Film industry in Western Australia

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

Funding can be sourced from ScreenWest, Screen Australia, FTI, television broadcasters and private investors.

Filmmakers and productions can be recognised at the West Australian Screen Awards.



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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

Filmmakers
Past and present Western Australian writers, producers and directors include:

Steven J. Mihaljevich
 * 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
 * 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

Directors of photography

 * Simon Akkerman (ACS)
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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

 * Curtin University
 * Edith Cowan University
 * Film and Television Institute (FTI)
 * Filmbites
 * Murdoch University
 * Perth Film School
 * SAE Institute
 * University of Notre Dame Australia
 * WA Screen Academy