Warwick Thornton
July 23, 1970 · 55 years old
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 P…
Known For
5 titles
Sweet Country
Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Samson & Delilah
A glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.
The Turning
A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
The New Boy
In 1940s Australia, when a 9-year-old Aboriginal boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun, his presence disturbs a delicately balanced world.
The Darkside
A collection of the most poignant, sad, funny and absurd ghost stories from around Australia. He will bring them to life with the help of some of Australia's most iconic actors as the storytellers.