Warwick Thornton

Australien Regisseur
1 film
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Biografie

Originally from an Aboriginal background, Warwick Thornton spent his teenage years in New
Norcia, a monastic town in Western Australia. Back in Alice Spring, he worked as a DJ at a radio
station before completing his studies as a cameraman at the Australian Film Television and Radio
School in 1997. He worked as a cinematographer on many shoots, while also directing short films.
Green Bush won awards at the Berlinale and Sundance in 2005, and the next, Nana (2007), at the
Berlinale and the Melbourne International Film Festival. His first feature film, Samson and Delilah, was
presented at Un Certain Regard in 2009 and won the Caméra d’or.

Filmografie

  • The New Boy 2023
  • Firebite (TV series) 2021
  • The Beach (TV series) 2020