Profile of Warwick Thornton
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Warwick Thornton

Born
1970-07-23
Birthplace
Alice Springs,
Northern Territory
Australia
Born
1970-07-23
Birthplace
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Australia
Biography

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......

Profile of Warwick Thornton

Warwick Thornton

Born
1970-07-23
Birthplace
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Australia
Born
1970-07-23
Birthplace
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Australia
Biography

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.

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Fast Charlie poster

2023

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Firebite poster

2021

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Mystery Road poster

2018

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The Sapphires poster

2012

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Sweet Country poster

2018

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Septembers of Shiraz poster

2015

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Bear poster

2011

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The Turning poster

2013

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The New Boy poster

2023

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Samson and Delilah poster

2009

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Kangaroo poster

2025

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Words with Gods poster

2014

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Radiance poster

1998

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Here I Am poster

2011

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Nulla Nulla poster

2015

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Nana poster

2007

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Stone Forever poster

1999

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The Beach poster

2020

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We Don't Need a Map poster

2017

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Green Bush poster

2005

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Mimi poster

2002

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Beyond Sorry poster

2005

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Wolfram poster

2026

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The Darkside poster

2013

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5 Seasons poster

2005

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My Bed Your Bed poster

1998

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My Mother India poster

2002

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Audacious poster

1995

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Buried Country poster

2000

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Flat poster

2002

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Plains Empty poster

2005

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Creative Types with Virginia Trioli poster

2024

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First Warrior poster

TBD

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Blue Water Empire poster

2019

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Between Two Lines poster

2019

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First Australians poster

2008

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Cold Turkey poster

2003

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Black Chook poster

2015

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Mparntwe Sacred Sites poster

2004

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Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters poster

1998

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Tnorala - Baby Falling poster

2007

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Alchemy poster

1998

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Art+Soul poster

2010

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Coat of Arms poster

2017

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Wirriya: Small Boy poster

2004

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Nganampa Anwernekenhe poster

1987

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Dark Science poster

2008

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The Old Man and the Inland Sea poster

2005

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My Brother Vinnie poster

2006

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The Lore of Love poster

2005

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Burning Daylight poster

2007

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Knot at Home Project poster

2006

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Rosalie's Journey poster

2003

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Satellite Dreaming poster

1991

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Ancient Eye poster

2017

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Bit of Black Business poster

2008

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Stranded poster

2011

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The Way of the Ngangkari poster

2015

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Willigan's Fitzroy poster

2000

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Ngangkari poster

2001

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Keao poster

2008

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A Classroom in Theresienstadt poster

1998

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Meth Kelly poster

2020

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The Oysterman poster

2012

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From Sand to Celluloid: Payback poster

1996

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In the Air poster

2012

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Jabiru 0886: Trespass poster

2002

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Karlu Karlu: Devil's Marbles poster

2010

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Intervention 2 Years On poster

2010

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Willaberta Jack poster

2007

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Promise poster

1998

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