Duncan Ragg

Acting

Duncan Ragg

Duncan Ragg is an award-winning writer, director, actor and producer based regionally on Dharawal Country. Having worked as a theatre artist for many years, his first short film Theo & Celeste garnered 80,000 views in a week on Vimeo. He has since written the award-winning anthology series Liberty Street (MIFF), the feature film Unraveling (Cinefest Oz, BIFF), as well as inclusively made shorts +One, Over, Mine Mine Mine, I’ve Got You, and Fences. In 2025 his short film Over won Best Comedy at Flickerfest, whilst his previous films have featured and won awards at dozens of festivals around the world, including SXSW Sydney, MIFF, Flickerfest, St Kilda, Vancouver, Birmingham, Virginia, Edmonton, Just For Laughs and many more. Duncan is a proud advocate for greater representation of people with disability in the screen sector and is the co-Artistic Director of The Corinthian Food Store, an Artistic Associate at Midnight Feast and an experienced facilitator with Bus Stop Films. He was Assistant Director to Judy Davis on the multi-award winning Faith Healer and The Dance of Death (Belvoir) and in 2019 shadowed world-renowned theatre director Robert Wilson on the creation of his new work Mary Said What She Said at the Theatre de la Ville, starring Isabelle Huppert. He is a law graduate of the Australian National University, holds a BFA from NIDA and L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier, a recipient of the 2024 Screenworks Directors’ Pathways Program as well as the prestigious Marten Bequest and Mike Walsh Fellowships for Directing.

Acting credits

2:22 poster
6.0

Two planes almost collide after a blinding flash of light paralyzes air traffic controller Dylan Branson for a few seconds. Suspended from his job, Dylan starts to notice an ominous pattern of sounds and events that repeats itself in exactly the same manner every day, ending precisely at 2:22 p.m. Also drawn into a complex relationship with a woman, Dylan must figure out a way to break the power of the past and take control of time itself.

2:22

2017

Interceptor poster
6.0

A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.

Interceptor

2022

Unravelling poster
NR

Fleeing the misery of a year in lock-down in Melbourne, El and Sim, a couple in their 30's, relocate to the Byron Shire to pursue a unique opportunity. El, a poet, is the subject of a new video masterclass produced by the charismatic and domineering author Christian Divine. While El is drawn by the intoxicating pull of the local creative scene, Sim's own writing career is going nowhere. As their relationship strains under the pressure of jealousy and deceit, Sim's desire for a family seems increasingly incompatible with El's burgeoning career. The love that binds them begins to unravel.

Unravelling

2022

White Widow poster
5.2

Across Africa and London, an American woman struggles with recent tragic events, resulting in impromptu rendezvous with a naive Irishman, who takes on more than he bargained for.

White Widow

2023

Infidels poster
1.0

Three men. An apartment at midnight. Things unspoken.

Infidels

2017

Granny poster
NR

A young man flees for his life when the beloved grandmother he attempted to put in a home goes on a murderous rampage.

Granny

2018

Theo & Celeste poster
8.0

As Theo and Celeste play a game of 'would you still be my friend if' to test their new friendship, their hypothetical questions become reality, forcing them to confront their deepest fears and strongest yearnings.

Theo & Celeste

2018

The Aussie Boys poster
2.7

Come and take a trip 'Down Under' and witness seven stories about the lives and loves of these men and boys from across Australia. From historical beginnings in the 1600's all the way through to noughties truck stop dilemmas, present day road trip romancing and faces from the past returning for a final goodbye. The 7 short films are: Burning Soul (2016); Miles (2017); Infidels (2017); Eric (2014); What Grown-Ups Know (2004); All Good Things (2019); The Dam (2016).

The Aussie Boys

2022

Shadows - Part 1 poster
NR

Jason experiences nightmares so vivid, they interfere with his life.

Shadows - Part 1

2018

Behind the camera

Fences poster
NR

When his son sends an artificial intelligence version of himself to mend the fences on the family property, an ageing farmer must adapt to the change, or else lose his relationship with his son entirely.

Fences

2022

Fences poster
NR

When his son sends an artificial intelligence version of himself to mend the fences on the family property, an ageing farmer must adapt to the change, or else lose his relationship with his son entirely.

Fences

2022

Over poster
NR

A man's adopted son has stranded himself on a boat near shore. He refuses to bring the boat back in until his dad does something to save the world.

Over

2025

+ One poster
NR

Determined to experience a true love story, Will organises the perfect house party, ensuring every detail is to a T.

+ One

2024

+ One poster
NR

Determined to experience a true love story, Will organises the perfect house party, ensuring every detail is to a T.

+ One

2024

Unravelling poster
NR

Fleeing the misery of a year in lock-down in Melbourne, El and Sim, a couple in their 30's, relocate to the Byron Shire to pursue a unique opportunity. El, a poet, is the subject of a new video masterclass produced by the charismatic and domineering author Christian Divine. While El is drawn by the intoxicating pull of the local creative scene, Sim's own writing career is going nowhere. As their relationship strains under the pressure of jealousy and deceit, Sim's desire for a family seems increasingly incompatible with El's burgeoning career. The love that binds them begins to unravel.

Unravelling

2022

I've Got You poster
NR

When a vision impaired mother becomes convinced that the baby in her house is not the child she gave birth to, she must confront the shadowy figure of her mother that stalks her house and the creeping darkness before it consumes her.

I've Got You

2023

I've Got You poster
NR

When a vision impaired mother becomes convinced that the baby in her house is not the child she gave birth to, she must confront the shadowy figure of her mother that stalks her house and the creeping darkness before it consumes her.

I've Got You

2023

Glen poster
7.0

Divorced, lonely and inept with the web, a 50-year-old man decides to try his hand at finding love online – with spectacularly catastrophic results.

Glen

2021

Glen poster
7.0

Divorced, lonely and inept with the web, a 50-year-old man decides to try his hand at finding love online – with spectacularly catastrophic results.

Glen

2021