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Dylan River is an Australian film director, writer, and cinematographer.

Dylan River
Born
Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
OccupationDirector, writer, cinematographer
Years active2013–present

Early life and family


River was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. His father, Warwick Thornton, is a filmmaker and his mother, Penelope McDonald, is a producer.[1] He is the grandson of Freda Glynn, the co-founder of CAAMA.[2]


Career


River's work includes writing, direction and cinematography.[3][4]

In 2013, his debut feature documentary, Buckskin, won the Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize.[5]

He directed the 2022 six-part prequel series Mystery Road: Origin,[6] and co-wrote several episodes.[7][8]


Filmography


Year Title Contribution Note
2022 Mystery Road: Origin Director and writer TV Series
2020 A Sunburnt Christmas Cinematographer Feature film
2020 The Beach Cinematographer 6 episodes
2019 Robbie Hood Director and writer 6 episodes
2019 The Australian Dream Cinematographer Documentary
2018 Finke: There and Back Director, writer and cinematographer Documentary
2018 Ward One Director and writer Short film
2017 Sweet Country Second unit director Feature film
2017 Coat of Arms Director and writer Short film
2017 Finding Mawiranga Director and cinematographer Documentary
2017 Blasko Cinematographer Documentary
2017 We Don't Need a Map Cinematographer Documentary
2016 Black Comedy Writer 1 episode
2015 Black Chook Director Short film
2015 Nulla Nulla Director, writer and composer Short film
2014 Who We Are: Brave New Clan Cinematographer Documentary
2014 Talking Language with Ernie Dingo Cinematographer Documentary
2013 Buckskin Director and composer Documentary

Awards and nominations


Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2021 Won AACTA Awards Best Cinematography in a Documentary The Beach: Too Mad Too Shy [9]
Nominated Best Cinematography in Television A Sunburnt Christmas
2019 Won Best Online Drama or Comedy Robbie Hood [10]
Nominated Special Commendation Finke: There and Back [11]
2018 Nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Cinematography Sweet Country [12]
2017 Nominated Camerimage Main Competition [13]
Nominated Asia Pacific Screen Awards Achievement in Cinematography [14]
2015 Nominated Berlin International Film Festival Best Short Film Nulla Nulla
Won AACTA Awards Best Short Film [15]

ARIA Music Awards


The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2019 Dylan River for Briggs (featuring Greg Holden) - "Life Is Incredible" Best Video Nominated [16]

References


  1. "Filmmaking royalty: Dylan River's Robbie Hood is cheeky, joyous and full of mischief". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. "Freda Glynn biography wins documentary film of the year at SFF". SBS. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  3. "Director Dylan River turns Desert Race obsession into new film". SBS. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. "Preserving Aboriginal Culture: Dylan River". Canon. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. "Buckskin Wins Sydney 2013 Documentary Prize, Perception Wins the Dendys". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. "Mark Coles Smith to star in Mystery Road: Origin". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. "Mystery Road: Origin premieres in July. Every mystery starts somewhere". ABC. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  8. Buckmaster, Luke (3 July 2022). "Mystery Road: Origin review – Jay Swan is back and as great as ever". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. "WINNERS & NOMINEES". aacta.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  10. "OVERVIEW". aacta.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  11. "'The Nightingale', 'Lambs Of God' Lead 2019 Australian Academy Awards Nominations". deadline.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  12. "2018 Awards". fcca.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  13. "CAMERIMAGE 2017 MAIN COMPETITION LINE-UP!". camerimage.pl. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  14. "WARWICK THORNTON AND DYLAN RIVER FOR SWEET COUNTRY". asiapacificscreenawards.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  15. "AACTA Awards 2015: first round goes to Mad Max: Fury Road". smh.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  16. ARIA Award previous winners. "Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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