Actor Brandon Walters was nominated for a number of film industry awards, including Most Promising Performer by the Chicago Film Critics Association, for his performance as Nullah in the Baz Luhrmann film, Australia. Vincent Fantauzzo's portrait of Walters was a finalist in the 2009 Archibald Prize and won the People's Choice Award. In 2009 he was living with his family in an Aboriginal community near Broome, Western Australia.