David Bradbury

• Name — David Bradbury • Occupation — * Filmmaker • Journalist • Years Active — 1972–present • Notable Works — Front Line, Public Enemy Number One, Blowin' In The Wind, A Hard Rain • Awards — 2 Academy Award nominations, 5 Australian Film Industry awards, various international film festival prizes • Alma Mater — Australian National University • Education — Degree in Political Science

Front Line Bradbury's first film was Front Line, a portrait of Australian news cameraman Neil Davis in Vietnam. The film received an Academy Award nomination and also won first prize at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, the Grierson award at the American Film Festival and was screened worldwide. Public Enemy Number One Another of Bradbury's films, Public Enemy Number One, followed the life of controversial Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett, the first western journalist into Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped. The film won the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary, the Christopher Statuette, Best Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival, and an AFI award, but was never shown on Australian TV. Blowin' In The Wind Blowin' In The Wind is about the joint military training facility at Shoalwater Bay near Rockhampton. This film follows on from Shoalwater: Up for Grabs which Bradbury worked on with then Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett. Blowin' In The Wind looks at some of the health issues surrounding the Shoalwater Bay training facility and the effects of depleted uranium in theatres of war. A Hard Rain A Hard Rain is Bradbury's 2007 documentary feature film that looks at the global nuclear industry from the mining of uranium through to nuclear power, to the radioactive waste and nuclear weapons. It examines the issue of whether Australia should go nuclear.

Bradbury ran as an independent candidate in the 2025 Australian federal election in the seat of Grayndler against current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.