Yolanda Ramke is an award-winning screenwriter and director. Having worked for several years behind the scenes in the Australian film and television industry, Yolanda first found success in 2013 with the short film, Cargo (which she wrote, and co-directed with Ben Howling). A viral hit online, the film garnered over 20 million views on YouTube, rave reviews and an international festival run.
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Two years later, Yolanda's screenplay for the feature adaptation of Cargo was ​announced by Australians In Film as the inaugural winner of the "Gateway LA Script Prize". That same year, she secured her first Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) and Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) nominations for the short film, Cold Hearts (co-written and co-directed with Danielle Baynes).
In 2016, Yolanda made her feature directing debut (alongside Howling) with their expanded take on Cargo, produced by Causeway Films (Bring Her Back, Talk To Me, The Babadook). Starring BAFTA and Emmy Award winning actor, Martin Freeman, the film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival (2018) and blazed a trail as the first Australian Netflix Original narrative feature film.
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Cargo was nominated for five Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, including "Best Film" and "Best Adapted Screenplay". The film was also recognised by the Australian Film Critics Association with five award nominations, including "Best Film" and "Best Director", and a Fangoria Chainsaw Award nomination for "Best First Feature". Yolanda went on to win her first Australian Writers' Guild (AWGIE) award for "Feature Film - Adaptation".
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In 2019, Yolanda travelled to Vancouver to co-direct two episodes of The Haunting Of Bly Manor, the follow-up to hit Netflix series, The Haunting Of Hill House, created by Mike Flanagan (The Life Of Chuck, Midnight Mass). Upon release in 2020, the series topped Nielsen's global streaming charts and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for “Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series”.
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Yolanda received her second Australian Writers' Guild Award as a member of the writing team on SBS/Sundance Now's historical mini-series, New Gold Mountain (2021). She has also served as creator, executive producer, writer and co-director on the ABC/Amazon crime series, Troppo, inspired by New York Times best-selling author Candice Fox's novel, Crimson Lake. Starring Golden Globe nominee Thomas Jane, the show’s second season rose to #4 on Prime Video’s “Top 10 TV Shows In The US.”
Most recently, Yolanda was thrilled to join the writing team on creator Ben Jenkins’ Stan Original crime/cosmic horror series, The Killings: Parrish Station (2026), starring Mia Wasikowska and Xavier Samuel, whilst continuing to develop a slate of film and television projects of her own.
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