CREATORS
We are Sangeetha and Marshall, the couple behind NOAH Films, launched officially in 2019. Through NOAH Films, we have created, written, directed, produced & starred in 11 short films, 1 featurette and 4 web series all which have been created on micro-nil budgets and received international success on the festival circuit. Our first featurette together, Lost Focus (2019), was awarded ‘Best Mental Health Awareness’ at the Sydney Indie Film Festival.
Following on, our 8 part Drama web series Social Murderer (2021), created on no budget, brought together 90 cast and crew across production all from Diverse backgrounds. The series was awarded and nominated at Web Festivals internationally - including ‘Best Directors’ & ‘Best Production Design’ wins along with 9 other nominations at the British Web Awards, ‘Best Web Series’ & ‘Best Ensemble’ at the Independent Shorts Awards Los Angeles, as well as ‘Best Writing’, ‘Best Drama’, ‘Best International Series, ‘Best Ensemble’, ‘Best Actress’ & 'Best Soundtrack' nominations at the Rio, Asia & Miami Web Awards. The series was also selected to showcase at NZ Web Fest and one of 5 in the Melbourne Women in Film Festival.
In 2023 we were one of 5 teams selected and commissioned to create a short film through Blacktown Arts and supported by Create Australia through the Australian Government. Through the initiative we created Red Lantern (2024). Our TV Pilot script Broke Dreams was announced the winner of the Movikarma Pitch competition in Los Angeles and received development support (2023-2024). Most recently, we have released our web series BROKE ACTOR (2025), a precursor to Broke Dreams, on our Youtube channel. BROKE ACTOR is currently on the festival circuit and has already received 4 wins and 13 nominations, including 'Best Web Series of 2025' at the British Web Awards - presented by renowned Actor Warwick Davis, along with 'Best Actor', 'Best Spotlight' (made for under 50k) at Melbourne Web Fest & 'Best Ensemble' at the Hollywood Series Awards.
To further provide a space for Diverse Australian stories, we founded the independent online platform - Diversity Australia Magazine in 2021.
Our work often dives into social commentary, with our mission to bring awareness to important issues that are often shied away from and inspire change and hope, in an engaging & entertaining way. Coming from Diverse backgrounds ourselves, providing equal opportunities to creatives of all Ethnic backgrounds in Australia and beyond, is of utmost importance to us.
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Sangeetha Gowda
ACTOR-WRITER-DIRECTOR-PRODUCER
Sangeetha Gowda is an Award Winning Actress, Writer, Director & Producer. She graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Acting at NYFA Sydney in 2016, where she was awarded the college's 'Best Actress' Award. Her first role out of college was the Lead in Ryde Youth Theatre's production of 'Inside'. Initially Sangeetha auditioned for the Supporting role, but her audition was so strong that the play was rewritten to be a Female Lead. Continuing on, she performed in many film and stage productions including 'Hamlet' at the Casula Powerhouse where she opened and closed the show.
After meeting Marshall and witnessing a lack of good Female Leads and a need for more diversity in film, NOAH Films was established in 2019. Sangeetha's work through NOAH Films has been recognised and awarded at film festivals internationally, including 'Best Director' at the British Web Awards for 'Social Murderer' (2021) - which also received 'Best Drama', 'Best Writing' & 'Best Actress' nominations in Britain, Rio & Asia. She received an 'Actress of the Year' Nomination for her performance in 'Perpetua' (2022) at the LA Actors Awards, which she starred in and produced. In 2023 'Red Lantern' (2024) which she co-wrote and Directed was commissioned one of 5 teams selected and commissioned through the Australian Government. Most recently, 'BROKE ACTOR' (2025), inspired by her and Marshall's experiences as Actors in the Australian Film Industry, earned her nominations for 'Best Director', 'Best Screenplay' & 'Best Actress' in Hollywood, Rio & Britain, along with wins for 'Best Series of 2025' at the British Web Awards, 'Best Spotlight' at Melbourne Webfest & 'Best Ensemble' at the Hollywood Series Awards.
Sangeetha brings a background in writing to her work, self publishing her first book at 16 on Wattpad, 'When Mr Popular meets Abby Hart', which has now amassed over 140k reads, and her screenplay 'Her, Unwritten' (2019) was a finalist in the London Independant Story Prize and the ScreenWriters Network Competition. Her TV Pilot script 'Broke Dreams' which she co-wrote with Marshall, was announced the winner of the Movikarma Pitch competition in LA and received Development support (2023-2024).
Sangeetha's work often involves social impact storytelling, with her mission to shine a light on important topics, spread awareness on mental health, and be inclusive in providing opportunities to Actors and Filmmakers of all cultural backgrounds. In 2021, she co-founded the online platform Diversity Australia Magazine - to showcase and provide more opportunities to Australians from all backgrounds to be seen and celebrated.
Marshall-Weishuai Yuan
ACTOR-WRITER-DIRECTOR-PRODUCER
Marshall-Weishuai Yuan is an Award Winning Actor, Writer, Director and Filmmaker. He began his acting career in 2015 as a background actor on film and television sets. In 2017, he graduated with a Diploma of Acting from NYFA Sydney. Shortly after he landed a lead role in the independent feature film ‘The Years that Define You’ (2018). In the same year Marshall met his current partner, Sangeetha Gowda, and together they founded NOAH Films, an independent film production company.
Marshall co-created NOAH Films as a means to create more opportunities for himself as an actor as well as give opportunities to other people of diverse backgrounds. Having no prior experience behind the camera, Marshall taught himself the craft of filmmaking through trial and error of making multiple clips and short films, ultimately learning to Direct and Produce.
In 2020 Marshall received his first ‘Best Actor’ award at the New York International Film Festival for his self written and directed short film 'Superhero (2020)' based on the hate suffered by people of Asian background during COVID. In 2021 he won ‘Best Web Film’ and ‘Best Screenplay’ at the British Web Awards for his short film, 'Starving Artist (2022)'. In total across his work, Marshall has won 9 international Best Actor awards. In 2023, Marshall, through NOAH, was one of five filmmaking teams selected to be part of a Aus government funded initiative, ‘Blacktown Shorts’, which led him to Co-write, Produce and Star the film 'Red Lantern (2024)'. Following on, his TV Pilot script 'Broke Dreams' which he Co-wrote with Sangeetha, was announced the winner of the Movikarma Pitch competition in LA, receiving Development support (2023-2024). Most recently, 'BROKE ACTOR' (2025), inspired by his and Sangeetha's experiences as Actors in the Australian Film Industry, earned him wins for 'Best Lead Actor' and 'Best Series of 2025' at the British Web Awards, 'Best Spotlight' at Melbourne Webfest, 'Best Ensemble' at the Hollywood Series Awards, along with nominations for 'Best Director' and 'Best Screenplay' in Hollywood, Rio & Asia.
Outside of film work, Marshall is the co-founder of Diversity Australia Magazine (DAM), an online platform which elevates Australian’s from different industries and diverse backgrounds. Most notably, the magazine has interviewed and photographed the winners of My Kitchen Rules 2022, Janelle and Monzir, and Guinness World Record Rower Michelle Lee. A lot of Marshall's work revolves around social impact, particularly on promoting diversity in films. His ultimate goal is to support his community through his creative work and help inspire others to believe that they can achieve anything.
Recommendations
"You won best web series at the British Web Awards this year, which is fantastic news. You're both obviously very good at what you both do and keep up the good work. Winning this award tells me something about you two, it tells me that the force is strong with you." - Warwick Davis, Actor & TV Host (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter)
Sangeetha Gowda and Marshall-Weishuai Yuan are smashing open the world of “ethnic” artists in their latest project, Broke Actor. The 7-episode web series is inspired by the real-life experiences of the creative Sydney couple, and their acting colleagues, and is both a humorous take on the state of the industry and a real punch-in-the-guts dose of reality.
Amongst the hard truths, Sangeetha and Marshall-Weishuai say Broke Actor has a hopeful message too: never, ever give up on your dreams. They are certainly walking examples of this, opening their own doors to create the series." - CelebrityKind
"I was fortunate enough to be part of a project that Sangeetha was making and have had very positive experiences. Sangeetha was professional, while also being approachable, easy to talk to and was always checking on me to see if all was okay on my end. I have been impressed with the way she has undertaking managing the aspects of the project and am keen to work with her and the team again soon." - Lawrence Ola, Actor/Voice Artist/Songwriter (This Little Love of Mine, Kennards Hire, Step One, Sleeping Duck, Kathmandu)
"I recently worked with Marshall on his Web Series and it was an absolute pleasure and an amazing experience to be directed by such a professional. Marshall is an extremely unique and creative Director and delightful to collaborate with on set, he is definitely one of the best directors Ive worked with and would recommend him to direct any project if you want the best quality film, tv series or commercial!" - Baylee Arndt, Actor (Standing Up for Sunny, Cooked)
'Sangeetha has the ability to create characters, and write dialogue, in a manner that allows important issues to be addressed in a natural and compelling way. She is also a sensitive and collaborative director who knows how to get the best out of her team.' - Geoff Cordner, Actor (Event Zero, Xavier's Harvest)
"What an amazing team!! Marshall and Sangeetha are 2 very talented movie directors and writers whom we had the pleasure to work with over the weekend. They were very professional & welcoming & were such a delight to work with! Natasha had so much fun onset and we would love to work with them again! Highly Recommend."
- Earle Family, Actors/Models/Singers