Film Awards & Festivals
Winner of more than 30 national and international awards (selective list)
ACADEMY AWARDS What Dreams May Come, 1998 Winner Best Visual Effects Nominated Best Production Design.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Map of the Human Heart, Official Selection, 1992 The Navigator: a medieval odyssey, In Comptition, 1988 Vigil, In Competition, 1984
GRAND PRIX - FANTA FESTIVAL The Navigator 1988
GRAND PRIX - SITGES FILM FESTIVAL The Navigator 1988
GRAND PRIX - MUNICH FILM FESTIVAL The Navigator, 1988
GRAND PRIX - OPORTO FILM FESTIVAL The Navigator, 1989
GOLDEN GOBLET - SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL River Queen, 2006
GOLDEN KINNAREE AWARD - BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL River Queen, 2006
MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT - TOKYO FILM FESTIVAL Map of the Human Heart, 1992
BEST FILM & BEST DIRECTOR - AUSTRALIAN FILM INSTITUTE The Navigator: a medieval odyssey, 1988
BEST FILM & BEST DIRECTOR - NZ FILM AWARDS The Navigator: a medieval odyssey, 1989
AUSTRALIAN VIDEO EZY PRESTIGE AWARDS What Dreams May Come, Best Renting Drama Video, Majors, 1999
GRAND PRIX - ERA NEW HORIZONS FESTIVAL, POLAND Rain of the Children, 2008 (audience vote selected from 250 features)
GRAND PRIX - PRADES FILM FESTIVAL Vigil , 1984
GRAND PRIX - MADRID FILM FESTIVAL Vigil , 1984
SILVER HUGO - CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL In Spring One Plants Alone, 1982
GOLDEN HUGO - CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL A State of Siege, 1978
GRAND PRIX - CINEMA DU REEL In Spring One Plants Alone, 1982
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL A State of Siege, 1978