Warwick Thornton
Directing
🎂 1970-07-23
Warwick Thornton (born 23 July, 1970; Alice Springs) is an Australian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His debut feature film Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. He also won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Film in 2017 for Sweet Country. Thornton is a Kaytetye man born and raised in Alice Springs. His mother Freda Glynn co-founded and was the first director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and was the director of Imparja Television for its first 10 years. At 13, Thornton was sent to school in Australia's only monastic town, New Norcia, Western Australia, although he later declared he became angry with Christianity and did not consider himself religious. He graduated in cinematography from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
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Directing (28)
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2018
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2021
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2010
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2025
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2013
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2014
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Camera (55)
Director of Photography
2018
Director of Photography
2021
Director of Photography
2008
Additional Camera
2019
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2023
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2010
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2006
Director of Photography
1987
Camera Operator
1998
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2023
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2012
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2013
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2015
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2009
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2018
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2014
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2002
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1998
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2013
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2019
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2015
Additional Camera
1999
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2005
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2006
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2011
Director of Photography
1996
Director of Photography
1998
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2017
Director of Photography
2017
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2005
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2001
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2002
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2012
Camera Operator
1995
Additional Camera
2004
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2005
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2000
Director of Photography
2008
Director of Photography
2005
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2004
Director of Photography
2010
Director of Photography
1991
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2011
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2003
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2005
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1998
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2012
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1998
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2002
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2007
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1998
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