Warwick Thornton

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-07-23 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Warwick Thornton

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 i...

Acting

2011

Bear

as Ranger

Production

2007

2003

2003

2009

2009

1998

Radiance

as Director of Photography

2013

The Darkside

as Director

2013

The Darkside

as Director of Photography

2013

The Darkside

as Writer

2014

2014

Words with Gods

as Director

2014

Words with Gods

as Director of Photography

2012

The Sapphires

as Director of Photography

2023

The New Boy

as Director

2023

The New Boy

as Writer

2015

Septembers of Shiraz

as Director of Photography

2017

2017

2018

Sweet Country

as Director

2013

The Turning

as Director

2013

The Turning

as Director of Photography

2013

The Turning

as Writer

2023

The New Boy

as Director of Photography

2017

We Don't Need a Map

as Director of Photography

2011

Stranded

as Director of Photography

2007

Burning Daylight

as Director

2005

5 Seasons

as Director of Photography

2002

Flat

as Director of Photography

2005

Beyond Sorry

as Director of Photography

2005

Plains Empty

as Director of Photography

2015

Black Chook

as Director of Photography

2001

Ngangkari

as Director of Photography

2023

Fast Charlie

as Director of Photography

2007

Willaberta Jack

as Director of Photography

2018

Sweet Country

as Director of Photography

2011

Here I Am

as Director of Photography

1991

Satellite Dreaming

as Director of Photography

2003

Rosalie's Journey

as Director of Photography

2011

Stranded

as Director

1995

Audacious

as Camera Operator

2008

Keao

as Director of Photography

2012

The Oysterman

as Director of Photography

2004

Mparntwe Sacred Sites

as Director of Photography

1999

Stone Forever

as Additional Camera

2005

The Old Man and the Inland Sea

as Director of Photography

1998

Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters

as Director of Photography

2015

The Way of the Ngangkari

as Art Department Assistant

2006

My Brother Vinnie

as Director of Photography

2002

Jabiru 0886: Trespass

as Director of Photography

2010

Karlu Karlu: Devil's Marbles

as Director of Photography

2002

My Mother India

as Director of Photography

2003

Cold Turkey

as Additional Lighting Technician

2004

Wirriya: Small Boy

as Additional Camera

2015

The Way of the Ngangkari

as Art Direction

2012

In the Air

as Director of Photography

2008

Dark Science

as Director of Photography

2008

Bit of Black Business

as Director of Photography

2017

Ancient Eye

as Director

2015

The Way of the Ngangkari

as Director of Photography

2008

Dark Science

as Director

1998

A Classroom in Theresienstadt

as Director of Photography

2005

The Lore of Love

as Director of Photography

2000

2002

Mimi

as Director

2007

Nana

as Director

2005

Green Bush

as Director

2007

Nana

as Writer

2005

Green Bush

as Writer

1996

From Sand to Celluloid: Payback

as Director of Photography

2000

Buried Country

as Director of Photography

2017

Coat of Arms

as Director of Photography

2019

Between Two Lines

as Director of Photography

2009

Samson and Delilah

as Director of Photography

2020

Meth Kelly

as Director

2002

Mimi

as Writer

2002

Mimi

as Director of Photography

2015

Nulla Nulla

as Thanks

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First Warrior

as Director

2025

Kangaroo

as Second Unit Director

1998

My Bed Your Bed

as Director of Photography

1998

Promise

as Director of Photography

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