Robert Connolly
- Directing
- November 27, 1967 · Sydney, Australia
Biography
Robert Connolly is a film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus, My Father and The Boys. Connolly's first feature film as producer, The Boys, had its world premiere In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998. It was nominated for 13 AFI Awards including Best Film, and won awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Connolly was named by Variety as one of the 10 best emerging producers in the world. Three Dollars, The Bank and The Boys have a strong political agenda and have been released in Australia as a DVD box set along with the documentary The Political Arena exploring the social and political strands of the films. In 2007 Connolly and Arenafilm's John Maynard together produced the period immigration drama Romulus, My Father, directed by Richard Roxburgh, starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente.
Known for
Filmography
- Sweet Milk Lake · Executive producer
- Leviticus · Executive producer
- Pasa Faho · Executive producer
- The Surfer · Producer
- Magic Beach · Producer, Writer
- Memoir of a Snail · Executive producer
- Force of Nature: The Dry 2 · Director, Writer
- Sweet As · Executive producer
- Petrol · Executive producer
- Blueback · Director, Writer
- Emily · Producer
- Because We Have Each Other · Executive producer
- Tough · Thanks
- The Dry · Director, Screenplay
- Acute Misfortune · Executive producer
- [CENSORED] · Executive producer
- Deep State · Director
- The Warriors · Producer, Creator
- Barracuda · Director
- Chasing Asylum · Executive producer
- Spear · Executive producer
- Gallipoli · Producer
- Paper Planes · Producer, Director
- These Final Hours · Executive producer
- The Turning · Creator, Director
- Underground: The Julian Assange Story · Writer, Director
- The Slap · Director
- Balibo · Writer, Director
- Lucky Country · Executive producer
- West · Consulting Producer
- Romulus, My Father · Producer, Second Unit Director
- Three Dollars · Screenplay, Director
- Australian Rules · Thanks
- The Bank · Director, Screenplay
- The Monkey's Mask · Producer
- Better Than Sex · Consulting Producer
- The Boys · Producer
- Floating Life · Thanks
- All Men Are Liars · Executive producer
- Mr Ikegami's Flight · Director, Producer
- Shiver · Director, Producer