Warwick Thornton
Directing
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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Age 39 (now 55)The Old Man and the Inland Sea
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Age 34 (now 55)Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters
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Age 27 (now 55)A Classroom in Theresienstadt
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Age 27 (now 55)From Sand to Celluloid: Payback
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Age 25 (now 55)
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Age 53 (now 55)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Уорик Торнтон
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