Writer. Director. Filmmaker.

Sasha is a biracial Chinese, Russian, and English creative based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. He has over 4 years of experience in the film and television industry, specialising in narrative, documentary, branded content, and commercial film production.

Before pursuing filmmaking he started off active in the freelance photography space, where he practiced landscape, portrait & street photography. Although not his primary focus anymore Sasha is still available for commercial and editorial commissions.

He’s a recognised filmmaker and artist, achieving the title of DUX in Unit 1/2 & 3/4 Media. His short film, ‘Maybe, I’m Not Okay’, which premiered at the Beaconhills College Berwick CR8 exhibition, has been submitted for consideration in the VCE 2024 season of excellence within Top Screens.

Not only a working creative, Sasha is also the founder and creative director at Nazza Wazza, an independent narrative driven film production and distribution company based out of Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.

After completing and gaining his VCE certificate in 2023, Sasha has decided to pursue a further education in the film and television industry through tertiary level studies. He has been admitted into the Australian College of the Arts, or more commonly known as Collarts, to pursue a Bachelor of Screen & Media.

Sasha has collaborated with clients nationwide to deliver content. Some notable ones include Urban.com.au, OSK Property, Melbourne Square, Traffic Radius, Vedi.io, Projects by Buxton, Gravity Osteopathy, Beaconhills College, Vortech Mechanical Services, and numerous others.

Previously, Sasha undertook work experience & internship with Australia’s leading real estate listing platform, assisting the video production team at Urban.com.au to produce, distribute and edit content for clients on their platform.

Some of his most notably recognised work has been in the form of contributions within 10+ short films, creating a narrative documentary, working on a web series, creating and curating a collection of experimental narrative shorts, and working on a host of commercials and branded content.

Sasha is currently adapting his 2022 proof-of-concept documentary into a full-fledged documentary production titled, An Immigration Story. Alongside this, he is working on his next major short film, Bābā (爸爸), which will be pitched as part of his graduate capstone project at The Australian College of the Arts (Collarts).