Warwick Thornton
Known for
Directing
Born
July 23, 1970 (age 56)
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, West...
Best known work
Fast Charlie
2023
The Sapphires
2012
Sweet Country
2018
Septembers of Shiraz
2015
Mystery Road
2018
Samson and Delilah
2009
Kangaroo
2025
Bear
2011
The Turning
2013
The New Boy
2023Filmography
TBA
First WarriorDirector
2026
WolframDirector, Director of Photography
2025
KangarooSecond Unit Director
2024
2023
Fast CharlieDirector of Photography
2023
The New BoyDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
2021
2020
Meth KellyDirector
2020
2019
2019
Between Two LinesDirector of Photography
2018
2018
Sweet CountryDirector, Director of Photography
2017
Coat of ArmsDirector of Photography
2017
We Don't Need a Mapas Self, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
2017
Ancient EyeDirector
2015
Septembers of ShirazDirector of Photography
2015
Black ChookDirector of Photography
2015
The Way of the NgangkariDirector, Art Direction, Art Department Assistant, Director of Photography
2015
Nulla NullaThanks
2014
Words with GodsDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
2013
The DarksideDirector, Writer, Director of Photography
2013
The TurningWriter, Director, Director of Photography
2012
The SapphiresDirector of Photography
2012
The OystermanDirector of Photography