians such as SZA and Perfume Genius, and photographed for titles such as

Vogue, Dazed, I-D Magazine, Fader, Interview Magazine and Oyster.

Her work has been awarded and screened internationally including at Cannes Lions, Tribeca Film Festival,

Camerimage, Cannes Short Film Festival, Raindance Film Festival, Berlin Music Video Awards, Toronto Shorts

Film Festival, Shots awards, HollyShort Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival, Rooftop Film Festival New

York, London Short Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shortfest, Sugar Mountain festival and Vivid

Sydney. Her short narrative ‘Maverick’, starring Abbey Lee and Rhys Coiro, which she wrote and directed,

premiered at FFFest, and her commercial film short, “Carlos,” that explores how micro-mobility is transforming

the lives of its users, was shortlisted for both best non-fiction short at Cannes Lions and Best Branded Content at

the Tribeca X Award. Most recent solo exhibitions include two mixed media shows at The Hole NYC. Her latest

albums include collaboration with musician John Kirby (Solange Knowles, Frank Ocean, Blood Orange,

Sebastian Tellier) to direct, perform and produce music for their audio visual album, ‘Drool’, and her solo

ambient album and short film ‘Formless’, both released on Terrible Records, with screenings and performances

across Australia, LA and New York City.

She lives in Los Angeles.