Directing
Community Rating
6.5
Initial estimate
Born
January 1, 1970 (age 56)
Born in
Canberra, Australia
Rachel Perkins is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Her Australian Aboriginal heritage (Arrernte/Kalkadoon) has informed her entire filmmaking career. She founded Australia's premier Indigenous production company Blackfella Films in 1992, and has contributed extensively to the development of Indigenous filmmakers in Australia and, more broadly, to the Australian film and television industry. She is known for her films Radiance (1998), One Night the Moon (2001), Bran Nue Dae (2010), and Jasper Jones (2017).
The Australian Wars
as Self, Director, Creator
2022
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Total Control
as Director, Writer
2019
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Mystery Road
as Director
2018
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Jasper Jones
as Director
2017
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Redfern Now: Promise Me
as Director
2015
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Black Panther Woman
as Director
2014
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Redfern Now
as Director
2012
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Mabo
as Director
2012
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Bran Nue Dae
as Director, Writer
2009
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First Australians
as Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
2008
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Mimi
as Producer
2002
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One Night the Moon
as Director
2001
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Radiance
as Director
1998
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From Sand to Celluloid: Payback
as Line Producer
1996
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Blood Brothers: Broken English
as Producer
1993
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Blood Brothers: Freedom Ride
as Producer, Director
1993
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Blood Brothers: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
as Producer
1993
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Blood Brothers: Jardiwarnpa - A Warlpiri Fire Ceremony
as Producer
1993
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