Warwick Thornton Biography

Awards

• 2009Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2009Amazonas Award-Best Film: winner
• 2009Blue Angel-Best Director: winner
• 2009AFI Award-Best Original Music Score: nominated
• 2009AFI Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2009AFI Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2009AFI Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2009Major Award-: winner
• 2009Awgie Award-Feature Film - Original: winner
• 2009Golden Frog-Main Competition: nominated
• 2009Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2009Golden Camera-: winner
• 2009Lino Brocka Award-International Competition: nominated
• 2009Jury Grand Prix-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2010DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2010Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Film: winner
• 2010FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2010FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2010FCCA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2010John Schlesinger Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2011Jury Award-Best Indigenous Language Production: winner
• 2013AACTA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2013AFCA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2013FCCA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2014AACTA Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2014AFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2014AFCA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2014Audience Choice Award-Audience Choice Award: nominated
• 2014FCCA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2014FCCA Award-Best Script: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2017Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Cinematography: nominated
• 2017Best Film-Official Competition: nominated
• 2017Golden Frog-Main Competition: nominated
• 2017Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2017People's Choice Award-Gala-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Platform Prize-: winner
• 2017Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2018Grand Jury Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2018AACTA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2018AACTA Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2018FCCA Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2018Grand Jury-Best International Feature: nominated
• 2018Dragon Award-International Competition: nominated
• 2018In Spirit for Freedom Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2018Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2018Critics Award-: winner
• 2019AACTA International Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2019ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over): winner
• 2019AFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019AFCA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2019FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2019FCCA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2020AACTA Award-Best Cinematography in Television: nominated
• 2020AACTA Award-Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy: nominated
• 2023Grand Jury Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2023ADG Award-Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over): nominated
• 2023AFCA Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2023Golden Frog-Main Competition: winner
• 2023Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
• 2023Carmel Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2023Septimius Award-Best Oceanian Film: nominated
• 2023Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2024Spotlight Award-: winner
• 2024AACTA Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
• 2024AACTA Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
• 2024AACTA Award-Best Cinematography in Film: winner
• 2024Awgie Award-Feature Film - Original: nominated
• 2024FCCA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
• 2024FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024FCCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024OFCS Award-Best Non-U.S. Release: winner