Marcus Khoudair is a feature screenwriter and school educator based in the Bankstown area of Sydney. Marcus was ten years old when he started writing in 2004, and since then, this obsession to create has been shaped by his ongoing investigation into the postwar refugee and migrant histories of his maternal and paternal families.

A recent graduate of the Master of Screenwriting program at AFTRS, where he researched communal co-creation and facilitated workshops with Parramatta Actors Centre, Marcus is in development on several film projects with collaborator directors Chloe de Brito, Veniamin Gialouris, and Joseph Chebatte—and has received mentorship from Franz Rodenkirchen, Gabrielle Kelly, and Courtney Wise. Marcus’ recent writing credits include the Flickerfest-screened shorts Goodbye Text and Agoge, and his feature screenplay He’s Not Here was selected by PlayLab Films for their co-production initiative Feature Films 2025.

Outside of filmmaking, Marcus was previously Leading English Teacher at Matrix Education and currently works full-time with Story Factory as a Storyteller in primary and high schools. Marcus has also appeared on Hard Quiz and Mastermind for his love of dinosaurs, and on dance floors near you for his love of freestyle.