Bill Hunter Biography

Fast Facts

• Awarded Honorary Membership of the Australian Cinematographer's Society․ In 1996
• Recipient of the Variety Club Award for Services to the Film Industry in 1995
• Winner of three Australian Film Institute Awards, once in 1978 for "Newsfront," once in 1981 for "Gallipoli" and once in 1989 for "Police State․"
• Nominated for a Film Critics Circle of Australian Award in 2004 for "Tom White․"
• Nominated for three Australian Film Institute Awards, once in 1977 for "Mad Dog Morgan," once in 1992 for "The Last Days of Chez Nous" and once in 1994 for Muriel's Wedding․"
• Winner of the Centenary Medal for service to acting
• Named the Australian Movie Star of the Year in 1994
• Has worked with almost every notable Australian director and actor of the last thirty years
• Qualified for the 1956 Summer Olympics to compete in freestyle swimmer but contracted meningitis and was unable to compete