Warwick Thornton

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Warwick Thornton (born July 23, 1970 in Alice Springs ) is an Australian artist, film director , cameraman and screenwriter .

Life

Warwick Thornton was born in Alice Springs , where he also grew up. His mother, Freda Glynn, is the co-founder and first director of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) and had worked for Imparja Television for several years. At the age of 13 Thornton came to the only Australian monastery school in New Norcia, Western Australia , but he later stated that he was mad at Christianity and never became religious himself. As a teenager he worked at night for the radio station CAAMA in Alice Springs, where he played music requests from inmates.

In 1994 Thornton completed his training as a cameraman with the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Alice Springs, whose job it is to promote Aboriginal culture. In 1997 he graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts degree .

During and after his studies Thornton devoted his work to the culture of the Aborigines. According to his own statements, he sees himself as a filmmaker in the tradition of the indigenous narrative culture, in which the present is told about the past and the future.

First Thornton shot a number of short films that he presented at film festivals around the world, such as the Telluride Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival , such as Green Bush in 2005 , which was awarded the prize for best short film there. In 2009 Thornton made his directorial debut with Samson & Delilah and also the first ever feature film about Australia's natives by and with Aborigines. For this he was awarded the Golden Camera at the Cannes International Film Festival . In addition, Samson & Delilah of Australia was selected as a candidate for the Academy Awards 2010 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film .

In 2014 Thornton presented his film The Darkside at the Berlin Film Festival . In the same year his film Words with God was shown at the Venice Film Festival . His documentary We Don't Need a Map followed in 2017 , and in the same year his feature film Sweet Country premiered at the Venice Film Festival , where Thornton was nominated for the Golden Lion and received the Special Jury Prize. Moreover, it was Sweet Country at the Toronto International Film Festival 2017 awarded the Prize Platform.

One of his sisters, Erica Glynn, also works as a screenwriter and film director. His brother Scott starred in one of Thornton's films in 2009.

In late June 2018, Thornton became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

As a director

  • 2007: Nana (short film)
  • 2009: Samson & Delilah (Samson and Delilah)
  • 2013: The Darkside
  • 2014: Words With Gods
  • 2017: We Don't Need a Map (documentary)
  • 2017: Sweet Country

As a cameraman

Exhibitions

  • 2011: Stranded, Stills Gallery, Sydney
  • 2012: Warwick Thornton: Mother Courage, Contemporary Art Exhibition DOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel
  • 2013: Warwick Thornton: Mother Courage, Australian Center for the Moving Image, Melbourne
  • 2015: The Future is Unforgiving, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne

Awards

Berlin International Film Festival

  • 2005 : Award for the best short film (Green Bush)
  • 2008 : Awarded the Transparent Bear in the Kplus (Nana) section

Cannes International Film Festival

Venice International Film Festival

  • 2017 : Nomination for the Golden Lion (Sweet Country)

Toronto International Film Festival

  • 2017 : Award Platform Prize (Sweet Country)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Honor roll In: australianoftheyear.org.au. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Warwick Thornton In: portrait.gov.au. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Warwick Thornton In: annaschwartzgallery.com. Retrieved September 20, 2017 (PDF; 77 KB)
  4. ↑ Ivo Nagelweihler: dOCUMENTA (13). Artist congresses: Warwick Thornton In: kunstundfilm.de, June 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ 'Sweet Country' in Venice In: oe1.orf.at, September 7, 2017.
  6. ↑ Renée-Maria Richter: Warwick Thornton: Samson & Delilah In: kunstundfilm.de, December 29, 2011.
  7. ↑ We Don't Need a Map trailer: Warwick Thornton documentary on race and the Southern Cross In: The Guardian, June 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Laura Morelli: Red desert to red carpet: How Warwick Thornton became a professional storyteller In: sbs.com.au, July 17, 2017.
  9. ^ Gregg Kilday: Academy Invites Record 928 New Members. In: The Hollywood Reporter, June 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ Stranded In: stillsgallery.com.au. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  11. ^ Warwick Thornton: Mother Courage In: acmi.net.au. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Thornton, Warwick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian film director, cameraman and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Alice Springs , Australia