David Gulpilil
Birthday: 1953-07-01
Place of Birth: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Biography: David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian (Yolŋu) actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Tracker.
Movies
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch ...
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domesti...
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Crocodile Dundee
When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit...
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The Tracker
Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering ...
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Ten Canoes
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tel...
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Walkabout
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son int...
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Storm Boy
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search ...
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Mad Dog Morgan
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the ...
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The Last Wave
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process lear...
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Serenades
Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who i...
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Satellite Boy
When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with de...
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To Shoot a Mad Dog
A documentary about the making of the Australian feature Mad Dog Morgan (1976)....
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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in his...
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Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
Exploring the relationship between Aboriginal people and their land (including the Dreaming, sacred ...
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The Proposition
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his ...
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Charlie's Country
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more dif...
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Dark Age
In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodil...
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Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
In 1973, fresh from his performance in Walkabout, a film that brought outback landscapes to urban au...
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The Rainbow Serpent
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the R...
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Dead Heart
Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simme...
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Another Country
In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the story ...
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3 Dances Gulpilil
David Gulpilil performs three Aboriginal dances, Emu, Kangaroo and Fish. The first two are solo perf...
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Until the End of the World
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who...
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Goldstone
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry...
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Crocodile Dreaming
Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic ...
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Gulpilil: One Red Blood
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil....
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MESSiAH
In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than the...
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The Right Stuff
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...
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Cargo
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father stru...
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My Name Is Gulpilil
Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey th...
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Mimi
A white collector of Aboriginal art gets a shock when the Mimi sculpture she purchased comes to life...
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Walkabout to Hollywood
Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Austra...
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Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Nearly 40 years on, Crocodile Dundee remains Australia’s biggest film—what made it a cultural icon, ...
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Journey Home, David Gulpilil
A powerful record of grief, community and ceremony in which the renowned Indigenous actor is laid to...
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