List of films shot in Western Australia

The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in the state of Western Australia. There are over 600 movies listed on the Internet Movie Database as having been shot in Western Australia. This is a list of the more prominent, commercial or notable films.

Films

Film	Year	Locations	References
Abandon	2002	Western Australia; Montréal, Québec - Canada	[1]
The Actress	2005	Perth, Western Australia	[2]
Aussie Park Boyz	2004	Perth, Western Australia	[3]
Australia	2008	Carlton Hill, Kununurra, Western Australia; Bowen, Roma, Queensland; Camden, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales; Darwin, Northern Territory; Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	[4]
Bitter Art	2009	Pemberton, Perth, Western Australia	[5]
Blackfellas	1993	Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia	[6]
Blame	2010	Perth, Western Australia	[7]
The Bouncer	2006	Perth, Western Australia	[8]
Boundaries of the Heart	1988	Coolgardie, Western Australia	[9]
Bran Nue Dae	2009	Broome, Crawley, Fremantle, Kununurra, Perth, Waterford, Western Australia	[10]
The Catalpa Rescue	2007	Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia	[11]
Clowning Around	1992	Perth, Western Australia; Paris - France	[12]
The Course	2007	Perth, Western Australia	[13]
Crush	2009	Floreat, Perth, South Perth, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia	[14]
Daisy and Simon	1998	Western Australia	[15]
Day of the Panther	1988	Perth, Western Australia	[16]
Death Bet	2008	Perth, Western Australia	[17]
Demons	2011	Bassendean, Gosnells, Perth, Western Australia	[18]
Dingo	1991	Perth, Sandstone, Meekatharra, Western Australia; Paris - France	[19]
The Director's Cut	2009	Bodallin, Perth, Western Australia	[20]
Drift	2012	Margaret River, Yallingup, Western Australia
Fixed	2014	Armadale, Western Australia	[21]
Foreshadow	2013	Perth, Western Australia	[22]
Fran	1985	Perth, Western Australia	[23]
Harlequin	1980	Perth, Western Australia	[24]
I Am Bish	2009	Perth, Western Australia	[25]
Indefinite	2015	West Perth, Coolgardie, Gosnells, Fremantle, Goldfields, Western Australia	[26]
Japanese Story	2003	Perth, Port Hedland, The Pilbara, Western Australia	[27]
Justice	1998	Perth, Western Australia	[28]
Kill Me Three Times	2014	Lancelin, Margaret River, Dalkeith, Perth, Western Australia	[29]
Last Train to Freo	2006	Fremantle, Dalkeith, Perth, Western Australia	[30]
Let's Get Skase	2001	Perth - Western Australia; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia	[31]
Little Sparrows	2010	Perth, Western Australia	[32]
Love in Limbo	1993	Cottesloe, Kalgoorlie, Perth, Western Australia	[33]
Love in Perth	2010	Perth, Western Australia	[34]
Mad Max 2	1981	Bamboo Creek, Western Australia; Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes, Mundi Mundi Plains Lookout, Silverton, Broken Hill, Stephen's Creek, New South Wales - Australia	[35]
Mere Oblivion	2007	Perth, Western Australia	[36]
Mountains May Depart	2015	Perth, Bunbury, Australind, Western Australia	[37]
Needle	2010	Crawley, Perth, South Perth, Swanbourne, Western Australia	[38]
Nickel Queen	1971	Ora Banda, Western Australia	[39]
No Through Road	2008	Perth, Western Australia	[40]
The Olive Tree	1975	Perth, Western Australia	[41]
Paper Planes	2014	Baldivis, Western Australia
Plugg	1975	Perth, Western Australia	[42]
Plum Role	2007	Perth, Western Australia	[43]
Prey	2009	Perth, Western Australia; Campbelfield, Melbourne, Victoria - Australia	[44]
Rabbit-Proof Fence	2002	Gibson Desert, Perth, The Pilbara, Western Australia; Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Lake Torrens, McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, Parachilna, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	[45]
Redback	2010	Perth, Stoneville, Western Australia	[46]
Red Dog	2011	Karratha, Dampier, The Pilbara, Western Australia; Adelaide, South Australia - Australia	[47][48]
Roadgames	1981	Eucla, Madura, Nullabor Plain, Perth, Western Australia; Great Australian Bight, South Australia; Diggers Rest, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Victoria - Australia	[49]
Shame	1988	Toodyay, Western Australia	[50]
Son of a Gun	2014	Perth, Kalgoorlie, Fremantle, Casuarina, Dalkeith, Cannington, Western Australia	[51]
Southern Cross	2001	Perth, Western Australia	[52]
Stone Bros.	2009	Kalgoorlie, Menzies, Perth, Western Australia	[53]
Swimming Upstream	2003	Perth, Western Australia; Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Spring Hill, Queensland; Milsons Point, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia	[54]
Teesh and Trude	2002	Booragoon, East Fremantle, Perth, South Perth, Victoria Park, Western Australia	[55]
Then She Was Gone	2010	Perth, Western Australia	[56]
These Final Hours	2013	Perth, Western Australia	[57]
The Things My Father Never Taught Me	2012	Perth, Western Australia	[58]
Thunderstruck	2004	Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia; Adelaide, Burra, Callington, Murray Bridge, Port Adelaide, Strathalbyn, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia	[59]
Two Fists, One Heart	2008	Mount Claremont, Fremantle, Mount Lawley, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia	[60]
Under the Lighthouse Dancing	1997	Rottnest Island, Western Australia	[61]
Wasted on the Young	2010	Perth, Western Australia	[62]
Wind	1992	Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia; Green River, Utah; Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island; Wendover, Nevada - USA	[63]
Windrider	1986	Perth, Western Australia	[64]
Wolf Creek	2005	Wolfe Creek, Western Australia; Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Flinders Ranges, Glenelg, Hawker, Port Germein, Sandy Creek, Semaphore, South Australia - Australia	[65]
You Can't Play the Game If You Don't Know the Rules	2016	Perth, Western Australia	[66]
Zombie Brigade	1988	Toodyay	[67]

See also

• Australian Film Commission
• Cinema of Australia
• Film Australia
• Film Industry in Western Australia
• Screen Australia
• World cinema
• List of Australian films
• List of films set in Australia
• List of films shot in Adelaide
• List of films shot in Brisbane
• List of films shot in Darwin
• List of films shot in Melbourne
• List of films shot in Queensland
• List of films shot in Sydney
• List of films shot in Tasmania

References

1. Abandon - IMDb Filming locations
2. The Actress - IMDb Filming locations
3. Aussie Park Boyz - IMDb Filming locations
4. Australia - IMDb Filming locations
5. Bitter Art - IMDb Filming locations
6. Blackfellas - IMDb Filming locations
7. Blame - IMDb Filming locations
8. The Bouncer - IMDb Filming locations
9. Boundaries of the Heart - IMDb Filming locations
10. Bran Nue Dae - IMDb Filming locations
11. The Catalpa Rescue - IMDb Filming locations
12. Clowning Around - IMDb Filming locations
13. The Course - IMDb Filming locations
14. Crush - IMDb Filming locations
15. Daisy and Simon - IMDb Filming locations
16. Day of the Panther - IMDb Filming locations
17. Death Bet - IMDb Filming locations
18. Demons -IMDb Filming locations
19. Dingo - IMDb Filming locations
20. The Director's Cut - IMDb Filming locations
21. Fixed - IMDb Filming locations
22. If - Demonic thriller FORESHADOW
23. Fran - IMDb Filming locations
24. Harlequin - IMDb Filming locations
25. I Am Bish - IMDb Filming locations
26. Indefinite - IMDb Filming locations
27. Japanese Story - IMDb Filming locations
28. Justice - IMDb Filming locations
29. Kill Me Three Times - IMDb Filming locations
30. Last Train to Freo - IMDb Filming locations
31. Let's Get Skase - IMDb Filming locations
32. Little Sparrows - IMDb Filming locations
33. Love in Limbo - IMDb Filming locations
34. Love in Perth - IMDb Filming locations
35. Mad Max 2 - IMDb Filming locations
36. Mere Oblivion - IMDb Filming locations
37. Mountains May Depart - IMDb Filming locations
38. Needle - IMDb Filming locations
39. Nickel Queen - IMDb Filming locations
40. No Through Road - IMDb Filming locations
41. The Olive Tree - IMDb Filming locations
42. Plugg - IMDb Filming locations
43. Plum Role - IMDb Filming locations
44. Prey - IMDb Filming locations
45. Rabbit-Proof Fence - IMDb Filming locations
46. Redback - IMDb Filming locations
47. - IMDb Fiming locations
48. - Sydney Morning Herald - WA outback threatens to steal the show 4 June 2010
49. Roadgames - IMDb Filming locations
50. Shame - IMDb Filming locations
51. Son of a Gun - IMDb Filming locations
52. Southern Cross - IMDb Filming locations
53. Stone Bros. - IMDb Filming locations
54. Swimming Upstream - IMDb Filming locations
55. Teesh and Trude - IMDb Filming locations
56. Then She Was Gone - IMDb Filming locations
57. These Final Hours - IMDb Filming locations
58. The Things My Father Never Taught Me - IMDb Filming locations
59. Thunderstruck - IMDb Filming locations
60. Two Fists, One Heart - IMDb Filming locations
61. Under the Lighthouse Dancing - IMDb Filming locations
62. Wasted on the Young - IMDb Filming locations
63. Wind - IMDb Filming locations
64. Windrider - IMDb Filming locations
65. Wolf Creek - IMDb Filming locations
66. You Can't Play the Game If You Don't Know the Rules - IMDb Filming locations
67. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p166

Further reading

• Adamson, Judith. A Film Australia miscellany. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991.
• Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. Australian Cinema After Mabo. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
• Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. Queensland Images in Film and Television. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990.
• Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry. Sydney: Currency Press, 1987.
• — — — . The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988.
• Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
• Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Film: 1978 – 1994. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-553777-7
• Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film: 1900 – 1977. revised ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-550784-3
• McFarland, Brian, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-553797-1
• Moran, Albert. Projecting Australia : government film since 1945. Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. ISBN 0-86819-292-9.
• Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7
• O'Regan, Tom. Australian National Cinema. London: Routledge, 1996.
• Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970.
• — — — . History and Heartburn : The Saga of Australian Film 1896-1978. New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1981.
• Ryan, Mark, David (2009),'Whither Culture? Australian Horror Films and the Limitations of Cultural Policy', Media International Australia: Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 133, pp. 43-55.
• Stratton, David. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry. Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1990. 465p. ISBN 0-7329-0250-9
• Verhoeven, Deb. Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne : MUP, 2006. ISBN 0-522-85239-4
• — — — ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-876310-00-6

External links

• australianscreen
• Australian Film, Television and Radio School
• Australian Government site on Film in Australia
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Victoria)
• Screen Australia
• South Australia Film Corporation
• Filmwest (Western Australia)
• {http://www.historical-filmvideo-preservation-society.com.au