Lachlan’s award-winning work as artistic director of Sanctum Studio (sanctumstudio.au) has been described as, ‘forg[ing] a dark and surreal dystopia, packed with visual surprises,’ (The Age). His live performances have been staged at festivals around Australia (White Night, Melbourne International Festival of Puppetry) and his short films have been screened at festivals around the world (Melbourne International Animation Festival, St Kilda Film Festival, Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Imagina Anifest NY, Lebanese Independant Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival, Nocturna Online Brooklyn Film Festival and A Night of Misfit Films US).

In 2012 he won the Impress Prize for The Lost Journals of Pedro Piscator and other tales. His short stories have appeared in publications such as Island Magazine, Going Down Swinging, and Page Seventeen. He is responsible for various murals around Melbourne, including the 300m2 Life on Planet Daisyworld in Fitzroy (2014).

He works for the anarchic giant puppet company, Snuff Puppets, touring with them through Australia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil and Chile (snuffpuppets.com).

He lives with his family on a permaculture property on the outskirts of naarm/Melbourne. He creates art on the unceded lands of the Warundjeri. He hopes for a sincere and heartfelt process of makarrata to help heal the scars of this country.