Dru Brown is an Australian filmmaker. He produced and directed '' The Suicide Theory'' (2014). He was born in

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and is of Aboriginal descent from

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people.

Films

'' The Suicide Theory'', in which he served as producer and director, won the Grand Jury Prize at the L.A film festival,

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in 2014. Becoming the first international film to do so in the 17 year history of the festival. It also played opening night at the 2014

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, winning the Dark Matters Audience Award. It had a 10 city U.S theatrical release in 2015 and was named #5 in ''

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s: 10 Best Aussie Films of 2015. It also won 3 awards at the 2014 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (Including the Jury Prize). ''Double or Nothing'' was announced in 2021 starring

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, Rowan Howard, Andrew Ian Pope,

Vince Colosimo Vincenzo Colosimo is an Australian stage, television and screen actor. He has worked in both Australia and the United States. He is of Italian descent and lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously married to Australian actress Jane Hall ...

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and

Steve Mouzakis Steve Mouzakis is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his role in the Spike Jonze film ''Where the Wild Things Are'', Van Gogh in ''Prison Break'', Steven Ray in the film '' The Suicide Theory'', and performing alon ...

. Brown serves as writer and director.

References

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