This page lists the winners and nominees for the AACTA Award for Best Film since its institution in 1958. The award is presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."It was established in August 2011 with...

 (AACTA), an organisation which promotes the Australian film industry. Since the 1958 Australian Film Awards the award is handed out to the film producer every year except for 1961. For a film be eligible for nomination the Australian Film Institute must be satisfied that it is an Australian production and contains siginficant Australian content. Until the 1974-75 Australian Film Awards

1974-75 Australian Film Awards

The 17th Australian Film Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute honoured the best films of 1974 and 1975 and took place on 23 March 1975, at the Sydney Opera House, in Sydney, New South Wales. Actress Glenda Jackson hosted the ceremony....

 this category also encompassed non-feature films and documentaries. All reliable sources used in this article make no mention of nominees prior to 1976.

In the following lists, the winners are in bold text in blue background while those not in bold are nominees. The years given are those in which the films were released.

1950s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
1958	Conquest of The Rivers	Harry Malcolm	Harry Malcolm
	Hard to Windward	Max Graham	Max Graham
1959	Edge of The Deep	Peter Bruce Peter Bruce Peter George Bruce FRS, FRSE is Scottish chemist, and Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews.... , David Corke	Peter Bruce Peter Bruce Peter George Bruce FRS, FRSE is Scottish chemist, and Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews.... , David Corke
	The Power Makers	Lee Robinson Lee Robinson (director) Lee Robinson was an Australian producer, director and screenwriter.-Biography:A short story writer prior to the war, Robinson first entered film as a member of the Australian Army History Unit where he filmed Australian troops in Rabaul and East Timor.After the war he joined the Australian...	Lee Robinson Lee Robinson (director) Lee Robinson was an Australian producer, director and screenwriter.-Biography:A short story writer prior to the war, Robinson first entered film as a member of the Australian Army History Unit where he filmed Australian troops in Rabaul and East Timor.After the war he joined the Australian...

1960s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
1960	Three in a Million	Jennie Blackwood	Jennie Blackwood
1961	Not awarded
1962	Bypass to Life	Peter Maund	Peter Maund
	Night Freighter	Ralph Petersen	Ralph Petersen
1963	The Land That Waited	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...
1964	The Dancing Class	Tom Cowan Tom Cowan Thomas "Tom" Cowan is a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Huddersfield Town side that gained promotion to the Football League First Division during the 1994–1995 season and is the only player ever for Huddersfield Town F.C...	Tom Cowan Tom Cowan Thomas "Tom" Cowan is a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the Huddersfield Town side that gained promotion to the Football League First Division during the 1994–1995 season and is the only player ever for Huddersfield Town F.C...
	I The Aboriginal	Cecil Holmes Cecil Holmes Cecil Holmes was a co-founder of Casablanca Records and a founder of Chocolate City Records.In 1986, while working at Columbia's black music division, he signed The New Kids on the Block to their first record contract.-References:...	Cecil Holmes Cecil Holmes Cecil Holmes was a co-founder of Casablanca Records and a founder of Chocolate City Records.In 1986, while working at Columbia's black music division, he signed The New Kids on the Block to their first record contract.-References:...
1965	Stronger Since the War	Brett Porter	Brett Porter
	The Legend of Damien Parer	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...
1966	Concerto for Orchestra	Robert Parker Robert Parker (sound engineer) Robert Noel Parker was an Australian sound engineer, jazz expert and broadcaster, well known for his radio series Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo....	Robert Parker Robert Parker (sound engineer) Robert Noel Parker was an Australian sound engineer, jazz expert and broadcaster, well known for his radio series Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo....
1967	Cardin in Australia	Peter Thompson Peter Thompson (broadcaster) Peter Thompson , Australian broadcast journalist and educator, is the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Talking Heads, a weekly biographical television program about the lives of prominent Australians, which began on ABC1 in 2005. Peter is also a Fellow of the Australia and...	Peter Thompson Peter Thompson (broadcaster) Peter Thompson , Australian broadcast journalist and educator, is the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Talking Heads, a weekly biographical television program about the lives of prominent Australians, which began on ABC1 in 2005. Peter is also a Fellow of the Australia and...
1968	The Change at Groote	Stefan Sargent	Stefan Sargent
	The Talgai Skull	Tom Haydon	Tom Haydon
1969	Jack and Jill: A Postscript	Phillip Adams Phillip Adams Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, AO is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, social commentator, satirist and left-wing pundit. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The... , Brian Robinson	Phillip Adams Phillip Adams Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, AO is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, social commentator, satirist and left-wing pundit. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The... , Brian Robinson

1970s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
1970	Three to Go: Michael	Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...
1971	Homesdale Homesdale Homesdale is a 1971 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. Homesdale is a black comedy about visitors at a guest-house acting out their violent private fantasies and games under the control of the house staff....	Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...	Grahame Bond, Richard Brennan Richard Brennan Richard Brennan is an Alexander Technique teacher, author and trainer based in Galway, Ireland. He was born in Portsmouth, UK on 15 March 1953 to Dr. James Brennan, a medical doctor, and Joan Brennan, a teacher. He was educated at St John’s College, Southsea, Hants and Highbury Technical College,...
1972	Stork Stork (film) Stork is a 1971 Australian comedy film directed by Tim Burstall. Stork is based on the play 'The Coming of Stork' by David Williamson. Bruce Spence and Jacki Weaver make their feature film debuts in Stork, being honoured at the 1972 Australian Film Awards, where they shared the acting prize...	Tim Burstall Tim Burstall Tim Burstall was an Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for the motion picture Alvin Purple....	Tim Burstall Tim Burstall Tim Burstall was an Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for the motion picture Alvin Purple....
1973	Libido: The Child Libido (1973 film) Libido is a 1973 Australian drama film comprising 4 segments written and directed as independent stories, but screened together as one piece, exploring a common theme of instinctive desire and contemporary sexuality.John B...	Tim Burstall Tim Burstall Tim Burstall was an Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for the motion picture Alvin Purple....	Christopher Muir, John B. Murray
	27A 27A 27A is a 1974 Australian film directed by Esben Storm. At the AFI Awards it won in the Best Actor and Best Fiction categories.-Cast:*Robert McDarra as Billy Donald*Bill Hunter as Cornish*Graham Corry as Peter Newman...	Esben Storm Esben Storm Esben Storm was a Danish-born Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director, well known for his work with Australian children's program Round the Twist. He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film...	Haydn Keenan
1974	Sunday Too Far Away Sunday Too Far Away Sunday Too Far Away is an Australian feature film which was directed by Ken Hannam and released in 1975. It belongs to the Australian Film Renaissance which occurred during that decade....	Ken Hannam Ken Hannam Ken Hannam was an Australian film and television director.-Career:Born in Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio and television, then moved in 1968 to England...	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the... , Matt Carroll Matt Carroll (producer) Matthew Carroll is an Australian movie and TV producer. He is best known for producing films since the early 1970s including Breaker Morant, Storm Boy and Sunday Too Far Away. Later, he went into television production, producing the television series G.P. for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
1975
1976	The Devil's Playground	Fred Schepisi	Fred Schepisi
1977	Storm Boy Storm Boy (film) Storm Boy is a 1976 Australian film based on a children's book, by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican.Storm Boy likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast of South Australia's Coorong. He and his father live a reclusive life among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean...	Henri Safran	Matt Carroll Matt Carroll (producer) Matthew Carroll is an Australian movie and TV producer. He is best known for producing films since the early 1970s including Breaker Morant, Storm Boy and Sunday Too Far Away. Later, he went into television production, producing the television series G.P. for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation... , Jane Scott Jane Scott Jane Scott was an influential rock critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. During her career she covered every major rock concert in Cleveland and was on a first name basis with many stars...
	Break of Day	Ken Hannam Ken Hannam Ken Hannam was an Australian film and television director.-Career:Born in Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio and television, then moved in 1968 to England...	Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell is an Australian film producer whose work within the that country's film industry led her to receive the Longford Life Achievement Award in 2004 from the Australian Film Institute . One of her productions, Gallipoli, received an AFI Award in 1982 as best film...
	Don's Party Don's Party Don's Party is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The film based on the play was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Phillip Adams Phillip Adams Phillip Andrew Hedley Adams, AO is an Australian broadcaster, film producer, writer, social commentator, satirist and left-wing pundit. He currently hosts a radio program, Late Night Live, four nights a week on the ABC, and he also writes a weekly column for the News Limited-owned newspaper, The...
	The Picture Show Man The Picture Show Man The Picture Show Man is a 1977 Australian film about a travelling film exhibitor in the 1920s. He has to deal with the rebelliousness of his son and a rival American exhibitor ....	John Power	Joan Long
1978	Newsfront Newsfront Newsfront is a 1978 Australian drama film starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, and Bryan Brown, directed by Phillip Noyce. The screenplay is written by David Elfick, Bob Ellis, Philippe Mora, and Phillip Noyce. The original music score is composed by William Motzing...	Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce is an Australian film director.-Life and career:Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast...	David Elfick David Elfick David Elfick is a noted Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce with whom he has collaborated on films including Newsfront and Rabbit-Proof Fence .Elfick began his film career as the...
	Mouth to Mouth Mouth to Mouth (1978 film) Mouth to Mouth is a 1978 film directed by John Duigan. It stars Kim Krejus and Sonia Peat. It was nominated for three awards by the Australian Film Institute in 1978. -Cast:*Kim Krejus as Carrie*Sonia Peat as Jeanie*Ian Gilmour as Tim...	John Duigan John Duigan John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...	John Duigan John Duigan John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father... , Jon Sainken
	Patrick Patrick (film) Patrick is a 1978 Australian horror film directed by Richard Franklin and written by Everett De Roche. It is the pivotal movie of respected Australian director Richard Franklin's career.-Plot summary:...	Richard Franklin Richard Franklin Richard Franklin is a British actor.He has had various roles in different television programmes including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm...	Richard Franklin Richard Franklin Richard Franklin is a British actor.He has had various roles in different television programmes including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm... , Antony I. Ginnane Antony I. Ginnane Antony I. Ginnane is an Australian film producer best known for his work in the exploitation field. He was head of the Screen Producers Association of Australia from 2008 to 2011.A CD of theme songs to his films was issued in 2008.-Selected Filmography:...
	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (film) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is a 1978 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi, and starring Tom E. Lewis , Freddy Reynolds and Ray Barrett. It is an adaptation of the novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally.The story is written through the eyes of an exploited Aborigine who...	Fred Schepisi	Fred Schepisi
1979	My Brilliant Career My Brilliant Career (film) My Brilliant Career is a 1979 Australian drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and based on the book of the same name by Miles Franklin....	Gillian Armstrong Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries.- Career :Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Gillian Armstrong grew up in the eastern suburb of Mitcham. She graduated from Swinburne Technical College in 1968 where she studied theatrical costume design and...	Margaret Fink Margaret Fink Margaret Fink is a prominent Australian film producer noted for her important role in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s....
	Cathy's Child Cathy's Child Cathy's Child is a 1979 Australian film, directed by Donald Crombie and starring Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell and Bryan Brown.-Plot:Cathy Baikas is a woman of Greek heritage who lives in Sydney, Australia with her three-year-old daughter. When her daughter's father kidnaps the child and takes her...	Donald Crombie Donald Crombie Donald Crombie is an Australian film and television director. Crombie studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1961 and started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. Crombie has directed feature films, telemovies, mini-series, drama series, documentaries and commercials. He has...	Pom Oliver Pom Oliver Pom Oliver is an experienced polar explorer, and film producer . She is currently studying for a BA in Comparative Religions and is Co-Chairman of The Square Smile.... , Errol Sullivan
	In Search of Anna	Esben Storm Esben Storm Esben Storm was a Danish-born Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director, well known for his work with Australian children's program Round the Twist. He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film...	Esben Storm Esben Storm Esben Storm was a Danish-born Australian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director, well known for his work with Australian children's program Round the Twist. He worked to adapt John Marsden's Tomorrow series but lost the rights to the film...
	Mad Max Mad Max Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller and revised by Miller and Byron Kennedy over the original script by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who was unknown at the time. Its narrative based around the traditional western genre, Mad Max tells a story...	George Miller	Byron Kennedy Byron Kennedy Byron Eric Kennedy Born Melbourne was an Australian film producer best known for the Mad Max series of films....

1980s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
1980	Breaker Morant Breaker Morant (film) Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian film about the court martial of Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Matt Carroll Matt Carroll (producer) Matthew Carroll is an Australian movie and TV producer. He is best known for producing films since the early 1970s including Breaker Morant, Storm Boy and Sunday Too Far Away. Later, he went into television production, producing the television series G.P. for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
	Manganinnie Manganinnie Manganinnie is an AFI Award-winning 1980 film which follows the journey of Manganinnie, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a young, lost white girl named Joanna...	John Honey John Honey John Honey became famous as a nineteen-year-old student of the University of St Andrews. On January 3, 1800, he was attending a service at St Salvator's Chapel when the congregation received news that a small ship, the Janet of Macduff, had run aground east of the town harbour. Five men were...	Gilda Baracchi
	...Maybe This Time	Chris McGill	Brian Kavanagh Brian Kavanagh Brian P. Kavanagh is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 74th Assembly District, which is located on the East Side of Manhattan and includes parts of the Lower East Side, Union Square, Gramercy Park, Stuyvesant Square, Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village, East Midtown Plaza,...
	Stir Stir (film) Stir is a 1984 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience while incarcerated as the actual prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New...	Stephen Wallace Stephen Wallace Stephen Wallace is an Australian director. His 1986 film For Love Alone was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.He was awarded the A.M...	Richard Brennan Richard Brennan Richard Brennan is an Alexander Technique teacher, author and trainer based in Galway, Ireland. He was born in Portsmouth, UK on 15 March 1953 to Dr. James Brennan, a medical doctor, and Joan Brennan, a teacher. He was educated at St John’s College, Southsea, Hants and Highbury Technical College,...
1981	Gallipoli Gallipoli (1981 film) Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to Turkey, where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the...	Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...	Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell is an Australian film producer whose work within the that country's film industry led her to receive the Longford Life Achievement Award in 2004 from the Australian Film Institute . One of her productions, Gallipoli, received an AFI Award in 1982 as best film... , Robert Stigwood Robert Stigwood Robert Stigwood is an impresario and entertainment entrepreneur who relocated to England in 1954...
	The Club The Club (play) The Club is a satirical play by Australian playwright David Williamson, that follows the fortunes of a football club over the course of a season. It explores the clashes between "human loyalty versus materialistic gain". It was inspired by the backroom dealings and antics of the Victorian Football...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Matt Carroll Matt Carroll (producer) Matthew Carroll is an Australian movie and TV producer. He is best known for producing films since the early 1970s including Breaker Morant, Storm Boy and Sunday Too Far Away. Later, he went into television production, producing the television series G.P. for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
	Winter of Our Dreams Winter of Our Dreams Winter of Our Dreams is a 1981 Australian film directed by John Duigan. Judy Davis won the Best Actress in a Lead Role in the AFI Awards for her performance in the film. The film was nominated in 6 other categories also....	John Duigan John Duigan John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...	Richard Mason
	Wrong Side of the Road Wrong Side of the Road Wrong Side of the Road is a 1981 low-budget documentary film made in South Australia in 1980. It is distinctive for being one of the first attempts to bring modern Australian Aboriginal music to a non-indigenous audience....	Ned Lander	Graeme Isaac, Ned Lander
1982	Lonely Hearts Lonely Hearts (1982 film) Lonely Hearts is a 1982 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia....	Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...	John B. Murray
	Goodbye Paradise Goodbye Paradise Goodbye Paradise is a 1983 Australian film directed by Carl Schultz. On Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey writes a book exposing police corruption, does an investigation resulting in 2 murders, exposes a religious cult and watches the army begin a...	Carl Schultz Carl Schultz Carl Schultz is a Hungarian film director.-Early life:He left his native Budapest during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England; after arriving in London, they moved to Manchester...	Jane Scott Jane Scott Jane Scott was an influential rock critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. During her career she covered every major rock concert in Cleveland and was on a first name basis with many stars...
	Monkey Grip Monkey Grip (film) Monkey Grip is a 1982 Australian drama film directed by Ken Cameron. It is based on the novel, also titled Monkey Grip, by Helen Garner...	Ken Cameron Ken Cameron Ken Cameron is an Australian film and television director. Cameron graduated from Sydney University with BA in 1968...	Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell Patricia Lovell is an Australian film producer whose work within the that country's film industry led her to receive the Longford Life Achievement Award in 2004 from the Australian Film Institute . One of her productions, Gallipoli, received an AFI Award in 1982 as best film...
	We of the Never Never#Film	Igor Auzins	Greg Tepper, John B. Murray
1983	Careful, He Might Hear You Careful, He Might Hear You Careful, He Might Hear You is a 1983 Australian drama film. It is based on the novel of the same name by Australian-American author Sumner Locke Elliott....	Carl Schultz Carl Schultz Carl Schultz is a Hungarian film director.-Early life:He left his native Budapest during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England; after arriving in London, they moved to Manchester...	Jill Robb
	Man of Flowers Man of Flowers Man of Flowers is a 1983 Australian film about an eccentric, reclusive, middle-aged man, Charles Bremer, who enjoys the beauty of art, flowers, and watching pretty women undress. Werner Herzog has a cameo role as Bremer's father...	Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...	Jane Ballantyne, Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...
	Phar Lap Phar Lap (film) Phar Lap is a 1983 film about the Australian racehorse Phar Lap. The film starred Tom Burlinson and was written by famous Australian playwright David Williamson.-Plot:...	Simon Wincer Simon Wincer Simon Wincer is an Australian film director and film producer. He attended Cranbrook School, Bellevue Hill, Sydney from 1950 to 1961. On leaving school he worked as a stage hand at TV Station Channel 7. By the 1980s he directed over 200 hours of television. In 1986 he directed the made for TV...	John Sexton John Sexton John Edward Sexton is the fifteenth President of New York University, having held this position since May 17, 2002, and the Benjamin Butler Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law. From 1988 to 2002, he served as Dean of the NYU School of Law, which during his deanship became one...
	The Year of Living Dangerously The Year of Living Dangerously The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 Peter Weir film adapted from the novel The Year of Living Dangerously by the author Christopher Koch. The story is about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno...	Peter Weir Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...	Jim McElroy Jim McElroy James Charles McElroy, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He was born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas....
1984	Annie's Coming Out Annie's Coming Out Annie's Coming Out is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Gil Brealey. It is based on the non-fiction book Annie's Coming Out by disability activists Rosemary Crossley and Anne McDonald...	Gil Brealey Gil Brealey Gil Brealey is an Australian television and film director, producer and writer.Brealey studied at Melbourne University, where he made his first amateur films around the age of 20. He was a member of the Melbourne University Film society and was a speaker at the Eisenstein Weekend organised by the...	Don Murray
	My First Wife My First Wife My First Wife is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984. The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.-Awards:...	Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...	Jane Ballantyne, Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...
	Silver City Silver City (1984 film) Silver City is a 1984 Australian film about post-war Polish immigration to Australia, following World War II. "Silver City" is the nickname of the immigration hostel in Australia.-Cast:* Gosia Dobrowolska as "Nina"* Ivar Kants as "Julian"...	Sophia Turkiewicz	Joan Long
	Strikebound Strikebound Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal. The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category....	Richard Lowenstein Richard Lowenstein Richard Lowenstein is an Australian film director. He has written, produced and directed the feature films He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, Dogs In Space, Say a Little Prayer, Strikebound and Ghost Story, as well as numerous ground-breaking and award-winning music videos for bands such as INXS...	Miranda Bain, Richard Lowenstein Richard Lowenstein Richard Lowenstein is an Australian film director. He has written, produced and directed the feature films He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, Dogs In Space, Say a Little Prayer, Strikebound and Ghost Story, as well as numerous ground-breaking and award-winning music videos for bands such as INXS... , Timothy White
1985	Bliss Bliss (1985 film) Bliss is a 1985 Australian film directed by Ray Lawrence, co-adapted by Lawrence and Peter Carey, author of the original novel Bliss from which it is adapted....	Ray Lawrence	Anthony Buckley Anthony Buckley Anthony Buckley is an Australian film editor and producer, and prominent member of the Australian film industry.As an editor he was acclaimed for his work with Michael Powell and Rudolf Nureyev...
	A Street to Die A Street to Die A Street to Die is a 1985 Australian film directed by Bill Bennett. It was nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards; Chris Haywood won the award for Best Actor in a Lead Role. At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Bennett won a Crystal Globe...	Bill Bennett Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC , commonly known as Bill Bennett, was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 1975–1986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of R.B...	Bill Bennett Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC , commonly known as Bill Bennett, was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 1975–1986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of R.B...
	Fran Fran (film) Fran is a 1985 Australian film directed by Glenda Hambly. Fran is a mother who abandons her children in favor of a romantic life after her husband leaves her.Filmed in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.-Awards:...	Glenda Hambly	David Rapsey
	Unfinished Business Unfinished Business (1985 film) Unfinished Business is a 1985 documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki which centered on Min Yasui, an attorney from Oregon, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Quaker college student in Washington, and Fred Korematsu, a San Francisco welder and how their lives were affected by Japanese American internment...	Bob Ellis Bob Ellis Bob Ellis is an Australian writer, journalist, film-maker and political commentator. He was a student at the University of Sydney at the same time as other notable Australians including Clive James, Germaine Greer, Les Murray, John Bell, Ken Horler, and Mungo McCallum...	Rebel Penfold-Russell Rebel Penfold-Russell Rebel Penfold-Russell is an Australian film producer and occasional actress.She was the executive producer of movies such as Frauds, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Paws...
1986	Malcolm Malcolm (film) Malcolm is a 1986 Australian cult film, written by David Parker and directed by Nadia Tass. The film stars Colin Friels as the titular tram enthusiast who becomes involved with petty crime. The film won the 1986 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film.At the start of the film Malcolm is...	Nadia Tass Nadia Tass Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms...	Margaret Fink Margaret Fink Margaret Fink is a prominent Australian film producer noted for her important role in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s....
	Short Changed	George Ogilvie George Ogilvie George Ogilvie is an Australian actor and film director. He was born in Goulburn, New South Wales in 1931. He directed Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with George Miller.He was awarded the A.M...	Ross Matthews
	The Fringe Dwellers The Fringe Dwellers The Fringe Dwellers is a 1961 novel written by the Western Australian author Nene Gare. It was made into a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford.-The Film:...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Sue Milliken
	The More Things Change...	Robyn Nevin Robyn Nevin Robyn Anne Nevin AM , is an Australian stage and screen actress, and is considered by some as a doyenne of Australian theatre.- Early life :...	Jill Robb
1987	The Year My Voice Broke The Year My Voice Broke The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 coming of age story by director John Duigan, starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn. Set in 1962 in the rural Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it was the first in a projected trilogy of films centred around the experiences of an awkward...	John Duigan John Duigan John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...	Terry Hayes Terry Hayes Terry Hayes is an English screenwriter and producer born on the 8 October 1951. In 2001, he was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on From Hell... , George Miller, Doug Mitchell
	Ground Zero Ground Zero (1987 film) Ground Zero is an Australian drama-thriller about a cinematographer who, prompted by curiosity about some old film footage taken by his father, embarks on a quest to find out the truth about British nuclear tests at Maralinga...	Bruce Myles Bruce Myles Bruce Myles is an Australian actor and film director. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1963. In 1987, along with Michael Pattinson, he co-directed the film Ground Zero. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Ground Zero * A Cry... , Michael Pattinson Michael Pattinson Michael Pattinson is an Australian film director. He has directed over 40 films and television shows since 1980. In 1987, along with Bruce Myles, he co-directed the film Ground Zero. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Street Hero * Ground Zero...	Michael Pattinson Michael Pattinson Michael Pattinson is an Australian film director. He has directed over 40 films and television shows since 1980. In 1987, along with Bruce Myles, he co-directed the film Ground Zero. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Street Hero * Ground Zero...
	High Tide High Tide (1987 film) High Tide is a 1987 Australian film, from a script by Laura Jones, about the mother-daughter bond, directed by Gillian Armstrong. Lili , is a back-up singer for an Elvis Presley imitator and living on the edge of show business...	Gillian Armstrong Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries.- Career :Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Gillian Armstrong grew up in the eastern suburb of Mitcham. She graduated from Swinburne Technical College in 1968 where she studied theatrical costume design and...	Sandra Levy Sandra Levy Sandra Levy is a former field hockey player, who represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
	The Tale of Ruby Rose The Tale of Ruby Rose The Tale of Ruby Rose is an Australian movie, released in 1988. It is 100 minutes in length. It was written and directed by Roger Scholes and produced by Andrew Wiseman and Bryce Menzies...	Roger Scholes Roger Scholes Roger Scholes has been an independent film and television maker since 1983. He’s worked as a producer, director, writer, script editor, cinematographer and editor in drama and documentary projects for cinema and television.-Early career:...	Bryce Menzies, Andrew Wiseman
1988	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey is a 1988 feature film, an official Australian-New Zealand co-production, directed by Vincent Ward. It won numerous New Zealand and Australian awards, including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, and several awards at European fantasy film festivals...	Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce is an Australian film director.-Life and career:Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast...	David Elfick David Elfick David Elfick is a noted Australian film and television writer, director, producer and occasional actor. He is known for his association with writer-director Phillip Noyce with whom he has collaborated on films including Newsfront and Rabbit-Proof Fence .Elfick began his film career as the...
	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Pino Amenta	Frank Howson Frank Howson Frank Howson has had a career in entertainment. He directed Flynn on the early life of Errol Flynn and Hunting... , Jacques Khouri, William J. Vass
	Grievous Bodily Harm Grievous Bodily Harm Grievous Bodily Harm is a 1988 Australian crime film directed by Mark Joffe starring Colin Friels and John Waters. Crime reporter Tom Stewart and a cop look for a deranged schoolteacher who goes on a murder spree while looking for the lover he thought to be dead.-Awards:The film was nominated...	Mark Joffe Mark Joffe Mark Joffe is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours...	Richard Brennan Richard Brennan Richard Brennan is an Alexander Technique teacher, author and trainer based in Galway, Ireland. He was born in Portsmouth, UK on 15 March 1953 to Dr. James Brennan, a medical doctor, and Joan Brennan, a teacher. He was educated at St John’s College, Southsea, Hants and Highbury Technical College,...
	Mull Mull (film) Mull is a 1988 Australian drama film directed by Don McLennan. The film is based on the popular 1986 book, Mullaway by Bronwen 'Bron' Nichols.-Plot:...	Don McLennan	D. Howard Grigsby
1989	Evil Angels A Cry in the Dark Evil Angels is a 1988 Australian film directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay by Schepisi and Robert Caswell is based on John Bryson's 1985 book Evil Angels, the title under which the film was released in Australia...	Fred Schepisi	Verity Lambert Verity Lambert Verity Ann Lambert, OBE was an English television and film producer. She is best known as the founding producer of the science-fiction series Doctor Who, a programme which has become a part of British popular culture, and for her association with Thames Television...
	Dead Calm Dead Calm (film) Dead Calm is a 1989 thriller film starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. It was based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Williams...	Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce is an Australian film director.-Life and career:Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast...	Terry Hayes Terry Hayes Terry Hayes is an English screenwriter and producer born on the 8 October 1951. In 2001, he was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on From Hell... , George Miller, Doug Mitchell
	Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Ghosts... of the Civil Dead is a 1988 Australian film directed by John Hillcoat. The script was written by Hillcoat, producer Evan English and the unflappable Gene Conkie, as well as musicians Nick Cave and Hugo Race. It is partly based on the true story of Jack Henry Abbott...	John Hillcoat John Hillcoat John Hillcoat is an Australian screenwriter and film director.Hillcoat was born in Queensland, Australia, and was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. As a child, his paintings were featured in the Art Gallery of Hamilton. He has repeatedly worked with Nick Cave and also the band Depeche Mode...	Evan English
	Island Island (film) Island is an upcoming British disaster-thriller film, directed by Rehan Malik and produced by Leon Hady. Documenting the breakdown of a society of teenagers while they are trapped inside a school, the film is comparable in style to Williams Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies...	Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965...	Paul Cox Paul Cox Paulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965... , Santhana K. Naidu

1990s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
1990	Flirting Flirting (film) Flirting is a 1991 Australian coming of age film about a romance between two teenagers, written and directed by John Duigan. It stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, a character from Duigan's 1987 film The Year My Voice Broke. It also stars Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman....	John Duigan John Duigan John Duigan, is an Australian film director.Duigan emigrated to Australia in 1961, having been born to an Australian father...	Terry Hayes Terry Hayes Terry Hayes is an English screenwriter and producer born on the 8 October 1951. In 2001, he was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on From Hell... , George Miller, Doug Mitchell
	Blood Oath Blood Oath (film) Blood Oath is a 1990 Australian feature film, known in some countries as Prisoners of the Sun. The film is based on the real-life trial of Japanese soldiers for war crimes committed against Allied prisoners of war on the island of Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies , such as the Laha massacre of...	Stephen Wallace Stephen Wallace Stephen Wallace is an Australian director. His 1986 film For Love Alone was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.He was awarded the A.M...	Charles Waterstreet, Denis Whitburn
	Struck by Lightning Struck by Lightning Struck by Lightning is a 1990 Australian film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki. The film was nominated in 4 AFI Award categories, including Best Director and Best Film. It won the film award at the Human Rights Medal and Awards in 1990.-Plot Summary:...	Jerzy Domaradzki Jerzy Domaradzki Jerzy Domaradzki is a Polish born film director, resident in Australia. He is most closely associated with Poland's film industry. Following his 1974 graduation from the National Film School in Łódź, Domaradzki got his start working as an assistant and second unit director. He then worked with...	Terry J. Charatsis, Trevor Farrant
	The Big Steal The Big Steal (1990 film) The Big Steal is a 1990 Australian caper film directed by Nadia Tass starring Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan and Steve Bisley. David Parker was the scriptwriter and cinematographer. The film won three Australian Film Institute awards.-Plot:...	Nadia Tass Nadia Tass Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms...	Nadia Tass Nadia Tass Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms... , Davide Parker David Parker (director) David Parker is an Australian cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter and film director.Films written by Parker include Malcolm, Rikky and Pete, The Big Steal, and Amy. He has directed two films, Hercules Returns and Diana and Me.He is married to Nadia Tass-External links:* at...
1991	Proof Proof (1991 film) Proof is a 1991 Australian film by Jocelyn Moorhouse starring Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with 5 other awards, including Moorhouse for "Best Director", Weaving for "Best Leading Actor", and Crowe...	Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse is an Australian writer and film director born in Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1960.Moorhouse did her HSC year in 1978 at Vermont High School, which is the same high school that Gillian Armstrong attended a few years earlier. She went on to direct films such as Proof,...	Lynda House
	Death in Brunswick Death in Brunswick Death in Brunswick is a 1991 Australian film starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides and John Clarke.-Plot:Set and filmed in Brunswick, a Melbourne suburb, it deals with a humble chef, Carl who gets a job at a sleazy nightclub owned by Yanni Voulgaris...	John Ruane John Ruane John V. Ruane was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Ruane began his career in 1957, competing on the New York State racing circuit where he rode for noted U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse trainers such as John M. Gaver, Sr. and H. Allen Jerkens...	Timothy White
	Dingo Dingo (film) Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. It traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson , an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross...	Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and...	Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and... , Giorgio Draskovic, Marie-Pascale Osterrieth, Marc Rosenberg Marc Rosenberg (screenwriter) Marc Rosenberg is an American screenwriter and producer, with professional roots in Australia. He was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Government. Following graduation, he hitchhiked through Europe and Asia, settling for a...
	Spotswood Spotswood (film) Spotswood is an Australian comedy film directed by Mark Joffe, made in 1990-1991, released in 1992 in some locations. It is also known as The Efficiency Expert in America....	Mark Joffe Mark Joffe Mark Joffe is an Australian film and television director. He has directed feature films, telemovies, and drama series.Joffe "learned his trade at Crawford Productions", working on Carson's Law, Special Squad and Neighbours...	Richard Brennan Richard Brennan Richard Brennan is an Alexander Technique teacher, author and trainer based in Galway, Ireland. He was born in Portsmouth, UK on 15 March 1953 to Dr. James Brennan, a medical doctor, and Joan Brennan, a teacher. He was educated at St John’s College, Southsea, Hants and Highbury Technical College,... , Timothy White
1992	Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...	Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...	Tristram Miall
	Black Robe Black Robe (film) Black Robe is a 1991 film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay was written by Northern Irish-Canadian author Brian Moore, who adapted it from his novel of the same name....	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Robert Lantos Robert Lantos -Life and career:Lantos was born in Budapest, the son of Agnes and László Lantos, a mechanic and truck company owner. Lantos spent much of his childhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, where his family had fled after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956... , Sue Milliken, Stéphane Reichel
	Romper Stomper Romper Stomper -Awards:The film was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards. It won Best Achievement in Sound, Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Original Music Score.-Box office and Reception:Romper Stomper grossed $3,165,034 at the box office in Australia,...	Geoffrey Wright Geoffrey Wright Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director, born in Melbourne in 1959.He gained cult success with the 1992 film Romper Stomper, which starred Russell Crowe. In 1994, he directed the gritty suburban thriller film Metal Skin, starring Ben Mendelsohn, and later directed the teen horror film...	Ian Pringle, Daniel Scharf
	The Last Days of Chez Nous The Last Days of Chez Nous The Last Days of Chez Nous is an Australian drama, directed by Gillian Armstrong and written by Helen Garner. Made in a style which emphasizes naturalism over melodrama, the film centres around what happens after Vicki arrives at the house of her older sister Beth, whose French husband falls for her...	Gillian Armstrong Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries.- Career :Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Gillian Armstrong grew up in the eastern suburb of Mitcham. She graduated from Swinburne Technical College in 1968 where she studied theatrical costume design and...	Jan Chapman
1993	The Piano The Piano The Piano is a 1993 New Zealand drama film about a mute pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier backwater on the west coast of New Zealand. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin...	Jane Campion Jane Campion Jane Campion is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the United States...	Jan Chapman Jan Chapman Jan Chapman is an Australian film producer.Spouse= Jam Alex 2006-2010Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, and Lantana.Chapman met her first husband, film director Phillip Noyce, whilst studying English and Fine Arts at university in the...
	Map of the Human Heart Map of the Human Heart Map of the Human Heart is the title of a 1993 film by New Zealand director Vincent Ward. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival....	Vincent Ward Vincent Ward Vincent Ward, ONZM is a film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Vincent Ward was awarded an Order of New Zealand Merit in 2007 for his contribution to film making. He was born in Greytown, New Zealand. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Silverstream and trained as an artist at the...	Tim Bevan Tim Bevan Tim Bevan, CBE is a film producer.Bevan was born in Queenstown, New Zealand. He co-founded Working Title Films in London with Sarah Radclyffe in the 1980s.... , Vincent Ward
	On My Own	Antonio Tibaldi	Leo Pescarolo, Elisa Resegotti
	The Heartbreak Kid The Heartbreak Kid (1993 film) The Heartbreak Kid is a 1993 Australian film starring Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades, which was based on a play of the same name by Richard Barrett and first performed by Griffin Theatre Company...	Michael Jenkins	Ben Gannon Ben Gannon (producer) Bernard Gannon AO was a prominent Australian film, television and stage producer.After schooling at Melbourne's Xavier College, Gannon graduated from the then Production course of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1970...
1994	Muriel's Wedding Muriel's Wedding Muriel's Wedding is a 1994 Australian-French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film, which stars actresses Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve...	P. J. Hogan P. J. Hogan Paul John "P. J." Hogan is an AACTA Awards winning Australian film director and a writer in the film and television genre.Hogan was born in Brisbane, Australia...	Lynda House, Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse is an Australian writer and film director born in Victoria, Australia on 4 September 1960.Moorhouse did her HSC year in 1978 at Vermont High School, which is the same high school that Gillian Armstrong attended a few years earlier. She went on to direct films such as Proof,...
	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named...	Stephan Elliott Stephan Elliott Stephan Elliott is an Australian film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:Elliott began his career as an assistant director working in the boom of the Australian film industry of the 1980s....	Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn
	Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby is an Australian black comedy/drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer. It stars Nicholas Hope and Carmel Johnson. It was released in 1993....	Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and...	Rolf de Heer, Domenico Procacci, Giorgio Draskovic
	The Sum of Us The Sum of Us (film) The Sum of Us is a 1994 Australian film version of the play The Sum of Us. Directed by Kevin Dowling and Geoff Burton, the film starred Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson...	Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling	Hal McElroy
1995	Angel Baby Angel Baby (1995 film) Angel Baby is a 1995 Australian film written and directed by Michael Rymer, and starring John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie and Colin Friels. This film was taped in 1993-94....	Michael Rymer Michael Rymer Michael Rymer is a television and film director, best known for his work on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series, for which he directed the pilot miniseries and several episodes of the series...	Jonathan Shteinman, Timothy White
	All Men Are Liars	Gerard Lee	John Maynard
	Hotel Sorrento Hotel Sorrento Hotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten year hiatus. One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives...	Richard Franklin Richard Franklin Richard Franklin is a British actor.He has had various roles in different television programmes including Crossroads and Emmerdale Farm...	Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick
	That Eye, the Sky	John Ruane	Hal McElroy
1996	Shine Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris...	Scott Hicks Scott Hicks Robert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...	Jane Scott Jane Scott Jane Scott was an influential rock critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. During her career she covered every major rock concert in Cleveland and was on a first name basis with many stars...
	Children of the Revolution	Peter Duncan	Tristram Miall
	Love and Other Catastrophes Love and Other Catastrophes Love and Other Catastrophes is a quirky 1996 Australian romantic comedy film featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Alice Garner, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Kym Gyngell...	Emma-Kate Croghan Emma-Kate Croghan Emma-Kate Croghan is an Australian director and writer born in Adelaide, South Australia on Australia Day 1972.She is the daughter of Kate Croghan. She has been nominated for two AFI awards - Best Original Screenplay for Love and Other Catastrophes and Bronze Horse for Strange Planet .-External...	Helen Bandis, Stavros Kazantzidis, Yael Bergman
	Mr. Reliable	Nadia Tass Nadia Tass Nadia Tass is a film director, producer and actress, originally from Macedonia, northern Greece, who moved to Australia in the 1960s. She began her career as an actress appearing in the television series Prisoner. Ms...	Hal McElroy
1997	Kiss or Kill	Bill Bennett Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, PC, OBC , commonly known as Bill Bennett, was the 27th Premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia 1975–1986. He is a son of the former Premier, W. A. C. Bennett. He was a 3rd cousin, twice removed, of R.B...	Bill Bennett
	Blackrock Blackrock (film) Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:...	Steven Vidler	David Elfick, Rick Enright, Melanie Ritchie
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline Doing Time for Patsy Cline Doing Time for Patsy Cline is a 1997 Australian multi-award-winning film starring Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, and Matt Day and directed by Chris Kennedy.-Plot:...	Chris Kennedy Chris Kennedy Chris Kennedy is an Australian AFI Award winning film director, writer and producer. He owns the film studio, Oilrag Productions. Kennedy is a three-time Australian Film Institute Awards nominee and is an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner. As of 2006, he is one of Australia's most prominent...	Chris Kennedy
	The Well The Well (1997 film) The Well is a 1997 Australian film, based on the novel by Elizabeth Jolley.-Synopsis:The film is about a young girl named Katherine and her older friend Hester who live on an isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave because there's too much work...	Samantha Lang	Sandra Levy
1998	The Interview The Interview The Interview is a 1998 Australian thriller film from writer-director Craig Monahan, and is the first of two films directed by Monahan. Almost the entire film takes place in a police interrogation room, with some short flashback sequences, and the cast consists primarily of three key actors—Hugo...	Craig Monahan	Bill Hughes
	The Boys	Rowan Woods Rowan Woods Rowan Woods is an Australian film and television director, actor and screenwriter. Woods directed The Boys in 1998 and won an AFI award for best direction. His next film, Little Fish was released in September 2005 in Australia, starring Cate Blanchett...	Robert Connolly Robert Connolly Robert Connolly is a politically conscious film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus My Father and... , John Maynard
	Head On Head On (1998 film) Head On is a 1998 award-winning Australian film directed by Ana Kokkinos. Based on the acclaimed novel Loaded written by Christos Tsiolkas, it stars Alex Dimitriades as a young gay man of Greek descent, living in the inner city of Melbourne. The film gained notoriety upon its release for its sexual...	Ana Kokkinos Ana Kokkinos Ana Kokkinos is an Australian film director. Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and prior to her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer...	Jane Scott Jane Scott Jane Scott was an influential rock critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. During her career she covered every major rock concert in Cleveland and was on a first name basis with many stars...
	Radiance Radiance (film) Radiance is a 1998 Australian independent film. It is the first feature film by Aboriginal director Rachel Perkins about three indigenous sisters who reunite for their mother's funeral...	Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer and a writer. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Charles Perkins...	Ned Lander, Andy Myer
1999	Two Hands	Gregor Jordan Gregor Jordan Gregor Jordan is an Australian film director.Jordan's films include Two Hands , Buffalo Soldiers , and Ned Kelly . He has also directed the concert video These Days: Live in Concert by Australian rock band Powderfinger.His film Two Hands won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction...	Marian Macgowan
	Praise	John Curran John Curran (director) John Curran is an American film director and screenwriter.Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986...	Martha Coleman
	Siam Sunset Siam Sunset Siam Sunset is an Australian comedy film released in 1999. It was directed by John Polson and stars Linus Roache and Danielle Cormack.-Plot:...	John Polson John Polson John Polson is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest. In February 2001, Polson attended the 12th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Hokkaidō, Japan where his film Siam Sunset won the Minami Toshiko Award...	Max Dann, Andrew Knight
	Soft Fruit Soft Fruit (film) Soft Fruit is a 1999 drama about a dying mother, and her children who come together to fulfill her last wishes. It is an Australian American co-production produced by Australian filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef.-Cast:...	Christina Andreef	Helen Bowden

2000s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
2000	Looking for Alibrandi Looking for Alibrandi Looking for Alibrandi is a 1999 Australian film written by Melina Marchetta based on the novel of the same name. The film sets in the 1990s Sydney, New South Wales and starring Australian actors, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character, Anthony LaPaglia as her...	Kate Woods	Robyn Kershaw
	Better Than Sex	Jonathan Teplitzky	Frank Cox, Bruna Papandrea
	Bootmen Bootmen Bootmen is a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film, directed by Dein Perry. It was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in Canada and USA and 20th Century Fox Distribution in Australia and funded by the Australian Film Finance Corporation...	Dein Perry Dein Perry Dein Perry is an Australian actor, dancer and choreographer best known for his work with Tap Dogs.-References:-External links:...	Hilary Linstead, Antonia Barnard
	Chopper Chopper (film) Chopper is a 2000 Australian film, written and directed by New Zealand film-maker Andrew Dominik and based on the semi-autobiographical books by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read. The film stars Eric Bana as the title character, and co-stars Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, Bill Young and David Field...	Andrew Dominik Andrew Dominik Andrew Dominik is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed two films so far: Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.-Early life and career:...	Michele Bennett
2001	Lantana Lantana (film) Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company...	Ray Lawrence	Jan Chapman Jan Chapman Jan Chapman is an Australian film producer.Spouse= Jam Alex 2006-2010Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, and Lantana.Chapman met her first husband, film director Phillip Noyce, whilst studying English and Fine Arts at university in the...
	The Bank The Bank (2001 film) The Bank is an 2001 Australian thriller/drama film starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia.-Plot:Jim Doyle is a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market...	Robert Connolly Robert Connolly Robert Connolly is a politically conscious film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus My Father and...	John Maynard
	The Dish The Dish The Dish is a 2000 Australian film that tells the story of how the Parkes Observatory was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969...	Rob Sitch Rob Sitch Robert Ian Sitch , is an Australian director, producer, screenwriter, actor and comedian.-Early life:Sitch attended St Kevin's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Trinity College. He worked at the Royal Womans Hospital...	Santo Cilauro Santo Cilauro Santo Cilauro is an Australian television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author, comedian and cameraman, a co-founder of The D-Generation... , Tom Gleisner Tom Gleisner Tom Gleisner is an Australian director, producer, writer, comedian, occasional actor and author. He was educated at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia.-Television, radio and film:... , Michael Hirsh Michael Hirsh (producer) Michael Hirsh is a Belgian-born Canadian citizen. He has been a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, or more specifically children's programming, since the 1980s.-Personal life:... , Jane Kennedy Jane Kennedy (actor) Jane Kennedy is an Australian actress, comedian, radio presenter, and television producer best known for her work with the Working Dog Productions – a tight-knit group of performers responsible for a variety of television and films.... , Rob Sitch
	Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...	Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...	Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron, Martin Brown
2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence (film) Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara...	Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce Phillip Noyce is an Australian film director.-Life and career:Noyce was born in Griffith, New South Wales, attended Barker College, Sydney, and began making short films at the age of 18, starting with Better to Reign in Hell, using his friends as the cast...	Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter
	Australian Rules Australian Rules (film) Australian Rules, is a 2002 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman. The film was adapted from the novel Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne. It stars Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge, Brian Torry and Lisa Flanagan...	Paul Goldman	Mark Lazarus
	Beneath Clouds Beneath Clouds Beneath Clouds is a 2002 film by Australian director Ivan Sen.Lena has an absent Irish father she longs to see and an Aboriginal mother she finds disgusting...	Ivan Sen Ivan Sen Ivan Sen is an Australian filmmaker. Throughout the late 1990s Sen worked on numerous short films, before making his feature film debut with Beneath Clouds in 2002. He studied filmmaking at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where he produced his first short films, working with the...	Teresa-Jayne Hanlon
	The Tracker The Tracker The Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is a set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker to find the murderer of a white woman...	Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and...	Julie Ryan, Rolf de Heer
2003	Japanese Story Japanese Story Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...	Sue Brooks	Sue Maslin
	Alexandra's Project Alexandra's Project Alexandra's Project is a 2003 drama/thriller Australian movie.-Plot:It depicts a family where the protagonist, Steve, comes to find the life that he has been living is a lie. After years of what he believed to be marital bliss, his wife Alexandra confronts him with her dissatisfaction in a most...	Rolf de Heer	Rolf de Heer, Antonio Zeccola
	Gettin' Square Gettin' Square Gettin' Square is a crime caper movie set on Australia's Gold Coast and directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The protagonists are ex-criminals trying to keep out of trouble....	Jonathan Teplitzky	Martin Fabinyi Martin Fabinyi Martin Fabinyi is an Australian film and television producer and director, songwriter and screenwriter and has written books on the local rock music scene. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Mushroom Pictures from its formation in 1995 to 2009. His film projects include the features Chopper ,... , Timothy White, Trisha Lake
	The Rage in Placid Lake The Rage In Placid Lake The Rage in Placid Lake is a 2003 Australian film starring Ben Lee and Rose Byrne. It features Placid Lake , a seventeen-year-old boy who has led a suburban hippie life with his neurotic, free loving parents...	Tony McNamara	Marian McGowan
2004	Somersault Somersault (film) Somersault is an Australian independent film, written and directed by Cate Shortland and released in September 2004. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival...	Cate Shortland Cate Shortland Cate Shortland is an Australian writer and director of film and television.She was born 10 August 1968 in Temora, New South Wales. She graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School, where she received the Southern Star Award for most promising student.She has created several award...	Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson Anthony Anderson is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He has starred in his own sitcom All About the Andersons, as well as the Fox sitcom The Bernie Mac Show during the fifth and final season of the show. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas such as K-Ville, The... , Jan Chapman Jan Chapman Jan Chapman is an Australian film producer.Spouse= Jam Alex 2006-2010Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, and Lantana.Chapman met her first husband, film director Phillip Noyce, whilst studying English and Fine Arts at university in the...
	Love's Brother Love's Brother Love's Brother is a 2004 film written and directed by Jan Sardi.-Main cast:*Giovanni Ribisi - Angelo Donnini*Adam Garcia - Gino Donnini*Joe Petruzzi - Zio Luigi*Amelia Warner - Rosetta*Silvia De Santis - Connie*Barry Otto - Father Alfredo-Plot:...	Jan Sardi Jan Sardi Jan Sardi is an Australian screenwriter. In 1997 he was nominated for a Academy Award for Best Writing , for Shine. He has also written and directed Love's Brother, and adapted The Notebook, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks....	Jane Scott Jane Scott (film producer) Jane Scott is a British-born Australian film producer.Scott was born in Epsom, Surrey. From a background in magazine journalism in the UK, she started out in the film industry at The British Film Institute Production Board working for three years as Production Co-ordinator.In 1972 Scott began her...
	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Rolf de Heer	Julie Ryan
	Tom White	Alkinos Tsilimidos Alkinos Tsilimidos Alkinos Tsilimidos is an Australian film director. Raised in comfortable circumstances in middle-class Doncaster, Tsilimidos won the Montréal First Film Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival for his 1994 film Everynight ... Everynight...	Daniel Scharf
2005	Look Both Ways Look Both Ways Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...	Sarah Watt Sarah Watt Sarah Ann Watt was an Australian film director.Born in Sydney, Watt completed a Graduate Diploma of Film and Television at the Swinburne School of Film and Television, Melbourne in 1990. Her student film "Catch of the Day" was to reflect the style of future work...	Bridget Ikin, Barbara Masel, Andrew Myer
	Little Fish Little Fish (film) Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield...	Rowan Woods Rowan Woods Rowan Woods is an Australian film and television director, actor and screenwriter. Woods directed The Boys in 1998 and won an AFI award for best direction. His next film, Little Fish was released in September 2005 in Australia, starring Cate Blanchett...	Robert Mullis, Devesh Chetty, Kirk D'amico
	Oyster Farmer Oyster Farmer Oyster Farmer is a 2004 Australian romantic comedy / drama film about a young man who runs away to the Hawkesbury River and gets a job with eighth generation oyster farmers...	Anna Reeves	Anthony Buckley Anthony Buckley Anthony Buckley is an Australian film editor and producer, and prominent member of the Australian film industry.As an editor he was acclaimed for his work with Michael Powell and Rudolf Nureyev... , Piers Tempest
	The Proposition The Proposition The Proposition is a 2005 western film directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave. It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston and David Wenham. The film's production completed in 2004 and was followed by a wide 2005 release in...	John Hillcoat	Chris Brown, Jackie O'Sullivan, Chiara Menage, Cat Villiers
2006	Ten Canoes Ten Canoes Ten Canoes is a 2006 film. It was directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starred Crusoe Kurddal. The title of the film arose from discussions between de Heer and David Gulpilil about a photograph of ten canoeists poling across the Arafura Swamp, taken by anthropologist Donald Thomson in...	Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer Rolf de Heer is a Dutch film director, writer and producer living in Australia. De Heer was born in Heemskerk in The Netherlands but migrated to Sydney when he was eight years old. He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney. His company is called Vertigo Productions and... , Peter Djigirr	Rolf de Heer
	Candy Candy (2006 film) Candy is a 2006 Australian romantic drama film, adapted from Luke Davies's novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction. Candy was directed by debut film-maker Neil Armfield and stars Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush....	Neil Armfield Neil Armfield Neil Geoffrey Armfield AO is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera.Born in Sydney, Armfield was the youngest of three boys. The son of a factory worker at the nearby Arnott's biscuit factory he was brought up in the suburb of Concord adjacent to Exile Bay...	Margaret Fink Margaret Fink Margaret Fink is a prominent Australian film producer noted for her important role in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s.... , Emile Sherman
	Jindabyne Jindabyne (film) Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring an ensemble cast including Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next...	Ray Lawrence	Philippa Bateman, Garry Charny, Catherine Jarman
	Kenny Kenny (2006 film) Kenny is a 2006 Australian mockumentary film starring Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for corporate bathroom rental company Splashdown....	Clayton Jacobson	Clayton Jacobson, Rohan Timlock
2007	Romulus, My Father Romulus, My Father (film) Romulus, My Father is a 2007 Australian drama film directed by Richard Roxburgh. Based on the memoir by Raimond Gaita, the film tells the story of Romulus and his wife Christine , and their struggle in the face of great adversity to raise their son, Raimond . The film marks the directorial debut...	Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor who has starred in many Australian films and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions, usually as villains.-Early life:...	Robert Connolly, John Maynard
	The Home Song Stories The Home Song Stories The Home Song Stories is an Australian film released in 2007. Written and directed by acclaimed Tony Ayres of Walking on Water , The Home Song Stories stars Joan Chen, Joel Lok, Qi Yu Wu, Irene Chen, Steven Vidler and Kerry Walker....	Tony Ayres Tony Ayres Tony Ayres is a Chinese-born Australian screenwriter and director. He is most notable for his award-winning films Walking on Water and The Home Song Stories.-Early life:...	Michael McMahon, Liz Watts
	Lucky Miles Lucky Miles Lucky Miles is an Australian comedy/drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline...	Michael James Rowland Michael James Rowland - The early years :Prior to his screen career, Michael James Rowland studied graphic design at the North Adelaide School of Art in South Australia and started his early working life as a designer / illustrator specialising in the Arts. His list of freelance clients grew to include Sony , Womad ...	Jo Dyer, Lesley Dyer Lesley Dyer Lesley Dyer is an Australian film producer, living in Los Angeles. Together with producer Jo Dyer she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Lucky Miles, and they won Best Producers at the Asian Festival of First Films....
	Noise	Matthew Saville Matthew Saville Matthew Saville is an Australian television and film director, who began his career working as a titles designer for many Australian television series...	Trevor Blainey
2008	The Black Balloon The Black Balloon (film) The Black Balloon is a 2008 Australian|British AFI award-winning dramedy feature film which stars Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson, Gemma Ward as well as a cast of newcomers. It is directed by first time feature film director, Elissa Down.The film was released in Australian...	Elissa Down Elissa Down Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker. In 1999 and 2000 Elissa was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards.Her major works comprise of a number of award winning short films, Summer Angst, The Cherry Orchard, Her Outback, The Bathers, Pink Pyjamas, HMAS Unicorn and...	Tristram Miall, Toni Collette
	The Jammed The Jammed The Jammed is a 2007 thriller film written and directed by Dee McLachlan.The film is a story about human trafficking and the sex slave trade in Melbourne, and the search for three girls trapped by a trafficking syndicate...	Dee McLachlan Dee McLachlan Dee McLachlan is a film director, producer and writer from Middle Park, Victoria. McLachlan was born Duncan McLachlan in the early 1950s in South Africa...	Dee McLachlan, Andrea Buck
	The Square The Square (2008 film) The Square is a neo-noir thriller film directed by Nash Edgerton, written by his brother Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner, and starring David Roberts and Claire van der Boom. Based upon an original idea by Joel, the project was written and then shelved by the actor because he felt it was not...	Nash Edgerton Nash Edgerton Nash Edgerton is an Australian film director and stuntman.-Life and career:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and is the brother of actor Joel Edgerton....	Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton is an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker... , Matthew Dabner
	Unfinished Sky Unfinished Sky Unfinished Sky is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. It is based on the 1998 Dutch film De Poolse bruid.- Plot :...	Peter Duncan	Cathy Overett, Anton Smit
2009	Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah (2009 film) Samson and Delilah is a 2009 Australian film and was directed by Warwick Thornton. It stars Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, both young first time actors. It was filmed in and around Alice Springs...	Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton 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.-Family:Thornton was born and raised in Alice Springs...	Kath Shelper
	Balibo Balibo (2009 film) Balibo is a 2009 Australian feature film that follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed whilst reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. The film is loosely based on the book Cover-Up, by Jill Jolliffe, an...	Robert Connolly Robert Connolly Robert Connolly is a politically conscious film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus My Father and...	Anthony LaPaglia Anthony LaPaglia Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama... , John Maynard, Dominic Purcell, Rebecca Williamson
	Beautiful Kate Beautiful Kate Beautiful Kate is a 2009 Australian film directed by Rachel Ward and starring Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Sophie Lowe and Ben Mendelsohn. Rachel Ward adapted the script from a 1982 novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg; this was the first novel by Thornburg used for a movie since Cutter's Way...	Rachel Ward Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward, AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.-Early life:...	Bryan Brown Bryan Brown Bryan Neathway Brown, AM is an Australian actor.-Early life:Brown was born in Sydney, the son of John Brown and Molly Brown, a house cleaner who worked as a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet. He grew up in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown and began working at... , Leah Churchill-Brown
	Blessed Blessed (2009 film) Blessed is a 2009 drama film. It was released in Australia on 10 September 2009. It stars Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor. It is a film adaptation of the play Who's Afraid of the Working Class?....	Ana Kokkinos Ana Kokkinos Ana Kokkinos is an Australian film director. Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and prior to her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer...	Al Clark, Barbara Gibbs, Phil Hunt, Marian Macgowan, Compton Ross
	Mao's Last Dancer Mao's Last Dancer (film) Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian biographical film, directed by Bruce Beresford, based on ballet dancer Li Cunxin's autobiography Mao's Last Dancer. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao , Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin...	Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford Bruce Beresford is an Australian film director who has made more than 30 feature films over a 40-year career.-Early life:...	Jane Scott Jane Scott Jane Scott was an influential rock critic for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. During her career she covered every major rock concert in Cleveland and was on a first name basis with many stars...
	Mary and Max Mary and Max Mary and Max is a 2009 Australian clay-animated black comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. The voice cast included Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Bethany Whitmore, with narration by Barry Humphries. The film premiered on the...	Adam Elliot Adam Elliot Adam Elliot is an independent stop-motion animation writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia. His five films have collectively participated in over six-hundred film festivals and have received over one hundred awards, including an Oscar for Harvie Krumpet and the Annecy Cristal for Mary...	Melanie Coombs

2010s

Year	Film	Director(s)	Producer(s)	Ref(s)
2010	Animal Kingdom Animal Kingdom (film) Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian crime drama written and directed by David Michôd, and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville...	David Michôd David Michôd David Michôd is an Australian filmmaker, director of the highly acclaimed Animal Kingdom in 2010.-Education and early career:Michôd was educated at Sydney Grammar School before moving to Melbourne to study arts at the University of Melbourne. After working for the Victorian Department of Education...	Liz Watts
	Beneath Hill 60 Beneath Hill 60 Beneath Hill 60 is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims and written by David Roach.Set during World War I, the film tells the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company’s effort to mine beneath a German bunker and detonate an explosive charge to aid the advance of British troops...	Jeremy Sims Jeremy Sims -Personal life:He was educated at Wesley College, Perth, 1977–83. Sims was married to film director Samantha Lang. They have two daughters, Frederique and Evelyn Rose.-Career:...	Bill Leimbach
	Bran Nue Dae Bran Nue Dae (film) Bran Nue Dae is a feature film adaptation of 1990 musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi. It was theatrically released in Australia on 14 January 2010, and in the United States on 10 September 2010.-Plot:...	Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins Rachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer and a writer. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Charles Perkins...	Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac
	Bright Star Bright Star (film) Bright Star is a 2009 film based on the last three years of the life of poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne. It stars Ben Whishaw as Keats and Abbie Cornish as Fanny...	Jane Campion Jane Campion Jane Campion is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She is one of the most internationally successful New Zealand directors, although most of her work has been made in or financed by other countries, principally Australia – where she now lives – and the United States...	Jan Chapman Jan Chapman Jan Chapman is an Australian film producer.Spouse= Jam Alex 2006-2010Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke, and Lantana.Chapman met her first husband, film director Phillip Noyce, whilst studying English and Fine Arts at university in the... , Caroline Hewitt
	The Boys Are Back The Boys Are Back (film) The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian/British drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr, the film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.-Plot:Joe Warr is a British...	Scott Hicks Scott Hicks Robert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...	Greg Brenman, Tim White
	Tomorrow, When the War Began Tomorrow, When the War Began (film) Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war...	Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie is an Australian screenwriter and film director. He attended Knox Grammar School, in Sydney, Australia, where his mother, Sandra, was a languages teacher, and later Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.-Filmography:...	Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen

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