# Film industry in Western Australia

The film industry in Western Australia encompasses a wide range of productions and a wide range of filmmakers.
Funding can be sourced from ScreenWest, Screen Australia, FTI, television broadcasters and private investors.
Filmmakers and productions can be recognised at the West Australian Screen Awards.

## 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)
* 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)
* Blunt (2025)

## 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
* Mark Zanosov

## Directors of photography

* 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 (ACS)
* 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)
* Jaemie Manners CSI (Colourist)
* 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