Daniel Lammin is a graduate of Directing at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), the Masters of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland, and the Bachelor of Performing Arts at Monash University. He received a Green Room nomination in 2014 for Master Class (Left Bauer Productions), and in 2011 was a recipient of the Besen Family Artist Program from Malthouse Theatre. His other directing credits include Awakening (MUST/fortyfivedownstairs), Sneakyville (Before Shot), Strangers in Between (Cameron Lukey), Ryan (La Mama), Columbine (MUST), The Cutting Boys (La Mama) and The Laramie Project (MUST). He was also Assistant Director on On the Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse Theatre) and Endgame (Melbourne Theatre Company), and Dramaturge on Gary Abraham’s production of Angels in America (Cameron Lukey & Dirty Pretty Theatre).
From 2019 to 2021, Daniel was the Senior Programming Officer for the Centre for Theatre and Performance and Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance at Monash University. He has also worked extensively with students at Monash University and the University of Queensland, including directing several productions (both as an educator and as a guest director), running skills workshops, lecturing and tutoring, and mentoring students in directing and playwriting.
Daniel is also a film critic and writer for the Australian film website SWITCH (www.maketheswitch.com.au), host of the Disney history podcast Ink & Paint: A Journey Through the Disney Animated Classics, and has moderated and hosted numerous public events for AACTA.
He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia.