Film industry in Western Australia

Last updated September 03, 2025

The film industry in Western Australia encompasses a wide range of productions and a wide range of filmmakers.

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)
How to Please a Woman (2022)^[5]
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)^[6]
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)
Three to one (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

References

↑ ScreenWest, Funding & Support Archived 28 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by ScreenWest 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.
↑ Screen Australia, Funding and Support Overview; by Screen Australia 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.
↑ FTI, Film Funding Archived 21 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by FTI 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.
↑ FTI, WA Screen Awards Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by FTI 2016. Retrieved 2-8-16.
↑ - Screenwest - How to Please a Woman
↑ International Movie database https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5880528/

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[1] ScreenWest, Funding & Support Archived 28 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by ScreenWest 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.

[2] Screen Australia, Funding and Support Overview; by Screen Australia 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.

[3] FTI, Film Funding Archived 21 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by FTI 2016. Retrieved 29-7-16.

[4] FTI, WA Screen Awards Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; by FTI 2016. Retrieved 2-8-16.

[5] - Screenwest - How to Please a Woman

[6] International Movie database https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5880528/

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