"White Lies" Director Greg Moran. Australia - Best Comedy and Australian Audience Award - Winner
Synopsis: When his well intentioned lies to get his daughter a scholarship escalate and spiral out of control Dave has to choose between having money and power, and being a good role model for his daughter.
Directors Statement: "I was inspired to write this film after watching some of my atheistic friends enroll their children in Catholic schools and feign being religious in the pursuit of a ‘better’ education for their children - to me it was fertile ground for a comedy. I also believe in the adage that we should ideally teach by example and practice what we preach." Greg Moran
Director Greg Moran - Biography
Greg Moran is an Australian multi award winning Writer, Director & Producer who broke his neck in 1983 playing rugby in Sydney at the age of 15 and became a C3/4 quadriplegic.
Greg returned to school the next year and completed his HSC before doing a BA at Sydney University majoring in english and fine arts.
Greg made his first short film in 1998 and 2002 Greg won best picture at the Canadian ‘Picture this Festival’ for his second short film Backtalk.
In 2009 Greg helped develop and produce the children’s television series Spit it Out for tumble TV and the seven network which ran for two seasons of 65 episodes each.
Since then Greg has made several more award winning films and has worked with various production companies developing shows for film and television including The Full Box, Torrid Films and Northern Pictures.
Greg is now predominantly working as a freelance writer, director, & producer and continues to write and develop shorts, feature films, and television series concepts both individually and with his writing partner Xavier Coy.
www.gregmoran.com.au
Directors Statement: "I was inspired to write this film after watching some of my atheistic friends enroll their children in Catholic schools and feign being religious in the pursuit of a ‘better’ education for their children - to me it was fertile ground for a comedy. I also believe in the adage that we should ideally teach by example and practice what we preach." Greg Moran
Director Greg Moran - Biography
Greg Moran is an Australian multi award winning Writer, Director & Producer who broke his neck in 1983 playing rugby in Sydney at the age of 15 and became a C3/4 quadriplegic.
Greg returned to school the next year and completed his HSC before doing a BA at Sydney University majoring in english and fine arts.
Greg made his first short film in 1998 and 2002 Greg won best picture at the Canadian ‘Picture this Festival’ for his second short film Backtalk.
In 2009 Greg helped develop and produce the children’s television series Spit it Out for tumble TV and the seven network which ran for two seasons of 65 episodes each.
Since then Greg has made several more award winning films and has worked with various production companies developing shows for film and television including The Full Box, Torrid Films and Northern Pictures.
Greg is now predominantly working as a freelance writer, director, & producer and continues to write and develop shorts, feature films, and television series concepts both individually and with his writing partner Xavier Coy.
www.gregmoran.com.au
ORION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026
