Colin Friels
11 titles
Filmography
11 results

Dingo
(1991)John has a passion for jazz that will take him from the outback of Australia to Paris, to meet his idol, renowned trumpeter Billy Cross.

Kangaroo
(1986)A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.

The Turning
(2013)The very best of Australian screen talent combine to recreate the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. Seventeen directors from diverse artistic backgrounds each direct a chapter from the novel, with a star-studded cast that includes Cate Blanchett. Linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Grievous Bodily Harm
(1988)What happened to Claudine? That's what her husband, Morris Martin, is asking. He can see her there, on the videotape, in the sex scenes. But she's not home and friends say she's dead. Now Morris is killing people, trying to get to Claudine's world.

Solo
(2006)An Australian hit man tries to leave his life of organized crime in Sydney behind for retirement on the seaside – if he can only get out of it alive.

The Illustrated Family Doctor
(2005)After the death of his father, a young man's job, life, and relationship begin to unravel, causing his sister to step in and help him recover.

Angel Baby
(1995)Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall madly in love. But ahead of them lies the road to disaster when they jointly go off their meds.

Darkman
(1990)Burned beyond recognition and altered by an experimental medical procedure, Dr. Peyton Westlake attempts to reconcile his newfound love and his quest for revenge.

Black and White
(2002)Based on a true story, a young Aboriginal man is convicted of murder. His lawyers and members of the press try to save him from the death penalty.

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
(2015)From his early days in Scotland to worldwide success and addiction, witness the Men at Work frontman’s slow climb back up the ladder to transcendence.

Cosi
(1996)Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director. He is offered a job with a Governmental program to rehabilitate mentally ill patients.