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Warwick Thornton

Awards

Warwick Thornton

43 wins & 45 nominations

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Winner Spotlight Award
    • The New Boy

Art Film Festival

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Blue Angel
    • Best Director
    • Samson & Delilah

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • The New Boy
  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The New Boy
  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The New Boy
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sweet Country
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Sweet Country
    Shared with: Dylan River

Australian Film Institute

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Direction
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Original Music Score
    • Samson & Delilah

Australian Writers' Guild

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • The New Boy
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Major Award
    • Samson & Delilah

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Wolfram (2025)
    2026 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Wolfram
  • Mitjili Napanangka Gibson in Nana (2007)
    2008 Winner Crystal Bear
    • Generation Kplus - Best Short Film
    • Nana
  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2005 Winner Panorama Short Film Award
    • Green Bush

Camerimage

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Winner Golden Frog
    • Main Competition
    • The New Boy
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Frog
    • Main Competition
    • Sweet Country
    Shared with: Dylan River
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Nominee Golden Frog
    • Main Competition
    • Samson & Delilah

Cannes Film Festival

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • The New Boy
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Golden Camera
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
    • Samson & Delilah

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Words with Gods (2014)
    2014 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Words with Gods
    Shared with: Guillermo Arriaga · Hector Babenco · Álex de la Iglesia · Bahman Ghobadi · Amos Gitai · Emir Kusturica · Mira Nair · Hideo Nakata

Cinemanila International Film Festival

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Nominee Lino Brocka Award
    • International Competition
    • Samson & Delilah

Haifa International Film Festival

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee Carmel Award
    • Best International Film
    • The New Boy

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Nominee In Spirit for Freedom Award
    • Best Feature
    • Sweet Country

BFI London Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Best Film
    • Official Competition
    • Sweet Country

AFI Fest

  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2005 Winner Short Award - Special Mention
    • Green Bush

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Winner OFCS Award
    • Best Non-U.S. Release
    • The New Boy
    Australia

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2010 Winner John Schlesinger Award - Honorable Mention
    • Samson & Delilah

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Sweet Country

Sydney Film Festival

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • The New Boy
  • We Don't Need a Map (2017)
    2017 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • We Don't Need a Map

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Winner Platform Prize
    • Sweet Country

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Sweet Country

Venice Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • Sweet Country
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Sweet Country

Warsaw International Film Festival

  • The Beach (2020)
    2020 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • The Beach

IF Awards

  • Mitjili Napanangka Gibson in Nana (2007)
    2007 Winner IF Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Nana
    Shared with: Kath Shelper
  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2005 Winner IF Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Green Bush
    Shared with: Kath Shelper

Göteborg Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Nominee Dragon Award
    • International Competition
    • Sweet Country

BendFilm Festival

  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2005 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Green Bush

Almería International Film Festival

  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2006 Winner Special Mention
    • Green Bush

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2010 Winner Dublin Film Critics Award
    • Best Film
    • Samson & Delilah

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Achievement in Cinematography
    • Sweet Country
    Shared with: Dylan River

Gasparilla International Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Nominee Grand Jury
    • Best International Feature
    • Sweet Country

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2010 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • Samson & Delilah
    Tied with Andrey Khrzhanovskiy for Poltory komnaty ili Sentimentalnoe puteshestvie na Rodinu (2009) in 10th place

Australian Directors Guild Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over)
    • The New Boy
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Winner ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over)
    • Sweet Country

ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival

  • Warwick Thornton
    2014 Winner Milestone Award
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2011 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Indigenous Language Production
    • Samson & Delilah
  • Mitjili Napanangka Gibson in Nana (2007)
    2007 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Drama
    • Nana
  • David Page in Green Bush (2005)
    2005 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Drama
    • Green Bush

Amazonas Film Festival

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Amazonas Award
    • Best Film
    • Samson & Delilah

Adelaide Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Sweet Country
  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Samson & Delilah

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • The New Boy
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • Sweet Country
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • Sweet Country
  • The Turning (2013)
    2014 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Turning
    Shared with: Marieka Walsh · Jub Clerc · Justin Monjo · Kris Mrksa · Rhys Graham · Ashlee Page · Marcel Dorney · Claire McCarthy · Emily Ballou · Mia Wasikowska · Andrew Upton · David Wenham · Jonathan auf der Heide · Justin Kurzel · Circa Contemporary Circus · Ian Meadows
  • The Turning (2013)
    2014 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • The Turning
    Shared with: Geoffrey Simpson · Denson Baker · Jody Muston · Stefan Duscio · Miles Rowland · Germain McMicking · Bonnie Elliott · Jeremy Rouse · Andrew Lesnie · Andrew Commis · Ellery Ryan · Robert Humphreys · John Brawley

Luxembourg City Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Winner Critics Award
    • Sweet Country
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Sweet Country

Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes

  • Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson in Samson & Delilah (2009)
    2009 Winner Jury Grand Prix
    • Best Feature Film
    • Samson & Delilah

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Direction in Film
    • The New Boy
  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Screenplay in Film
    • The New Boy
  • The New Boy (2023)
    2024 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Cinematography in Film
    • The New Boy
  • Mystery Road (2018)
    2020 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy
    • Mystery Road
    Episode 6: "What You Do Now (2020)"
  • Mystery Road (2018)
    2020 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Cinematography in Television
    • Mystery Road
    Episode 4: "Broken (2020)"

AACTA International Awards

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2019 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Direction
    • Sweet Country

Almeria Western Film Festival

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Best Feature
    • The New Boy
  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2018 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Best Feature
    • Sweet Country

Australians in Film Awards

  • Warwick Thornton
    2017 Winner Screen Australia Breakthrough Award

Pingyao International Film Festival

  • Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, and Hamilton Morris in Sweet Country (2017)
    2017 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Gala-Best Film
    • Sweet Country

Septimius Awards

  • The New Boy (2023)
    2023 Nominee Septimius Award
    • Best Oceanian Film
    • The New Boy

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