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Australian directors

45 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Alex ProyasPerson · Film memorabiliaAlex Proyas est un réalisateur, producteur et scénariste australien, né le 23 à Alexandrie. Il est principalement connu comme réalisateur de films fantastiques et de science-fiction.
Alfred J. GouldingPerson · Film memorabiliaSilent film Park your car (1920) by Goulding for Rolin Films. Running time: 08:57.
Andrew DominikPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is an Australian film director and screenwriter.
Andrew TrauckiPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrew Traucki is an Australian film producer, writer, and director. He is best known for directing the films Black Water (2007), The Reef (2010), The Jungle (2013), Black Water Abyss…
Angus SampsonPerson · Film memorabiliaAngus Sampson is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances as Tucker in the Insidious film series, Ray Jenkins in The Mule (2014), the Organic Mechanic in Mad…
Baz LuhrmannPerson · Music memorabiliaBazmark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann, 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer and actor whose various projects extend from film and…
Brian Trenchard-SmithPerson · Film memorabiliaBrian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English and Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films.
Bruce PettyArtist · Comics and comic artBruce Leslie Petty (23 November 1929 – 6 April 2023) was an Australian political satirist, sculptor and cartoonist. He was a regular contributor to Melbourne's The Age newspaper.
Bud TingwellPerson · Film memorabiliaCharles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as 'Bud' Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian actor.
Chris NoonanPerson · Film memorabiliaChris Noonan (born 14 November 1952) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the family film Babe (1995), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best…
David MichôdPerson · Film memorabiliaDavid Michôd (born 1972) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.
Donald CrombiePerson · Film memorabiliaDonald Charles Crombie (5 July 1942 – 25 March 2025) was an Australian film and television director.
George GittoesPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Noel Gittoes, (born 7 December 1949) is an Australian artist, documentary filmmaker, photographer, and writer.
George MillerPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. In a career spanning four decades, he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing…
George T. MillerPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Trumbull Miller (28 November 1943 – 17 February 2023) was a Scottish-born Australian film and television director and producer.
Gillian ArmstrongPerson · Film memorabiliaGillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian feature film and documentary director, best known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Mrs.
Gregor JordanPerson · Film memorabiliaGregor Jordan (born 1966) is an Australian film director, writer and actor.
J. P. McGowanPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Paterson McGowan (February 24, 1880 – March 26, 1952) was a pioneering Hollywood actor and director and occasionally a screenwriter and producer.
Jack HibberdAuthor · BooksJohn Charles Hibberd (12 April 1940 – 30 August 2024) was an Australian playwright best known for his plays Dimboola (1969) and A Stretch of the Imagination (1972). He was also a physician.
James McTeiguePerson · Film memorabiliaJames McTeigue (born 29 December 1967) is an Australian film and television director.
John FarrowPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 190427 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter.[2] He spent a considerable amount of his five-decade career in the…
John HillcoatPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Hillcoat (born 14 August 1961) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and music video director.
John PolsonPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Polson is an Australian actor and film and television director. He founded the short film festival Tropfest in 1993.
Josh LawsonPerson · Film memorabiliaJosh Lawson (born 22 July 1981) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Doug Guggenheim in House of Lies, Tate Staskiewicz in the first three seasons of the NBC sitcom…
Leigh WhannellAuthor · BooksLeigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence…
Lloyd NewsonPerson · Film memorabiliaLloyd Newson (born 1957) is a director, dancer and choreographer. He formed DV8 Physical Theatre and has led the company since its inception in 1986.
Michael RymerPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Rymer in 2011
Nash EdgertonPerson · Film memorabiliaNash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director, stuntman and actor, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films.
Paul CoxPhotographer · PhotographyPaulus Henrique Benedictus Cox (16 April 194018 June 2016), known as Paul Cox, was a Dutch photographer with a family background in film and photography who studied in the Netherlands and…
Philippe MoraArtist · PaintingsPhilippe Mora (born 1949) is a French-born Australian artist and film director.
Phillip NoycePerson · Film memorabiliaPhillip Roger Noyce (born 29 April 1950) is an Australian film and television director.
Rachel GriffithsPerson · Film memorabiliaRachel Anne Griffiths (born December 18, 1968) is an Australian actress. Raised primarily in Melbourne, she began her acting career appearing on the Australian series Secrets before being…
Richard FranklinPerson · Film memorabiliaRichard Franklin (15 July 1948 – 11 July 2007) was an Australian film director.
Robert HelpmannPerson · Film memorabiliaSir Robert Murray Helpmann (né Helpman; 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, choreographer, and director.
Robert LuketicPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Luketic (Croatian: Luketić) is an Australian film director. His films include Legally Blonde (2001), Monster-in-Law (2005), 21 (2008), Killers (2010), and Paranoia (2013).
Roger DonaldsonPerson · Film memorabiliaRoger Lindsey Donaldson ONZM (born 15 November 1945) is an Australian and New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Russell MulcahyPerson · Film memorabiliaRussell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953) is an Australian director, writer, and producer.
Samantha LangPerson · Film memorabiliaSamantha Lang is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Her production company is Handmaid Media.
Scott HicksPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Stephen HopkinsPerson · Film memorabiliaStephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born British director and producer of film and television.
Sue FordPhotographer · PhotographySusanne Helene Ford (19 March 19436 November 2009) was an Australian feminist photographer, filmmaker and painter who started her arts practice in the 1960s, and who came to attention in…
Tim BurstallPerson · Film memorabiliaTimothy Burstall AM (20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie Alvin Purple (1973) and its sequel…
Tracey MoffattPhotographer · PhotographyTracey Moffatt (born 12 November 1960) is an Indigenous Australian artist who primarily uses photography and video.
Warwick ThorntonPerson · Film memorabiliaWarwick Thornton is an Aboriginal Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.
Yoram GrossPerson · Film memorabiliaYoram Jerzy Gross (18 October 192621 September 2015) was a Polish-Australian filmmaker. He founded the animation studio Flying Bark Productions.

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