Gary Eck

Gary is an accomplished stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, author and film director.   Gary has performed all around the world from Singapore to Paris, to New York and London and has done comedy shows at the Edinburgh, Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals.    Apart from a successful stand-up and corporate career Gary has ventured into film and TV. He co-wrote and co-directed Happy Feet Two with Academy Award winner George Miller, voicing several characters in the film.     Gary won the world’s largest short film competition, Tropfest, with his short, The Money which has since amassed over 65 million views on Youtube.  Eck co-wrote and starred in the cult hit You Can’t Stop the Murders and featured in the film Boytown alongside Mick Molloy and Glen Robbins.   Gary co-created the hit global kids animation series, VEGESAURS which is now in its fifth season on ABC TV and screens in over 70 countries. Three time Logie nominated, it is the number 2 show on BBC just behind Bluey! Gary also writes and episode directs the series.   Gary has written two children’s picture books, Wake Up Sleepyhead and The Day the Moon Came to Stay published by Scholastic, which is currently being developed into an animation for planetariums around the world. But most of all, he just loves to make people laugh.