Thomas M. Wright
Also Known As: Tom Wright
Biography: Thomas Michael Wright (born 22 June 1983; Melbourne) is an Australian actor, writer, film director and producer. He is the co-founder (2006) and director of theatre company Black Lung and director of the feature film Acute Misfortune (2019). As an actor he came to attention in Jane Campion's series Top of the Lake, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the (US-Canadian) Critics' Choice Awards. He directed the thriller film The Stranger, which is scheduled to appear at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Adult: No
Birthday: June 22, 1983
Age: 41 years old
Gender: Male
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Sleeping Dogs
Overview: Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-21
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Van Diemen's Land
Overview: The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Everest
Overview: Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-10
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Stepsister from Planet Weird
Overview: Megan's world is turned upside down when she hears her calm life with her little brother and single mum is about to change. She hears she's soon to have a stepfather and a stepsister. Megan thinks they're a bit weird and is determined to stop the wedding. She discovers they're actually even stranger than she thought - they're from another planet.
Genres: Family Science Fiction TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-17
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The Man with the Iron Heart
Overview: With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most ambitious military operation of WWII – Anthropoid. Two young recruits are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader – Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Reich Security Main Office, the Gestapo and the architect of the Final Solution.
Genres: War Action History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-25
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Sweet Country
Overview: In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
Genres: Western Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-25
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The King
Overview: The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-20
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Zenon: The Zequel
Overview: Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone that it's from aliens who have come to help them.
Genres: Family TV Movie Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-12
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Wolfram: A Sequel to Sweet Country
Overview: Four years after the events of “Sweet Country” and revolving around David Tranter’s Alyawarra family history, three irrepressible kids who escape from their cruel white masters and embark on a journey across the sweet country of central Australia to try and find a safe home.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
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