Pearl Berry is a Yankunytjatjara filmmaker based in Tarntanya/Adelaide. She began her screen career in 2018 as the only South Australian writer for ABC’s Black Comedy (series 4).
Pearl further honed her craft in 2019 as a writer/director for the Deadly Family Portraits Initiative with SAFC and ABC iView. In 2021, she co-wrote and co-directed Blak Empire, produced by Dinosaur Disco Films and commissioned by NITV/SBS, Screen Australia, and SAFC. In 2024, Pearl participated in the inaugural SHE DIRECTS program with BLACKapple and Common Ground. She was also a co-writer in the SAFC’s 2024 FilmLab initiative (ongoing), and works as an arts worker for the South Australian peak body for Aboriginal art centres and artists.
In May 2025, Pearl was selected for the Seeding Storytellers program through Screenworks and the Australian Writers’ Guild. The program provided intensive training in note-taking, script coordinating and the basics of a writers’ room, conducted over three day-long online workshops led by industry experts Catherine Kelleher and Terence McCarthy.
