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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 and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards .
Jun 28, 2023 · The director and star of the film, set in 1940s Australia, discuss its themes of survival, spirituality and colonisation. The New Boy is Thornton's fifth feature, inspired by his own experiences at a remote mission school.
May 22, 2020 · Warwick Thornton: the man and his demons, alone together. No alcohol, no red carpets and no parties. This celebrated filmmaker's search for redemption led him to self-exile in a tin shack on a remote Western Australian beach. Tim Elliott. May 22, 2020. “It’s important to slow down and look at your life,” says Warwick Thornton.
Warwick Thornton is an Australian filmmaker who has worked on Samson & Delilah, Sweet Country and The Beach. He was born in Alice Springs in 1970 and has won 42 awards and received 43 nominations for his work.
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Apr 29, 2024 · The acclaimed Australian filmmaker talks about his anger and creativity in an interview with Virginia Trioli on ABC TV. He reveals how he stole the pen he used to vote no in the Voice referendum and plans to write a movie about it.
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Feb 19, 2018 · The director of Samson and Delilah and Sweet Country talks about Indigenous storytelling, filmmaking, and identity in Australia. He explores how his films challenge white Australia's national myths and history, and how he uses the desert as a spiritual and artistic tool.
Jul 4, 2023 · Cate Blanchett and Warwick Thornton on The New Boy: ‘Saviour is such a dangerous word’. The director’s latest film, about an Aboriginal boy taken to a Christian orphanage, sat untouched for ...
