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Robert Connolly Biography

Birth Name:Robert John Connolly

Birth Place:Sydney, Australia

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Assistant director

Awards

  • 1998AFI Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2001AFI Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2001AFI Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2001IF Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2001IF Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2001IF Award-Best Script: nominated
  • 2002Best Film-: nominated
  • 2002FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002FCCA Award-Best Screenplay - Original: nominated
  • 2002Jury Award-Feature Film - Best Director: winner
  • 2002Jury Award-Feature Film - Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2002Director's Choice Award-: winner
  • 2002Audience Award-Best First Film: winner
  • 2005AFI Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: winner
  • 2005FCCA Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
  • 2005Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention-: winner
  • 2005Grand Prix des Amériques-: nominated
  • 2007AFI Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2009AFI Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2009AFI Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner
  • 2009IF Award-Best Script: nominated
  • 2009IF Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 2010ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2010FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2010FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2010Audience Award-Best Foreign Feature Film: winner
  • 2013Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2013Awgie Award-Television - Telemovie - Adaptation: winner
  • 2014AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2014AACTA Award-Best Direction: nominated
  • 2014CinefestOZ Film Prize-Film Prize Finalist: winner
  • 2015AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2015AACTA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
  • 2015ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film: nominated
  • 2015Awgie Award-Feature Film - Original: nominated
  • 2015Crystal Bear-Generation Kplus - Best Film: nominated
  • 2015Cinematheque Young Critics Club Award for Best Children's Film-: winner
  • 2015Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
  • 2015Films4Families Youth Jury Award-: nominated
  • 2016FCCA Award-Best Script/Screenplay: nominated
  • 2016FCCA Award-Best Children's Film: winner
  • 2016FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2021AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2021AACTA Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
  • 2021AACTA Award-Best Adapted Screenplay in Film: winner
  • 2021ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over): nominated
  • 2021AFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2021Awgie Award-Feature Film - Adaptation: winner
  • 2022Audience Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2022Golden Hitchcock-Best Film: winner
  • 2022FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2022FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2022FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2023Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Youth Film: nominated
  • 2024ADG Award-Best Direction of a Feature Film (Budget $1.5 M or over): nominated
  • 2024Awgie Award-Feature Film - Adaptation: nominated
  • 2024Best Screenplay-Feature Film: winner
  • 2026AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated