Chris NELIUS

Co-Founder / Director, The Lion's Share / FINCH

Christopher Nelius is an Australian film director, producer and writer working in advertising, documentary and drama. 

His first film writing gig was a documentary about the life of surfer Ross Clarke-Jones. He developed that idea further to co-create a documentary series for Discovery Channel Asia (winning Astra and Asian television awards) and later a 3D feature documentary called Storm Surfers 3D that won multiple international festival awards including runner-up in the audience award at TIFF, and winning the AACTA award for Best Feature Documentary.

In 2018, he co-founded The Lion’s Share Fund, a UN-backed initiative whereby brands contribute money to conservation when they use the image of an animal in their advertising.

Christopher's third feature documentary GIRLS CAN’T SURF, about the struggle of women’s professional surfing in the 1980s, has been nominated for an AACTA for Best Feature Documentary.