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Warwick Thornton

Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn July 23, 1970 (55 years)
Warwick Thornton (born 23 July, 1970; Alice Springs) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film in 2017 for Sweet Country.

Thornton is a Kaytetye man born and raised in Alice Springs. His mother Freda Glynn co-founded and was the first director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and was the director of Imparja Television for its first 10 years. At 13, Thornton was sent to school in Australia's only monastic town, New Norcia, Western Australia, although he later declared he became angry with Christianity and did not consider himself religious. He graduated in cinematography from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Sapphires
  • Sweet Country

Known For

  • Sweet Country
  • Samson & Delilah
  • Mystery Road
  • The New Boy
  • Firebite
  • The Turning
  • Bear
  • Green Bush
  • The Beach
  • The Darkside
  • We Don't Need a Map
  • Payback
  • Art and Soul

Warwick Thornton Filmography

2021
Firebite (TV Series)
2018
Mystery Road (TV Series) · as Cluney
2011
Bear · as Ranger

2021
Firebite (TV Series)
2020
The Beach (TV Series)

2025
Eat The Invaders (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director
2024
Creative Types with Virginia Trioli (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director
2024
13th AACTA Awards · as Self - Film Director
2020
The Beach (TV Series) · as Self
2017
Quan arribin els marcians (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee
2017
2017
1996
Australian Story (TV Series) · as Self - Film Director
1991
Landline (TV Series) · as Self - Reporter

2025
Kangaroo · as Second Unit Director
2023
Fast Charlie · as Director Of Photography
2023
The New Boy · as Director Of Photography
2021
Firebite (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography
2018
Mystery Road (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography
2017
Sweet Country · as Director Of Photography
2017
We Don't Need a Map · as Director Of Photography
2015
Septembers of Shiraz · as Director Of Photography
2014
Words with Gods · as Director Of Photography
2013
The Darkside · as Director Of Photography
2013
The Turning · as Director Of Photography
2012
The Sapphires · as Director Of Photography
2011
Here I Am · as Director Of Photography
2010
Art and Soul (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography
2009
Samson & Delilah · as Director Of Photography
2008
First Australians (TV Series) · as Director Of Photography
2005
Plains Empty · as Director Of Photography
2000
Buried Country · as Director Of Photography
1998
Radiance · as Director Of Photography
1998
Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters · as Director Of Photography
1996
Payback · as Director Of Photography

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