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David Gulpilil
Actor 1953 - 2021

David Gulpilil

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian (Yolŋu) actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and... Read full bio →

Filmography

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16 titles
Cargo

Cargo

Yolanda Ramke, Ben Howling 2017 1h 45m 6.0

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

Goldstone

Goldstone

Ivan Sen 2016 1h 49m 7.5

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land.

Australia

Australia

Baz Luhrmann 2008 2h 45m 6.7

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.

Ten Canoes

Ten Canoes

Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer 2006 1h 30m 7.0

In Australia's Northern Territory, a man tells us a story of his people and his land. It's about an older man, Minygululu, who has three wives and realizes that his younger brother Dayindi may try to steal away the youngest wife.

The Proposition

The Proposition

John Hillcoat 2005 1h 44m 7.6

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder.

The Tracker

The Tracker

Rolf de Heer 2002 1h 30m

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Phillip Noyce 2002 1h 34m 7.5

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.

Dead Heart

Dead Heart

Nick Parsons 1996 1h 44m

Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting.

Bis ans Ende der Welt

Bis ans Ende der Welt

Wim Wenders 1991 2h 38m 7.3

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA.

Dark Age

Dark Age

Arch Nicholson 1987 1h 31m 6.0

In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..

Crocodile Dundee

Crocodile Dundee

Peter Faiman 1986 1h 37m 7.0

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Philip Kaufman 1983 3h 13m 8.0

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

The Last Wave

The Last Wave

Peter Weir 1977 1h 46m 6.5

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

Storm Boy

Storm Boy

Henri Safran 1977 1h 28m

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

Mad Dog Morgan

Mad Dog Morgan

Philippe Mora 1976 1h 42m

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Walkabout

Walkabout

Nicolas Roeg 1971 1h 35m 8.2

Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They meet an Aborigine on "walkabout": a ritualistic banishment from his tribe

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