Justin Kurzel
Justin Kurzel
03.08.1974 (49 years) (Gawler, South Australia)
Justin Dallas Kurzel (born 3 August 1974) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Kurzel was born in Gawler, South Australia to a family of immigrant roots, his father hailing from Poland and his mother from Malta. His younger brother, Jed Kurzel, is a blues rock musician who has scored most of Justin's films. Kurzel is married to actress Essie Davis.In 1999 he was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowship. His feature film debut was the Australian film Snowtown (2011), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Direction. His 2015 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.In 2016, Kurzel directed Assassin's Creed (2016), based on the video game franchise of the same name. Kurzel is currently working on a film adaptation of True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey's 2001 Man Booker Prize-winning novel written from the viewpoint of legendary Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly.