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Warwick Thornton
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American Society of Cinematographers, USA (1)
Art Film Festival (1)
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards (12)
Australian Film Institute (4)
Australian Writers' Guild (3)
Berlin International Film Festival (2)
Camerimage (3)
Cannes Film Festival (3)
Chicago International Film Festival (1)
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Haifa International Film Festival (1)
Jerusalem Film Festival (1)
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IF Awards (2)
Göteborg Film Festival (1)
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Australian Directors Guild Awards (2)
ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival (4)
Amazonas Film Festival (1)
Adelaide Film Festival (2)
Australian Film Critics Association Awards (5)
Luxembourg City Film Festival (2)
Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes (1)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards (9)
AACTA International Awards (1)
Almeria Western Film Festival (2)
Australians in Film Awards (1)
Pingyao International Film Festival (1)
Septimius Awards (1)
42 wins & 44 nominations
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
2024 Winner
Spotlight Award
The New Boy
Art Film Festival
2009 Winner
Blue Angel
Best Director
Samson & Delilah
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
2024 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Cinematography
The New Boy
2024 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Director
The New Boy
2024 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Screenplay
The New Boy
2019 Winner
FCCA Award
Best Director
Sweet Country
2019 Nominee
FCCA Award
Best Cinematography
Sweet Country
Shared with:
Dylan River
7 more
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Australian Film Institute
2009 Winner
AFI Award
Best Direction
Samson & Delilah
2009 Winner
AFI Award
Best Original Screenplay
Samson & Delilah
2009 Winner
AFI Award
Best Cinematography
Samson & Delilah
2009 Nominee
AFI Award
Best Original Music Score
Samson & Delilah
Australian Writers' Guild
2024 Nominee
Awgie Award
Feature Film - Original
The New Boy
2009 Winner
Awgie Award
Feature Film - Original
Samson & Delilah
2009 Winner
Major Award
Samson & Delilah
Berlin International Film Festival
2008 Winner
Crystal Bear
Generation Kplus - Best Short Film
Nana
2005 Winner
Panorama Short Film Award
Green Bush
Camerimage
2023 Winner
Golden Frog
Main Competition
The New Boy
2017 Nominee
Golden Frog
Main Competition
Sweet Country
Shared with:
Dylan River
2009 Nominee
Golden Frog
Main Competition
Samson & Delilah
Cannes Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
The New Boy
2009 Winner
Golden Camera
Samson & Delilah
2009 Nominee
Un Certain Regard Award
Samson & Delilah
Chicago International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
Audience Choice Award
Words with Gods
Shared with:
Guillermo Arriaga
·
Hector Babenco
·
Álex de la Iglesia
·
Bahman Ghobadi
·
Amos Gitai
·
Emir Kusturica
·
Mira Nair
·
Hideo Nakata
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Lino Brocka Award
International Competition
Samson & Delilah
Haifa International Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Carmel Award
Best International Film
The New Boy
Jerusalem Film Festival
2018 Nominee
In Spirit for Freedom Award
Best Feature
Sweet Country
London Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Best Film
Official Competition
Sweet Country
AFI Fest
2005 Winner
Short Award - Special Mention
Green Bush
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2024 Winner
OFCS Award
Best Non-U.S. Release
The New Boy
Australia
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2010 Winner
John Schlesinger Award - Honorable Mention
Samson & Delilah
Philadelphia Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Jury Award
Best Narrative Feature
Sweet Country
Sydney Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Sydney Film Prize
Best Film
The New Boy
2017 Nominee
Sydney Film Prize
Best Film
We Don't Need a Map
Toronto International Film Festival
2017 Winner
Platform Prize
Sweet Country
Valladolid International Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Sweet Country
Venice Film Festival
2017 Nominee
Golden Lion
Best Film
Sweet Country
2017 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Sweet Country
Warsaw International Film Festival
2020 Nominee
Best Documentary
Best Documentary Feature
The Beach
IF Awards
2007 Winner
IF Award
Best Short Film
Nana
Shared with:
Kath Shelper
2005 Winner
IF Award
Best Short Film
Green Bush
Shared with:
Kath Shelper
Göteborg Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Dragon Award
International Competition
Sweet Country
BendFilm Festival
2005 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Short Film
Green Bush
Almería International Film Festival
2006 Winner
Special Mention
Green Bush
Dublin International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Dublin Film Critics Award
Best Film
Samson & Delilah
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2017 Nominee
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Achievement in Cinematography
Sweet Country
Shared with:
Dylan River
Gasparilla International Film Festival
2018 Nominee
Grand Jury
Best International Feature
Sweet Country
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2010 Nominee
DFCC
Best Director
Samson & Delilah
Tied with
Andrey Khrzhanovskiy
for
Poltory komnaty ili Sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na Rodinu (2009)
in 10th place
Australian Directors Guild Awards
2023 Nominee
ADG Award
Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over)
The New Boy
2019 Winner
ADG Award
Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over)
Sweet Country
ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival
2014 Winner
Milestone Award
2011 Winner
Jury Award
Best Indigenous Language Production
Samson & Delilah
2007 Winner
Honorable Mention
Best Short Drama
Nana
2005 Winner
Honorable Mention
Best Short Drama
Green Bush
Amazonas Film Festival
2009 Winner
Amazonas Award
Best Film
Samson & Delilah
Adelaide Film Festival
2017 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Sweet Country
2009 Winner
Audience Award
Best Feature
Samson & Delilah
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
2019 Winner
AFCA Award
Best Director
Sweet Country
2019 Winner
AFCA Award
Best Cinematography
Sweet Country
2014 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Screenplay
The Turning
Shared with:
Marieka Walsh
·
Jub Clerc
·
Justin Monjo
·
Kris Mrksa
·
Rhys Graham
·
Ashlee Page
·
Marcel Dorney
·
Claire McCarthy
·
Emily Ballou
·
Mia Wasikowska
·
Andrew Upton
·
David Wenham
·
Jonathan auf der Heide
·
Justin Kurzel
·
Circa Contemporary Circus
·
Ian Meadows
2014 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Cinematography
The Turning
Shared with:
Geoffrey Simpson
·
Denson Baker
·
Jody Muston
·
Stefan Duscio
·
Miles Rowland
·
Germain McMicking
·
Bonnie Elliott
·
Jeremy Rouse
·
Andrew Lesnie
·
Andrew Commis
·
Ellery Ryan
·
Robert Humphreys
·
John Brawley
2013 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Cinematography
The Sapphires
Luxembourg City Film Festival
2018 Winner
Critics Award
Sweet Country
2018 Nominee
Grand Prix
Sweet Country
Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes
2009 Winner
Jury Grand Prix
Best Feature Film
Samson & Delilah
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
2024 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Direction in Film
The New Boy
2024 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Screenplay in Film
The New Boy
2024 Winner
AACTA Award
Best Cinematography in Film
The New Boy
2020 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy
Mystery Road
Episode 6: "
What You Do Now (2020)
"
2020 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Cinematography in Television
Mystery Road
Episode 4: "
Broken (2020)
"
4 more
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AACTA International Awards
2019 Nominee
AACTA International Award
Best Direction
Sweet Country
Almeria Western Film Festival
2023 Nominee
Grand Jury Award
Best Feature
The New Boy
2018 Nominee
Grand Jury Award
Best Feature
Sweet Country
Australians in Film Awards
2017 Winner
Screen Australia Breakthrough Award
Pingyao International Film Festival
2017 Nominee
People's Choice Award
Gala-Best Film
Sweet Country
Septimius Awards
2023 Nominee
Septimius Award
Best Oceanian Film
The New Boy
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