Born: Established: 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Notes
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David Michod won the 2010 award for Best Direction in a Feature Film, Australian Directors Guild Awards for Animal Kingdom.
Awards for Works
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form
y
The King
( dir. David Michôd
)
United Kingdom (UK)
Hungary
Australia
:
Netflix
Plan B Entertainment
Porchlight Films
Blue Tongue Films
Pioneer Stilking Films
Yoki
,
2019
18084286
2019
single work
film/TV
'Wayward Prince Hal must turn from carouser to warrior king as he faces hostilities from inside and outside the castle walls in the battle for England.'
Source: Netflix.
- 2020 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2020 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Screenplay
- 2020 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
- 2019 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2019 winner Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Director
- 2019 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Original Screenplay
- 2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
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form
y
The Rover
( dir. David Michôd
)
Australia
:
Porchlight Films
Blue Tongue Films
Lava Bear Films
,
2013
Z1914202
2013
single work
film/TV
crime
western
science fiction
'The Australian desert in a dangerous and damaged near future. Eric has left everything, everyone and every semblance of human kindness behind him. And then he has his last possession stolen by a gang of dangerous criminals. Eric sets off on a ruthless mission to track them down, forced along the way to enlist the help of Rey, the naïve and injured junior member of the gang, who was left behind in the bloody chaos of the gang's most recent robbery.' (Source: Screen Australia)
- 2015 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
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form
y
Animal Kingdom
( dir. David Michôd
)
Australia
:
Porchlight Films
,
2010
Z1686698
2010
single work
film/TV
crime
(taught in 2 units)
Inspired in part by Melbourne's 1988 Walsh Street murders, Animal Kingdom is a story about the battle between Melbourne's underworld and the police. The story tracks seventeen-year-old Joshua 'J' Cody, a troubled teenager perilously caught between his own criminal family and Detective Leckie, a compromised cop who thinks that he can save 'J'. 'J' comes to realise that in order to survive, he must determine how the game is played. This involves not only writing his own rule book but also choosing his place in the cunning and brutal animal kingdom in which his family lives.
- 2010 winner AWGIE Awards — CAL Peer Recognition Prize
- 2011 nominated Beaune International Thriller Film Festival — Feature Film Competition
- 2010 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Feature Film
- 2010 nominated Inside Film Awards — Best Script
- 2010 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Original Screenplay
- 2010 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
- 2010 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — AFI Members' Choice
- 2010 winner AWGIE Awards — Major Award
- 2010 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Film Script
- 2010 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Original Screenplay
- 2010 winner Sundance Film Festival (USA) — World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic
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