Justin Kurzel is one of Australia’s most acclaimed directors. His debut feature Snowtown won the Audience Award at the Adelaide Film Festival and a special distinction at Cannes Critics’ Week. He went on to direct Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed, both starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, and True History of the Kelly Gang, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
His film Nitram competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and won AACTA Awards for Best Film and Best Direction. In 2024 he directed The Order, starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, which premiered in Competition at the Venice Film Festival, and Ellis Park, a documentary about musician Warren Ellis that premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival. In 2025 came The Narrow Road to the Deep North, his acclaimed series starring Jacob Elordi, adapted from Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize-winning novel.
Justin runs the production company Thirdborn with producer Nicole O’Donohue. Upcoming projects include Burning Rainbow Farm, starring Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall. He began as a theatre set designer and graduated from the VCA, where his short Blue Tongue won Best Short at MIFF.
