Person
Rachel Perkins
Directing · Born 1970-01-01 · Canberra, Australia
Biography
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).
Known for
Mystery Road
Director
Total Control
Director
Redfern Now
Director
Jasper Jones
Director
Bran Nue Dae
Director
First Australians
Director
Mabo
Director
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Director
The Australian Wars
Self
One Night the Moon
Director
Filmography
- 2026Frame By FrameSelf
- 2022The Australian WarsSelf
- 2019Total ControlDirector
- 2018Mystery RoadDirector
- 2017Jasper JonesDirector
- 2015Redfern Now: Promise MeDirector
- 2014Black Panther WomanDirector
- 2012Redfern NowDirector
- 2012MaboDirector
- 2009Bran Nue DaeDirector
- 2008First AustraliansDirector
- 2002MimiProducer
- 2001One Night the MoonDirector
- 1998RadianceDirector
- 1996From Sand to Celluloid: PaybackLine Producer
- 1993Blood Brothers: Jardiwarnpa - A Warlpiri Fire CeremonyProducer
- 1993Blood Brothers: Freedom RideDirector
- 1993Blood Brothers: From Little Things, Big Things GrowProducer
- 1993Blood Brothers: Broken EnglishProducer
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