Biography
Rachel Perkins is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Her Australian Aboriginal heritage (Arrernte/Kalkadoon) has informed her entire filmmaking career. She founded Australia's premier Indigenous production company Blackfella Films in 1992, and has contributed extensively to the development of Indigenous filmmakers in Australia and, more broadly, to the Australian film and television industry. She is known for her films Radiance (1998), One Night the Moon (2001), Bran Nue Dae (2010), and Jasper Jones (2017).
Directed 13
2020s
- 2022
The Australian Wars
Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Director
- 2014
Black Panther Woman
Director
- 2012
Mabo
Director
2000s
- 2009
Bran Nue Dae
Director
- 2008
First Australians
Director
- 2001
One Night the Moon
Director
1990s
- 1998
Radiance
Director
- 1993
Blood Brothers: Freedom Ride
Director
Produced 6
2000s
- 2008
First Australians
Producer
- 2002
Mimi
Producer
1990s
- 1993
Blood Brothers: Jardiwarnpa - A Warlpiri Fire Ceremony
Producer
Blood Brothers: Freedom Ride
Producer
Blood Brothers: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Producer
Blood Brothers: Broken English
Producer
Wrote 3
2010s
- 2019
2000s
- 2009
Bran Nue Dae
Writer
- 2008
First Australians
Writer
Created 2
2020s
- 2022
The Australian Wars
Creator
2000s
- 2008
First Australians
Creator
Appearances1
2020s
- 2022
The Australian Wars
Self · 3 episodes