War­wick Thornton

Born, Alice Springs, Aus­tralia 1970

Lives and works in Alice Springs

The art of War­wick Thorn­ton draws from his acclaimed career as a cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er and award win­ning film direc­tor. In his art prac­tice, Thorn­ton is inter­est­ed in nego­ti­at­ing the traces with­in colo­nial his­to­ry, and the ongo­ing pres­ence in con­tem­po­rary land­scapes, of indige­nous Aus­tralians. His oeu­vre utilis­es pho­tog­ra­phy, film and video to con­cep­tu­alise time, space, iden­ti­ty, mem­o­ry, and the social condition.

As a film direc­tor, screen­writer and cin­e­matog­ra­ph­er, Thorn­ton has received numer­ous awards, includ­ing the Caméra d’Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Fes­ti­val, and the IFA Cul­tur­al Film Award at the 2009 Berlin Inde­pen­dent Film Fes­ti­val for his debut fea­ture film ​‘Sam­son and Delilah’ (2009). In 2017 his fea­ture film ​’Sweet Coun­try’ (2017) won Best Film at the Asia Pacif­ic Screen Awards, as well as the Spe­cial Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

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