Phoenix Black

Phoenix is a Black List recommended screenwriter on Network ISA's 'Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch' list. She is a Sri Lankan Australian foster parent and former UN aid worker, based in Sydney. Phoenix is the daughter of Australia’s first immigrants of color. She grew up waitressing in her parents’ restaurant and globetrotting in the family Kombi van.

Being the only child of color many people had ever seen, informs her stories of personal chaos and adventure, identity and loss. She writes stories intended to be repeatedly dissected by audiences with characters that linger. Phoenix’s style is influenced by her mother’s weaving stories, told over cups of tea, creating emotional postcards.

Phoenix’s career spans being an HIV/AIDS physical therapist, designing health education programs and public policy to emergency operations with UNICEF and Oxfam in disasters and war zones. She is now embarking on her writer/director journey.

Honors & Awards

Final Draft Big Break - Top 5 Finalist, - KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON - 2022

Roadmap Writers Diversity Initiative - Runner-up - FATHER TRINITY - 2022

The Stunt List - Best Sports-Centered Scripts - FIRE KINGS 2025

non-WGA

Female, BIPOC, Asian, Disabled, 55+

FIRE KINGS - Action crime drama feature

POINT BREAK meets THE BIKERIDERS

When two police officers - one a war veteran, the other the son of war refugees - infiltrate rival motorcycle gangs, the secret to breaking their case lies hidden in their own war-torn pasts.

FATHER TRINITY

Drama psychological horror feature

MAGNOLIA meets MULHOLLAND DRIVE

On the set of a martial arts horror TV show, three lives spiral: A stuntman's tween son sabotages his father's affair, A sex addicted star falls in love and A grieving stagehand finally faces his demons. An exploration of masculinity, guilt, and obsession.

KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON

Family fantasy dramedy

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA meets HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

When a chaotic, grieving writer fosters a boy convinced he’s a dragon, the two must navigate loss, imagination, and identity to forge an unexpected family - with Keanu Reeves. Based on a true story.

Character-driven, Female-centric, BIPOC-centric, Fantasy, Horror, Coming-of-Age, International, Magical Realism

Female, BIPOC, Asian, Disabled, 55+

unrepped