Gabriel Gasparinatos is an ARIA, Walkley and ADG nominated filmmaker in Sydney.
Gabriel’s debut feature documentary, the Netflix Original ONEFOUR: AGAINST ALL ODDS was released worldwide in October 2023. Critic Margaret Pomeranz described it as “an incendiary and powerful film that provokes both outrage and compassion. A cautionary tale for those of us opposed to censorship and discriminatory police powers.”
The film was nominated for the Walkley Award for Best Documentary, the AACTA Award For Best Editing, and the ADG Award for Best Direction in a Debut Feature. It was introduced into the Sydney University law syllabus, and led to a reckoning with police powers in Australia. NSW Police attempted to shut down the global SXSW Sydney premiere in 2023, enforcing a pay-for-policing tactic that involved metal detectors on entry, plain clothes police officers in the audience, all attendees being frisked, and restricted the festival from selling individual tickets. You can read more about it on VICE here.
Beyond directing, Gabriel’s guest lectured at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, mentors emerging Western Sydney film creatives through programs with The Street University and Music NSW, and has delivered keynotes for Sony Australia, Cannes in Cairns and Apple.
Gabriel is currently writing his debut scripted feature with the support of Screen Australia , and is in development on a slate of documentary and TV projects. Gabriel actively participates in writing and development rooms for TV.
Gabriel is represented in Australia by Revolver (Commercials) and HLA (Film and TV).
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Selected Press
- VICE: “Why were so many cops at a ONEFOUR documentary premiere?”
- ESQUIRE AUSTRALIA - “ONEFOUR and the most controverisal documentary of the year”
- ABC THE PACIFIC - A voice for Pasifika communities of Western Sydney: a review of 'ONEFOUR: Against All Odds' documentary
- SYDNEY MORNING HERALD - Notorious hip-hop group Onefour have their say in an uncompromising doco
- BETOOTA ADVOCATE PODCAST - “Ep 280 - ONEFOUR (Spenny, Celly, and filmmaker Gabriel Gasparinatos)”
- THE AGE - “Our Pick”
- THE SPINOFF NZ - Review: OneFour Against All Odds is brilliant, infuriating and the music doco of the year
- JUNKEE - In ‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’, Australian Hip-Hop Goes Global
- TRIPLE J - “Behind the ONEFOUR documentary: How filmmakers shared Western Sydney with the world”
- VARIETY AUSTRALIA - ‘There’s So Much More to The Story Than We Couldn’t Fit In’: Gabriel Gasparinatos Talks ‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’
- ROLLING STONE - “We Didn’t Even Know That There Was Going to Be Conflict Between the Group and the Police”: Inside ‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’
- THE GUARDIAN - Australian rap pioneers OneFour v the police: ‘They haven’t had to answer for anything’
- BUZZFEED OZ - West Sydney To The World: What ONEFOUR’s Impact Means To Its Community
- THE AUSTRALIAN - “ONEFOUR: Doco was a way to ‘fight against the authorities’
- ABC NEWS - “Sydney rappers ONEFOUR are 'used to' police raids but they're still hopeful of realising their dreams” by Myles Houlbrook-Walk and Heath Parkes-Hupton
- ABC NEWS - “VIDEO: Rap group Onefour shares their journey in new documentary” by ABC staff
- PERTH NOW - Netflix movie Onefour: Against All Odds highlights targeted police campaign against Australian rappers”
- TONE DEAF - “There’s So Much More to The Story Than We Could Fit In”: ‘ONEFOUR: Against All Odds’ Director Talks Doc
Selected Awards
- 2025 AACTA Awards: Best Editing in a Documentary, Jo Scott (Nominee)
- 2025 CLIO Awards: 2x Silver, 1x Bronze
- 2024 Walkley Awards: Best Documentary (Nominee)
- 2024 London International Awards: Bronze - Music & Sound
- 2024 CLIO Awards: Silver
- 2024 ADC Awards: Bronze Cube
- 2024 Spikes Asia: Bronze
- 2023 NME’s 10 Best Australian Films of 2023 (#3)
- 2023 ADG Awards: Best Direction in a Debut Feature Film (Nominee)
- 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival: Bronze Lion for Film (Winner)
- 2023 AWARD Awards: Best Emerging Director (Nominee)
- 2023 Spikes Asia: Integrated Spike
- 2023 London International Awards: Gold
- 2023 D&AD Awards Yellow Pencil ADC Annual Awards Gold Cube
- 2023 CLIO Awards: Bronze
- 2020 The Music Network: 30 Under 30 (Finalist)
- 2020 ARIA Awards: Best Music Video (Nominee)
- 2020 CLIO Awards: Gold
- 2019 ARIA Awards: Best Music Video (Nominee)