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Robert Connolly

producer / director / writer

Robert Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films THREE DOLLARS and THE BANK, and the producer of the award-winning films, ROMULUS, MY FATHER and THE BOYS. THREE DOLLARS, THE BANK and THE BOYS all have a strong political agenda and have been released in Australia as a DVD box set together with the documentary THE POLITICAL ARENA exploring the social and political threads between the films.

 

Robert has also recently been appointed to the new board of Screen Australia.

 

In 2008, Robert directed BALIBO which he co-wrote with David Williamson and which will be produced by John Maynard.

In 2007 Robert co-produced, with John Maynard, ROMULUS, MY FATHER, directed by Richard Roxburgh and starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente.  The film won four Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI) including Best Film and Robert has also won AFI Awards for screenwriting, for THE BANK and THREE DOLLARS.  Robert has screened his films in over 30 major international film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and San Sebastian Film Festival.

THE BOYS, Robert's first feature film as producer, had its world premiere In Competition, Berlin International Film Festival 1998. It was nominated for 13 AFI Awards including Best Film, and won awards for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Robert received a Centenary Medal for services to the Australian Film Industry in 2001.

Robert is now Melbourne based, since moving there to set up the Arenafilm Melbourne office at the end of 2006.