Robert Connolly
Producer, Director, Writer
November 27, 1967 (58 years)
Robert Connolly is a film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus, My Father and The Boys. Connolly's first feature film as producer, The Boys, had its world premiere In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998. It was nominated for 13 AFI Awards including Best Film, and won awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Connolly was named by Variety as one of the 10 best emerging producers in the world. Three Dollars, The Bank and The Boys have a strong political agenda and have been released in Australia as a DVD box set along with the documentary The Political Arena exploring the social and political strands of the films. In 2007 Connolly and Arenafilm's John Maynard together produced the period immigration drama Romulus, My Father, directed by Richard Roxburgh, starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente.
Known For
Filmography
| 2026 | Sweet Milk Lake · as Executive Producer |
| 2026 | Leviticus · as Executive Producer |
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| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | Petrol · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | BluebackOn Plex |
| 2022 | EmilyOn Plex |
| 2022 | Sweet As · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Because We Have Each Other · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Dry · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Happy Sad Man · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Acute Misfortune · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | [Censored] · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Guilty · as Executive Producer |
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| 2016 | Chasing Asylum · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Spear · as Executive Producer |
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| 2013 | These Final Hours · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2013 | |
| 2009 | Dark Frontier · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2007 | West · as Consulting Producer |
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| 2000 | Better Than Sex · as Consulting Producer |
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| 1995 | All Men Are Liars · as Executive Producer |
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| 2022 | BluebackOn Plex |
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| 2005 | Three DollarsOn Plex |
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| 1995 |
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| 2022 | BluebackOn Plex |
| 2020 | The Dry · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | Paper Planes · as Screenplay |
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| 2005 | Three Dollars · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 2001 |
| 2025 | Behind the Scenes - Magic Beach · as Self |
| 2009 | Into the Shadows · as Self |
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| 2006 | The Bazura Project (2011) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2005 | The Political Arena · as Self - Director |
| 2004 | Gettin' Square: Popcorn Taxi Q&A · as Self - Host |
| 2003 | Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' · as Self - Producer |
| 1996 | Australian Story · as Self |
| 2017 | The Warriors (2017) · as Created By |
| 2008 | Ten Empty · as Mentor Producer |
| 2007 | Romulus, My Father · as Second Unit Director |