Randall Wood was born in Brisbane Australia in 1969. He is currently directing and shooting The Grammar of Happiness with Essential Media (ABC TV / ARTE) 2009-2011. Randall’s directorial/ DOP credits include The Worm Hunters (National Geographic / ZDF/ ARTE, Jury Award - Scinema, Finalist - Jackson Hole Film Festival, Official Selection - Dungog Film Festival Australia 2011, The Curse of the Gothic Symphony, an 85 min feature-length documentary for Wildfury, ABC TV and MIFF, To Be or Not To Be (Fox, Movie Extra 10-part series both 2009 and Jan-Feb 2010 series) Nonna (ABC T.V, National Portrait Gallery), Rare Chicken Rescue (ABC T.V, SIFF 2008 Dendy Documentary Award, Silver ACS Award, Slamdance Grand Jury Award - Best Short Documentary, AFI Best Documentary Sound Award, Wildscreen Animal Planet People and Animals Award finalist), Downunder Grads - a 4-part series for SBS T.V, (SIFF 2007), Changing Justice (ATOM award winner), Hinchinbrook Island (ACS Gold Award), Goori Goori Dreaming (ABC T.V), Selo Selo Bigfala Canoe (SBSi) and Kilem Taem (UNICEF).

Randall’s films have screened at Melbourne International Film Festival (Aust), Clermont Ferrand (France), Sydney International Film Festival (Aust), WildScreen (UK), Slamdance (USA), IDFA (Netherlands), Hawaii International Film Festival (USA), Brisbane International Film Festival (Aust), Rendevous with Madness Film Festival (Toronto), Wisconsin Film Festival (USA) and Rooftop Film Festival (New York) and the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival (Tahiti).

Randall is also an ACS award-winning cinematographer, shooting for networks such as SBSI ABC TV, TV ASHAI, Nippon TV and BBC3. He’s studied scriptwriting and feature film directing at the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam and has a degree in music composition and performance from QLD Conservatorium.