List of Popular Australian Directors
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Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw , Dead Silence , Death Sentence , Insidious and Insidious Chapter 2 . Whannell made his directorial debut on Insidious Chapter 3, which was released in 2015.....
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Paul McDermott
Paul McDermott is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, director, singer, artist and television host. As a comedian, he is best known both for Good News Week and for his role as a member of the musical comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars, which disbanded in 1994 but reformed in 2014 he has also performed individually and as a part of GUD. He has frequently appeared at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and taken part in its two major televised productions, the Comedy Festival Gala....
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Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony Baz Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, comprising his romantic comedy film Strictly Ballroom , the romantic drama Romeo Juliet , and the pastichejukebox musical Moulin Rouge . His 2008 film Australia is an epic historical romantic drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. His 2013 drama The Great Gatsby, based on F. Scott Fitzgeralds 1925 novel of the same name, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Magu....
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James Wan
James Wan is a Malaysianborn Australian film director, screenwriter and producer of Malaysian Chinese descent.....
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Ben Steel
Ben Steel is an Australian actor and director who is most known for his regular role of Jude Lawson in Australian soap Home amp Away.....
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David Mich d
David Michd is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is best known for directing the critically acclaimed 2010 film Animal Kingdom and the 2014 film The Rover. He also cowrote Hesher.....
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Mark Scott businessman
Mark Walter Scott AO is an Americanborn Australian businessman, who was the managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 2006 to 2016. Prior to commencing at the ABC, Scott had previously held a senior role at Fairfax Media, responsible for the editorial content of the groups major newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The SunHerald and The Sunday Age.....
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Brendan Cowell
Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, screenwriter, comedian and director. Cowell was born in Sydney. He stumbled upon acting by accident while waiting for his sister to come out of a rehearsal he was then cast in a commercial at age 8. He went to Charles Sturt University, in Bathurst, to complete a Bachelor of Arts in TheatreMedia, originally considering journalism as a career option.....
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Alex Proyas
Alexander Alex Proyas is an Egyptianborn Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Proyas is best known for directing the films The Crow , Dark City , I, Robot , and Knowing .....
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Drew Anthony
Drew Anthony is an Australian performer, director, choreographer and producer. He is currently the associate artistic director for David Atkins Enterprises and was the associate artistic director for the Ceremonies of the 12th Arab Games, Doha 2011, Rugby World Cup 2011, and the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, in Vancouver. Anthony directed the Sony IFA event in Berlin, Germany and the Olivia NewtonJohn and Friends charity gala event at the State Theatre in Sydney.....
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A J Carter
A. J. Carter is an Australian film director, screenwriter and producer. In his recent emerging career as a film director, his debut narrative short film Ronans Escape awarded him and his production company a total of 13 international film award nominations and 10 award wins including several Best Film and Best Director awards. He is also the founder of the Smooth Motion Media Group, formerly known as Smooth Motion Films. Smooth Motion Media Group is based in Los Angeles, California, with two pr....
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Nicholas Colla
Nicholas Colla is an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Joel Peterson in Hollys Heroes and Adam Stevens in Neighbours. His directing credits include the short films Palindromes and Rocketman which have screened at festivals including Palm Springs ShortFest, Cinequest, Flickerfest and St Kilda Film Festival. He is also a produced on the Australian television series The Wizards of Aus.....
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