Trivia

His father is German-Swiss; his mother is Australian.

He is of Anglo-Scottish ancestry on his mother's side.

He enjoys singing and playing the guitar in his spare time.

His surname is pronounced "Hor-lah-kerr".

Attended high school (including Drama classes) with India Patten.

Attended university (including multiple Film subjects) with Oliver Kennedy.

Studied film under director Colm O'Murchu, with whom he has continued to work.

Graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor's Degree in Film Studies and English.

Portrayed the characters Harry the Horse and Action in his high school stage productions of "Guys and Dolls" and "West Side Story", respectively.

Also a part-time model.

His production company is named Stillriver Productions.

He has two half-sisters, Zoe and Zara, and two half-brothers, Daniel and Felix.

Although Australian, he was born and briefly lived in the Philippines, and then spent 10 years living and growing up in Hong Kong. He moved to Australia at the age of 13, and has lived there ever since.

Briefly studied hospitality management, before deciding to pursue writing and film making instead.

His favourite films are Raging Bull (1980), Local Hero (1983), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), The Crossing Guard (1995) and Sing Street (2016). He also names The Thing (1982) as his favourite guilty pleasure.

His favourite directors include Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott, Ang Lee, Akira Kurosawa, Spike Lee, Michael Mann, David Lynch, Yimou Zhang, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mamoru Hosoda, Hirokazu Koreeda, Kim Ki-duk, and fellow Australians Rolf de Heer and Peter Weir.

His favourite authors include Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Iain Banks, Tim Winton, J.G. Ballard, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles de Lint, Gabriel García Márquez and Ian McEwan.

He is a lifelong fan of the British science fiction series Doctor Who (1963), as well as science fiction as a genre, in general.

He is a big fan of anime and manga.

He is an avid reader of books.

He is an 8th-generation Australian, descended from convict settlers.

He can speak some German.

He raised the money for his first short film by working multiple night shifts in his local supermarket for almost a year.

Often works as a still photographer on his own films.

Had two cats, Lion-O and Kiki.

Attended university (including multiple Film subjects) with Helen Grimley.

Attended university (including multiple Film subjects) with William Brincat.

Good friends with Khan Chittenden, Mark Lee, Monica Davidson, Holly Fraser, Olesya Mazur, Leigh Holman, Siddarth Dahiya, Carma Sharon, Eva Noir, Gil Balfas, Gareth James, Angela Little, Scarlet Vas, Sanjeev Mehra, Augusta Miller, Rah Sharma, David O'Brien, Jamie Murgatroyd, Jessica Green, Troy Coward, Dale Wesley Johnson-Green and Nathan Wishart.

He is a big fan of films from Hollywood's golden age of musical theatre, particularly Singin' in the Rain (1952), An American in Paris (1951), West Side Story (1961) and Guys and Dolls (1955).

He is a Japanophile.

Counts Kirsten Dunst as the cinematic crush of his adolescence.