
Robert Connolly
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-11-27 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Sydney, Australia
Robert Connolly
Biography
Robert Connolly is a film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia. Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus, My Father and The Boys. Connolly's first feature film as producer, The Boys, had its world premiere In Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival in 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. In 1998, Connolly was named by Variety as one of the 10 best emerging producers in the world. Three Dollars, The Bank and The Boys have a strong political agenda and have been released in Australia as a DVD box set along with the documentary The Political Arena exploring the social and political strands of the films. In 2007 Connolly and Arenafilm's John Maynard together produced the period immigration drama Romulus, My Father, directed by Richard Roxburgh, starring Eric Bana and Franka Potente.
Crew
(2025)
The Surfer
Producer
(2025)
Magic Beach
Director, Writer, Producer
(2024)
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Writer, Director, Producer
(2024)
Memoir of a Snail
Executive Producer
(2023)
Sweet As
Executive Producer
(2023)
Petrol
Executive Producer
(2022)
Blueback
Director, Writer, Producer
(2022)
Because We Have Each Other
Executive Producer
(2022)
Emily
Producer
(2021)
Tough
Thanks
(2021)
The Dry
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
(2018)
Acute Misfortune
Executive Producer
(2018)
[CENSORED]
Executive Producer
(2016)
Spear
Executive Producer
(2016)
Chasing Asylum
Executive Producer
(2014)
These Final Hours
Executive Producer
(2014)
Paper Planes
Producer, Director, Screenplay
(2013)
The Turning
Creator, Producer, Director
(2012)
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
Writer, Director
(2009)
Balibo
Director, Writer
(2009)
Lucky Country
Executive Producer
(2007)
West
Consulting Producer
(2007)
Romulus, My Father
Second Unit Director, Producer
(2005)
Three Dollars
Screenplay, Director
(2001)
The Bank
Director, Writer
(2001)
The Monkey's Mask
Producer
(2000)
Better Than Sex
Consulting Producer
(1998)
The Boys
Producer
(1995)
Mr Ikegami's Flight
Director, Producer
(1995)
All Men Are Liars
Executive Producer