Julius Avery
Avery at the 58th BFI London Film Festival Awards in 2014
Born1976 (age 47–48)[1]
Canberra, Australia
OccupationFilm director
Years active2000–present

Julius Avery is an Australian film director. He directed the films Son of a Gun (2014), Overlord (2018), Samaritan (2022), and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).

Life and works

After growing up in Pemberton, Western Australia, Avery attended The Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He has written and directed several award winning short films including Cannes jury prize winning short film Jerrycan in 2008.[2][3] Avery wrote and produced Yardbird in 2012, an award winning short film nominated for several major awards including the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Both were produced through Avery’s production company Bridle Path Films.

In 2014, Avery wrote and directed his first feature, Australian crime thriller film Son of a Gun starring Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander, and Jacek Koman.[4] The film was nominated for Best Film at The London Film Festival, BFI awards. Son of a Gun was produced in association with Avery’s company Bridle Path Films.

Avery directed the war horror film Overlord (2018) for Bad Robot Productions and Paramount Pictures.[5] Overlord stars Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, Iain De Caestecker, John Magaro and Mathilde Ollivier. The film was produced by J. J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber and written by Billy Ray and Mark L. Smith.

Along with being announced as the director of The Heavy, a Paramount and Bad Robot production, Avery had been recruited by 20th Century Fox to write and direct a remake of Flash Gordon alongside Matthew Vaughn who was to be producing.[6][7] However, following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's assets, the film was cancelled. He instead directed MGM's Samaritan, a dark superhero film starring Sylvester Stallone, released in August 26, 2022 to mostly mixed reviews.[8]

Filmography

Shorts films

  • Matchbox (2002)
  • Little Man (2004)
  • Solvent (2004)
  • End of Town (2006)
  • The Tank (2007)
  • Jerrycan (2008)
  • Yardbird (2012) - writer only

Feature films

References

  1. ↑ "Inside 'Son Of A Gun' with director Julius Avery". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Inside 'Son Of A Gun' with director Julius Avery". Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "SON OF A GUN - British Board of Film Classification". bbfc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Overlord Cast: Who's Starring in the Bad Robot Thriller". 17 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Dave McNary (30 October 2018). "'Overlord' Director Julius Avery Boards 'Flash Gordon' Movie – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Couch, Aaron (30 October 2018). "'Flash Gordon' Movie to Be Directed by Julius Avery". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  8. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (27 November 2019). "Sylvester Stallone MGM Thriller 'Samaritan' Heads To June 4, 2021". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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