Portrait of Warwick Thornton

Directing

Warwick Thornton

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 2005 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mystery Road
Mystery Road
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Warwick Thornton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Outback Noir 2
  • Indigenous Perspective 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2
  • Indigenous Culture 2
  • Educational 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Thought-Provoking 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

64
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
First Warrior
First Warrior

Director

2020s

6 titles ยท average score 59
Wolfram
Wolfram (2026)

Director of Photography, Director

Kangaroo
Kangaroo (2025)
GoodWatch score 47

Second Unit Director

Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie (2023)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

The New Boy
The New Boy (2023)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer, Director of Photography

Firebite
Firebite (2021)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท Producer, Writer

Meth Kelly
Meth Kelly (2020)

Director

2010s

21 titles ยท average score 68
Between Two Lines
Between Two Lines (2019)

Director of Photography

Mystery Road
Mystery Road (2018)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Cluney

Sweet Country
Sweet Country (2018)
GoodWatch score 80

Director, Director of Photography

We Don't Need a Map
We Don't Need a Map (2017)

Director, Director of Photography

Septembers of Shiraz
Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
GoodWatch score 38

Director of Photography

Black Chook
Black Chook (2015)

Director of Photography

Words with Gods
Words with Gods (2014)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer, Director

The Turning
The Turning (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography, Writer

The Darkside
The Darkside (2013)

Director, Director of Photography

The Sapphires
The Sapphires (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Bear
Bear (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ranger

Here I Am
Here I Am (2011)

Director of Photography

2000s

26 titles ยท average score 78
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah (2009)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography, Writer

Nana
Nana (2007)

Director, Writer

My Brother Vinnie
My Brother Vinnie (2006)

Director of Photography

Green Bush
Green Bush (2005)

Writer, Director

Plains Empty
Plains Empty (2005)

Director of Photography

Beyond Sorry
Beyond Sorry (2005)

Director of Photography

5 Seasons
5 Seasons (2005)

Director of Photography

Rosalie's Journey
Rosalie's Journey (2003)

Writer, Director

Mimi
Mimi (2002)

Director, Director of Photography

My Mother India
My Mother India (2002)

Director of Photography

Flat
Flat (2002)

Director of Photography

Buried Country
Buried Country (2000)

Director of Photography

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 58
Stone Forever
Stone Forever (1999)

Additional Camera

The Healing Sounds of the Bungaran Orchestra
The Healing Sounds of the Bungaran Orchestra (1999)

Director of Photography

Radiance
Radiance (1998)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

My Bed Your Bed
My Bed Your Bed (1998)

Director of Photography

Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters
Marluku Wirlinyi: The Kangaroo Hunters (1998)

Director of Photography

Promise
Promise (1998)

Director of Photography

A Classroom in Theresienstadt
A Classroom in Theresienstadt (1998)

Director of Photography

From Sand to Celluloid: Payback
From Sand to Celluloid: Payback (1996)

Writer, Director

Audacious
Audacious (1995)

Camera Operator

Satellite Dreaming
Satellite Dreaming (1991)

Director of Photography