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Justin Dallas Kurzel was born around 1974 in Gawler, South Australia to a family with immigrant roots, his father hailing from Poland and his mother from Malta. His younger brother, Jed Kurzel , is a blues rock musician who has scored most of Justin's films.
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- 2001–present
- Film director
- Gawler, South Australia, Australia
Learn about Justin Kurzel's biography, filmography, awards and trivia on IMDb. He is known for his adaptations of Shakespeare, videogames and true stories, starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and others.
- Producer, Director, Writer
- August 3, 1974
- Justin Kurzel
- ‘I Have Never Worried So Much About Making A Film’
- ‘That’s When I Knew What The Script needed’
- Caleb Landry Jones Takes The Lead
As a Tasmanian resident himself, director Kurzel knew that he would have to tread delicately. “I was deeply aware of just how large the wound still is here,” he tells Guardian Australia. “When the script arrived in my inbox, I took a really deep breath. I was incredibly scared of it, and very, very apprehensive about how and why we should tell the ...
Screenwriter Shaun Grant says he spent almost a decade tossing around a Port Arthur screenplay, but struggled to find a way into it. All he knew was that it would have to be a very different approach to that taken on other projects with violent themes he had collaborated on with Kurzel – The True History of the Kelly Gang and Snowtown, based on the...
One of those young people unaware of Port Arthur was the Texan born and raised actor who played the perpetrator in Nitram, Jones, who was unable to be interviewed for this story. Kurzel and Grant had discussed the possibility of an Australian actor playing the Bryant role, but Caleb Landry Jones’s name kept popping up. The actor’s interpretation of...
Mar 30, 2022 · The Australian director talks about his latest project, which depicts the life of the Port Arthur gunman before the 1996 tragedy. He discusses the challenges of making a sensitive and controversial film, the themes of violence and isolation, and the gun reform in Australia.
Sep 24, 2015 · Macbeth director Justin Kurzel: ‘You’re getting close to evil’. The Australian film-maker on death, grief, madness and the moment when he nearly lost Marion Cotillard in a Scottish bog. Danny...
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Learn about the Australian director Justin Kurzel, who made dark and poignant films such as "The Snowtown Murders", "Macbeth" and "Nitram". Explore his ratings, reviews, awards and upcoming projects on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Feb 21, 2020 · A national martyr who courageously defied British rule to some, a callous and self-interested domestic terrorist to others, the young outlaw looms large over Antipodean...
