Danielle Ross is a screenwriter and story researcher based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. She is passionate about authentic, diverse, character-led storytelling - particularly female narratives that explore the complexity of older women’s lives.

Danielle is currently mentored by, and freelancing with, award-winning showrunner, producer and writer Victoria Madden of Sweet Potato Films (The Kettering Incident, The Gloaming) across an international slate of television and feature film projects. In 2026 she also participated in a Writers’ Room as a note-taker and contributor with a Sydney-based production company.

After four years of study, Danielle will soon graduate from the Professional Screenwriting program at RMIT University. In 2025, she was Highly Commended in the Creative Industries category for Student of the Year - shortlisted in the top 25 out of 23,000 students. Danielle was also selected for a study tour scholarship to RMIT’s Vietnam campus in 2023. During this time, she also served on the staff-student consultation committee for the screenwriting course.

Prior to her studies, Danielle lived in Hobart where she was awarded a grant from Screen Tasmania to study a course at AFTRS Film School, Sydney. She is also the creator and co-author of Working Mums. (Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2018).

Danielle has several original projects and an adaptation in development.

Photo credit: Nicholas Coghlan Hair/Makeup: Kat Bardsley

Memberships:
AWG (Australian Writers Guild)
Film Folk of the North - Supporting Australian stories @ Thornbury Picture House
WIFT (Women in Film & Television Australia
ACMI Melbourne