David Gulpilil
12 titles
Filmography
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Charlie's Country
(2013)Charlie's Country explores ongoing repercussions in contemporary Australia the film is a slow indictment of the colonialist relationship between white law and Indigenous people.

The Tracker
(2002)It's 1922; somewhere in Australia. When a Native Australian man is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men are given the mission of capturing him with the help of an experienced Native Australian. So they start their quest in the outback, not knowing that their inner wrestles against and for racism will be more dangerous that the actual hunting for the accused.

My Name Is Gulpilil
(2021)After his terminal cancer diagnosis in 2017, Indigenous screen legend David Gulpilil sits down in front of the camera to tell his story one last time.

Journey Home, David Gulpilil
(2025)In his untold testimony, Timothy Mahoney reveals a dark family secret of abuse, turning a story of tragedy into one of freedom and redemption.

Walkabout
(1971)Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Storm Boy
(1977)Mike is a lonely Australian boy who, in search of friendship, encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

The Last Wave
(1977)An Australian lawyer takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. Plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, he slowly realizes his own involvement with the aborigines…and their prophecies.

Mad Dog Morgan
(1976)Set in gold rush-era Victoria, and based on the true story of infamous Irish outlaw Dan Morgan (Dennis Hopper) a prospector who turns to crime after failing at gold mining, he spends six brutal years in prison before terrorising country Victoria with a young Aboriginal man (David Gulpilil)

Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)Tells the true story of three Aboriginal girls in 1931, who are plucked from their homes and forced to work in domestic slavery. After a daring escape, they embark on an epic 2,400km journey home, with the authorities in hot pursuit.

Crocodile Dundee
(1986)Paul Hogan is the legendary Mick Dundee, a larrikin bushman with a unique philosophy, rugged charm and easy humour. American journalist, Sue Charlton, travels to the wild Australian Outback to investigate the tall tale of Mick's croc attack survival, but bites off more than she can chew. When Mick saves Sue's life, sparks fly, opposites attract, and the adventure really begins.

Goldstone
(2016)An Indigenous detective arrives in the Australian frontier town of Goldstone looking for a missing person and exposes a powder keg of injustice.

Faraway Downs
The story centers on an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called ‘Faraway Downs’. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (newcomer Brandon Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government's draconian racial policy now referred to as the “Stolen Generations.” Together the trio experiences four life-altering years, a love affair between Lady Ashley and the Drover, and the unavoidable impact of World War II on Northern Australia.