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Tom Murray(VIII)

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Tom Murray
The world's first Aboriginal Historical-Musical-Action-Docu-Drama? In the tropical wilderness of Arnhem Land of the 1940s, two Aboriginal brothers living according to traditional law journey to inescapable conflict at the ritual spearing ground of Galarra. This is the true story of infamous Yolngu warrior 'Slippery' Binydjarrpuma and his brother Nyepaynga. In 1952, an American ethnomusicologist recorded Binydjarrpuma and his nephew Mathulu singing the tale in symbolic poetry. More than half a century later, Mathulu introduces a re-enactment using those songs and newly recorded song and dance as narration. The result is an original form of Australian indigenous filmmaking featuring four generations of the Wangurri clan and bringing the ancient oral tradition of storytelling through song and dance into the new medium of film.
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Tom Murray is known for The Skin of Others (2020), In My Father's Country (2008) and Dhakiyarr vs. the King (2005).
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      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    The Skin of Others (2020)
    The Skin of Others
    7.8
    • Director
    • 2020
    In My Father's Country (2008)
    In My Father's Country
    7.8
    • Director
    • 2008
    Dhakiyarr vs. the King (2005)
    Dhakiyarr vs. the King
    7.6
    • Director
    • 2005
    Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future (2026)
    Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future
    • Director
    • 2026

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    Director

    • Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future (2026)
      Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future
      • director
      • 2026
    • The Skin of Others (2020)
      The Skin of Others
      7.8
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Love in Our Own Time (2011)
      Love in Our Own Time
      8.5
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Malalakpuy Munyarryun and Bandamul Munyarryun in Two Brothers at Galarra (2008)
      Two Brothers at Galarra
      Short
      • supervising director
      • 2008
    • In My Father's Country (2008)
      In My Father's Country
      7.8
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Dhakiyarr vs. the King (2005)
      Dhakiyarr vs. the King
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2005

    Writer

    • Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future (2026)
      Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future
      • writer
      • 2026
    • The Skin of Others (2020)
      The Skin of Others
      7.8
      • writer
      • 2020
    • Australia's Great Wild North (2018)
      Australia's Great Wild North
      7.5
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Love in Our Own Time (2011)
      Love in Our Own Time
      8.5
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • In My Father's Country (2008)
      In My Father's Country
      7.8
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Dhakiyarr vs. the King (2005)
      Dhakiyarr vs. the King
      7.6
      • Writer
      • 2005

    Producer

    • Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future (2026)
      Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future
      • producer
      • 2026
    • The Skin of Others (2020)
      The Skin of Others
      7.8
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Shock Room (2015)
      Shock Room
      7.0
      • co-producer
      • 2015
    • Love in Our Own Time (2011)
      Love in Our Own Time
      8.5
      • producer
      • 2011
    • In My Father's Country (2008)
      In My Father's Country
      7.8
      • co-producer
      • 2008

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