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21TH edition NOVEMBER 29 TO DECEMBER 7, 2024

Actor, director

Joel Edgerton

Australia

Joel Edgerton grew up in Sydney. He attended the Nepean Drama School in western Sydney before transitioning into stage and screen roles. His credits include: Master Gardener (2022), The Green Knight (2021), The King (2019), Gringo (2018), Red Sparrow (2018), Loving (2016), Black Mass (2015), The Great Gatsby (2013), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Warrior (2011) and also Animal Kingdom (2010). Joel is also a cofounder of the filmmaking collective Bluetongue films. He wrote and directed The Gift in 2015 for which he received a DGA Awards nomination and Boy Erased (2018). As a producer has been behind numerous films including The Stranger, The Square (2017), and The King, which he also co-wrote with David Michôd. Edgerton will star in George Clooney’s upcoming The Boys in the Boat (2023) and in the series Dark Matter (2023), alongside Jennifer Connelly.

Master Gardener (2022, Paul Scharder)

** The Stranger (2022, Thomas M. Wright)

Thirteen Lives / Treize vies (2022, Ron Howard)

The Green Knight (2021, David Lowery)

** The King / Le Roi (2019, David Michôd) – Best Supporting Actor / Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards

* Boy Erased (2018, Joel Edgerton) – Best Adapted Screenplay / Meilleure adaptation – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards

Red Sparrow (2018, Francis Lawrence)

Gringo (2018, Nash Edgerton)

Bright (2017, David Ayer)

Midnight Special (2016, Jeff Nichols)

Black Mass (2015, Scott Cooper)

* The Gift (2015, Joel Edgerton)

Felony (2013, Matthew Saville)

The Great Gatsby / Gatsby le Magnifique (2013, Baz Luhrmann) – Best Supporting Actor / Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle – Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards

Zero Dark Thirty (2012, David Lowery)

Warrior (2011, Gavin O’Connor)

Animal Kingdom (2010, David Michôd)

Smokin’ Aces / Mise à prix (2006, Joe Carnahan)

Star Wars Episode III : Revenge of the Sith / Star Wars Episode III : la Revanche des Sith (2005, George Lucas)

Kinky Boots (2005, Julian Jarrold)

King Arthur / Le Roi Arthur (2004, Antoine Fuqua)

Ned Kelly (2003, David Lowery)

Star Wars Episode II : Attack of the Clones / Star Wars Episode II : l’Attaque des clones (2002, George Lucas)

 

* also director 

** also producer