Craig Boreham graduated attended the University of Technology Sydney at the same time as future collaborator and friend, cinematographer Bonnie Elliott.
[2] In February 2005 his short drama Transient, premiered in the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival.
[3] In 2008, LesGaiCineMad and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, Spain, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison.
[4] Boreham's short film Drowning, with cinematography by Bonnie Elliott,[1] had its Australian premiere at the Flickerfest International Short Film Festival in December 2009 at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
[5] Drowning starred Australian actors Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Tess Haubrich.