David Gulpilil
Actor
Walkabout (1970)
- Dir. Nicolas Roeg
Feat. David Gulpilil
- An English schoolgirl and her brother end up abandoned by their father in the Australian Outback, before meeting Aboriginal boy David Gulpilil. Dir.…
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
- Dir. Phillipe Mora
Feat. Dennis Hopper, David Gulpilil, Jack Thompson…
- Graphic, mostly entertaining account of the exploits of bushranger Daniel Morgan, who terrorised the Australian goldfields in the 19th…
Last Wave, The (1977)
- Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
- A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…
Storm Boy (1980)
- Dir. Henri Safran
Feat. Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil
- Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- Dir. Peter Faiman
Feat. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Gulpilil…
- Immensely successful Aussie comedy with outbacker Hogan encountering New York.
Rabbit Proof Fence (2002)
- Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan…
- Recounting a single true–story of Australia’s “Stolen Generation” – young Aboriginal half–castes forcibly taken from families…
Tracker, The (2002)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. David Gulpilil
- Uniquely conceived parable enacted in the heat of Australia's outback in 1922, where David Gulpilil is an Aboriginal tracker forced to help three…
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)
- Dir. Darlene Johnson
Feat. David Gulpilil
- Candid and intimate portrait of Australia talisman David Gulpilil, the Aboriginal actor plucked from obscurity as a teenager to star in Nicholas…
Proposition, The (2005)
- Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston…
- Grimly intense and atmospheric 'Australian Western' – scripted by singer Nick Cave – is set the outback of the 1880s, where lawman Ray…
Ten Canoes (2006)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer, Peter Djigirr
Feat. David Gulpilil, Jamie Gulpilil
- Beguiling Aboriginal parable from Rolf de Heer is an evocative time–warp of Australia’s rich ancestry, told through the campfire narration of…
Australia (2008)
- Dir. Baz Luhrmann
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham…
- Aussie golden boy Baz Luhrmann's larger–than–life epic sees an English aristocrat and cattle driver attempt to save an inherited outback…
Satellite Boy (2012)
- Dir. Catriona McKenzie
Feat. David Gulpilil, Cameron Wallaby
- This warm, gorgeously lensed traipse throughout the Australian outback centres on a ten–year–old boy who lives with his grandfather…
Charlie's Country (2013)
- Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. David Gulpilil
- David Gulpilil, in a Cannes–winning performance, plays an Aboriginal outcast in Australia's Northern Territory in this new film from Rolf De…
Goldstone (2016)
- Dir. Ivan Sen
Feat. Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jackie Weaver…
- Moody Aussie noir set in a mining town where a missing person inquiry threatens to expose deep–seated corruption.
Storm Boy (2018)
- Dir. Shawn Seet
Feat. Jai Courtney, Geoffrey Rush, David Gulpilil
- Beautifully nostalgic re–telling of the beloved Australian book, following the young boy who finds, rescues and raises three orphan pelicans on…
My Name is Gulpilil (2021)
- Dir. Molly Reynolds
Feat. David Gulpilil
- A documentary memoir of the late great actor and dancer David Gulpilil, an Aboriginal Australian of the Yolngu people who starred in movies such as…