Dru Brown is an Australian filmmaker. He produced and directed ''
The Suicide Theory
''The Suicide Theory'' is a 2014 Australian thriller film directed by Dru Brown and written by Michael J. Kospiah. It stars Steve Mouzakis as a hit man and Leon Cain as the suicidal man who hires him. It premiered on 4 June 2014 at the Danc ...
'' (2014). He was born in
Canberra and is of
Aboriginal
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descent from
Ngiyampaa people.
Films
''
The Suicide Theory
''The Suicide Theory'' is a 2014 Australian thriller film directed by Dru Brown and written by Michael J. Kospiah. It stars Steve Mouzakis as a hit man and Leon Cain as the suicidal man who hires him. It premiered on 4 June 2014 at the Danc ...
'', in which he served as producer and director, won the Grand Jury Prize at the L.A film festival,
Dances With Films
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Lineup
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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
Austin Film Festival
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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 ''
The Guardian
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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
John Jarratt, Rowan Howard, Andrew Ian Pope,
Vince Colosimo,
Robert Rabiah and
Steve Mouzakis.
Brown serves as writer and director.
References
Australian film directors
Australian film producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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