Film industry in Western Australia explained

The film industry in Western Australia encompasses a wide range of productions and a wide range of filmmakers.

Funding can be sourced from ScreenWest,^[1] Screen Australia,^[2] FTI,^[3] television broadcasters and private investors.

Filmmakers and productions can be recognised at the West Australian Screen Awards.^[4]

Feature films

• Bad Girl (2016)
• Blackfellas (1993)
• Blame (2010)
• Boundaries of the Heart (1988)
• Bran Nue Dae (2009)
• Breath (2017)
• Day of the Panther (1988)
• Dingo (1991)
• Drift (2013)
• A Few Less Men (2016)
• Fran (1985)
• Harlequin (1980)
• Hounds of Love (2016)
• Japanese Story (2003)
• Jasper Jones (2016)
• Kill Me Three Times (2014)
• Last Train to Freo (2006)
• Let's Get Skase (2001)
• Looking for Grace (2015)
• Love in Limbo (1993)
• Mad Bastards (2011)
• The Olive Tree (1975)
• OtherLife (2016)
• Paper Planes (2015)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• The Reckoning (2014)
• Red Dog (2011)
• Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
• Satellite Boy (2012)
• Shame (1988)
• Son of a Gun (2014)
• Stone Bros. (2009)
• Teesh and Trude (2002)
• These Final Hours (2013)
• Thunderstruck (2004)
• Top Knot Detective (2016)
• The Turning (2013)
• Two Fists, One Heart (2008)
• Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997)
• Wasted on the Young (2013)
• Windrider (1986)
• Zombie Brigade (1988)

Independent feature films

Feature films made outside of the government funding bodies include:

• The Actress (2005)
• Aussie Park Boyz (2004)
• Aussie Park Boyz: The Next Chapter (2011)
• The Bouncer (2006)
• Broken (2016)
• Broken Contract (2015)
• The Burning Kiss (2017)
• Cherubhead (2021)
• The Course (2007)
• Crush (2009)
• Death Bet (2008)
• The Director's Cut (2009)
• Emu War: A Subtle Examination of the Sheer Caucasity of Colonialism (2023)
• Everybody Gets Stabbed (2020)
• Esoterica (2010)
• Foreshadow (2013)
• I Am Bish (2009)
• Indefinite (2015)
• Infected Paradise (2014)
• Little Sparrows (2010)
• Lurking Woods (2015)
• Needle (2010)
• No Through Road (2008)
• Pinch (2015)
• Plum Role (2007)
• Pulse (2016)
• Raven's Cabin (2012)
• The Sculptor (2009)
• Sororal (2014)
• The Toll (2010)
• Twisted Minds (2014)
• The Wheelchair Warriors (1998)
• White December (2016)

Television movies

• 3 Acts of Murder (2009)
• An Accidental Soldier (2013)
• The Great Mint Swindle (2012)
• Justice (1998)
• Southern Cross (2001)

Feature documentaries

• Frackman (2015)
• Fridey at the Hydey (2013)
• Hotel Coolgardie (2016)
• Hunter: For the Record (2012)
• Meal Tickets (2016)
• It's Not Just Me (2017)^[5]
• Parkerville Amphitheatre: Sets, Bugs and Rock n Roll (2015)
• Putuparri and the Rainmakers (2015)
• Three Hams in a Can (2009)

Television documentaries

• Bom Bali (2006)
• Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution (2012)
• Child Soldiers (2002)
• Gallipoli Submarine (2008)
• The Hunt for HMAS Sydney (2008)
• Jandamarra's War (2011)
• Prison Songs (2015)
• The Secret History of Eurovision (2011)
• Singapore 1942 End of Empire (2012)
• Skippy: Australia's First Superstar (2009)
• Surviving Mumbai (2009)
• Wadjemup: Black Prison White Playground (2014)
• The War on Microbes (2012)

Television and web series

• Boomtown (2013–2014)
• Castaway (2011)
• The Circuit (2007–2010)
• Cloudstreet (2011)
• Comic Book Heroes (2013)
• Desperately Seeking Sheila (2004)
• Dogstar (2006–2011)
• The Dreamhouse (2014)
• Falcon Island (1981)
• Foreign Exchange (2004)
• Greenfield (2015)
• Harvest (2012)
• The Heights (2019–Present)
• Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom (2011)
• House of Hancock (2015)
• The Legend of Gavin Tanner (2014–2016)
• Lockie Leonard (2007–2010)
• Mal.com (2011)
• Marx and Venus (2007–2008)
• Minty (1998)
• Ocean Star (2003)
• Outback Truckers (2012)
• Parallax (2004)
• Popcorn (2015)
• Railroad Australia (2016)
• The Shark Net (2003)
• Ship to Shore (1993–1994)
• The Sleepover Club (2002–2008)
• Stormworld (2009)
• Streetsmartz (2005–2006)
• Suicidal Balloon (2003)
• Sweat (1996)
• Top Knot Detective (2015–2016)
• Trapped (2008–2009)
• Who Do You Think You Are? (2008–2016)
• The War That Changed Us (2014)
• Wormwood (2007)

Short films

• Arrivals and Departures (2009)
• The Artifact (2015)
• At Play (2006)
• Bad Credit and Aliens (2001)
• Barrow (2014)
• Before Closing (2007)
• The Belfast Boys (2004)
• Betrand the Terrible (2010)
• The Billabong (2010)
• Black Swan (2003)
• Blue (2009)
• Blue (2012)
• Bogside Boys (2003)
• The Brink (2005)
• Bush Basher (2011)
• Cain Rose Up (2010)
• Cedric & Hope (2012)
• Charlotte (2011)
• Consume This! (2006)
• The Cookie Crumbles (2013)
• Council (2016)
• Crosshairs (2012)
• Crossroad (2008)
• Crush (2001)
• The Dead Wastes (2009)
• Declan (2002)
• Deep End (2009)
• The Dinner Meeting (2012)
• Dogs Run Loose Around Here (2008)
• A Dollar For the Good Ones (2006)
• Edgar and Elizabeth (2007)
• Effective Towel Flicking (2003)
• Every Ute and Its Dog (2002)
• Exposure (2012)
• Factory 293 (2014)
• Fading West (2002)
• Fallout: Lanius (2013)
• The Fan (2013)
• Fastest Shrinking Town (2002)
• Fetch (2002)
• George Jones and the Giant Squid (2011)
• Gifted Thumbs (2002)
• A Girl's Best Friend (2016)
• Good Pretender (2011)
• Goodbye, Cruel World (2012)
• Happy Haven (2010)
• Hello, It's Freo (2009)
• Her Outback (2002)
• The Hunt (2016)
• Iron Bird (2006)
• Jack (2002)
• Junction (2002)
• Kanowna (2010)
• Karroyul (2015)
• Legacy (2008)
• Library of Love (2016)
• Light as a Feather (2010)
• Little Boxes (2009)
• Little Hunters (2002)
• Little Man (2004)
• Lola & Luis (2016)
• Love in a Disabled Toilet (2015)
• Love Like You've Never Been Hurt (2009)
• Mamani (2016)
• Man (2014)
• Matchbox (2002)
• Medusa (2003)
• Men's Room (2002)
• My Love Lilac (2015)
• My Uncle Bluey (2009)
• No School No Pool (2002)
• One Night Only (2012)
• OnO (2016)
• The Owl (2013)
• The Paddock (2003)
• Pale Blue Eyes (2014)
• Perished (2011)
• Pilbara Pearl (1999)
• The Planet Lonely (2008)
• Polarised (2012)
• Postie (2003)
• Professor Pebbles (2008)
• Rat Tale (2014)
• Reflection (2016)
• Reflections (2005)
• Restare Uniti (2011)
• Revive (2013)
• Rock and Roll Mud Wrestling (2009)
• Ronan's Escape (2010)
• Set Yourself Free (2014)
• Setting Them Straight (2015)
• Sex Ed (2013)
• Scoff (2003)
• A Short Film Named Desire (2017)
• Sleeper (2005)
• Something Fishy (2010)
• Strike (2012)
• Stump (2002)
• Submarine (2015)
• Tango Underpants (2014)
• Then She Was Gone (2010)
• Third-World Solution (2015)
• This Is Perth (2009)
• Til 3 Knocks (2008)
• Tinglewood (2009)
• Transmission (2012)
• Two Minds (2010)
• The Umbrella Condition (2005)
• Upside Down (2002)
• Victim (2003)
• Victims (2009)
• Vincent (2012)
• Wait 'Til Your Father Gets Home (2002)
• Watch Comes Around (2004)
• Water (2009)
• We Were Here (2016)
• Why the Long Face? (2007)

Filmmakers

Past and present Western Australian writers, producers and directors include:

• Britt Arthur
• Jeffory Asselin
• Julius Avery
• Harry Bardwell
• Sam Barrett
• Paul Barron
• Brian Beaton
• Justin Beckett
• Natalie Bell
• Stuart Bender
• Dave Bishop
• Jess Black
• James Bogle
• Gavin Bond
• Michael Bond
• Lauren Brunswick
• Rebecca Caldwell
• Kody Cameron-Brown
• A.J. Carter
• Gary Centrone
• Tania Chambers
• Camille Chen
• Michael Joel Clark
• Reg Cribb
• Stevie Cruz-Martin
• Arnie Custo
• Sean Robert Daniels
• Pierce Davison
• Mat de Koning
• Tim Dean
• Brendan Dee
• Mark DeFriest
• Alex Dermer
• Eva Di Blasio
• Elissa Down
• Brett Dowson
• Coral Drouyn
• Khrob Edmonds
• Miranda Edmonds
• Lauren Elliott
• Ron Elliott
• Karen Farmer
• Damian Fasolo
• Rai Fazio
• Sam Bodhi Field
• Robert Forsyth
• Hayden Fortescue
• Damien Giglietta
• Pete Gleeson
• James Grandison
• Peter Gurbiel
• Michael Hatch
• Joe Henderson
• Cathy Henkel
• Zak Hilditch
• Mike Hoath
• Richard Hyde
• Henry Inglis
• Ross Ioppolo
• Georgina Isles
• Dean Israelite
• Jimmy Jack
• Alison James
• Brendan Joel
• Kane George Jason
• Corrie Jones
• Aaron Kamp
• Phil Jeng Kane
• David Karsten
• Maya Kavanagh
• Liz Kearney
• Nathan Keene
• Melissa Kelly
• Tenille Kennedy
• Christopher Kenworthy
• Deidre Kitcher
• Paul Komadina
• Nunzio La Bianca
• Maziar Lahooti
• Nelson Lau
• Luna Laure
• Andrew Lewis
• Matty Limpus
• Robert Livings
• Matt Lovkis
• Johnny Ma
• Roderick MacKay
• Kelrick Martin
• Michael McCall
• Stephen McCallum
• Aaron McCann
• Adrian McFarlane
• Ross Metcalf
• Jonathan Messer
• Daniel Monks
• Robyn Marais
• Nathan Mewett

Steven J. Mihaljevich

• Pann Murujaiyan
• Carmelo Musca
• Kate Neylon
• Andrew Ogilvie
• Dan Osborn
• Jag Pannu
• Jess Parker
• Dominic Pearce
• James Pentecost
• Vincenzo Perrella
• Levon J Polinelli
• Ruben Pracas
• Adrian Prospero
• Stefan Androv Radanovich
• John Rapsey
• Chris Richards-Scully
• Chris Ridley
• Kirsten Robb
• Melanie Rodriga
• Sarah Rosetti
• Wade K. Savage
• Brooke Silcox
• Angie Smith
• Burleigh Smith
• David Vincent Smith
• Anthea Smyth
• Damien Spiccia
• Grant Sputore
• Robbie Studsor
• John V. Soto
• Nathan Stone
• Curtis Taylor
• Sue Taylor
• Julius Telmer
• Peter Templeman
• Debbie Thoy
• Ross Tinney
• Richard Todd
• Miley Tunnecliffe
• Alexander von Hofmann
• Roslyn Walker
• April Ward
• Antony Webb
• Renée Webster
• Cameron Whiteford
• Keir Wilkins
• Martin Wilson
• Alice Wolfe
• Ella Wright
• Troy Wyatt
• Ben Young

Directors of photography

• Simon Akkerman (ACS)
• Denson Baker (ACS)
• Ian Batt
• Laetitia Belen
• Ben Berkhout
• Dion Borrett
• A.J. Coultier
• Joel Crane
• Ivan Davidov
• George Davis
• Torstein Dyrting (ACS)
• Jim Frater
• Rusty Geller
• Stewart Hadfield
• Ulrich Krafzik (ACS)
• David Le May (ACS)
• Richard Malins (ACS)
• Michael McDermott
• Andrew McLeod
• Alex McPhee (ACS)
• Ross Metcalf
• Lewis Potts
• David Vincent Smith
• Jason Thomas
• Michael Titter
• Antony Webb
• Sam Winzar
• Mark Zagar (ACS)

Other industry practitioners

• Vikki Barr (ScreenWest)
• Tony Bective (Luna Cinemas)
• Nick Bertke (Electronic musician, visual effects)
• Rikki Lea Bestall (ScreenWest)
• Paul Bodlovich (FTI)
• Ian Booth (ScreenWest)
• Andre Chang-Fane (Visual effects)
• Michael Cunningham
• Merlin Eden (Film editor)
• Rusty Geller (Steadicam operator)
• Ash Gibson Greig (Composer)
• James Helm (Actor)
• Ryan Hodgson (ScreenWest)
• Travis Johnson (Film Critic, Filmink, The West Australian, X-Press Magazine)
• George Karpathakis (ECU)
• Edward McQueen-Mason (Film editor)
• Annie Murtagh-Monks (Casting director, FTI)
• Mark Naglazas (Film critic, The West Australian)
• Andy Parnell (Sound recordist)
• Herbert Pinter (Production designer)
• Peter Pritchard (Film editor)
• Ali Roberts (Acting coach)
• Jack Sargeant (Revelation)
• Helen Shervington (CinefestOZ)
• Lawrie Silvestrin (Film editor)
• Keith Smith (ECU, Revel-8)
• Richard Sowada (Revelation)
• Stephen Sunderland (Film critic)
• Ingrid van den Berghe (Luna Cinemas)
• Robert Woods (Visual effects)

Film schools

• Curtin University
• Edith Cowan University
• Film and Television Institute (FTI)
• Filmbites
• Murdoch University
• Perth Film School
• SAE Institute
• University of Notre Dame Australia
• WA Screen Academy

See also

• Australian Directors Guild
• Australian Writers' Guild
• CinefestOZ, a major WA film festival
• Cinema of Australia
• List of films shot in Western Australia
• Lotterywest
• National Film and Sound Archive
• Perth International Arts Festival

External links

• CinefestOZ
• Film and Television Institute (FTI)
• Luna Cinemas
• Perth International Arts Festival
• Revelation Perth International Film Festival
• Screen Australia
• Screenwest

Notes and References

1. http://screenwest.wa.gov.au/funding-support/ ScreenWest, Funding & Support
2. http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-support Screen Australia, Funding and Support Overview
3. https://www.fti.asn.au/make/fund FTI, Film Funding
4. https://www.fti.asn.au/WASA-2016 FTI, WA Screen Awards
5. International Movie database https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5880528/