Dru Brown is an Australian filmmaker. He produced and directed ''

The Suicide Theory ''The Suicide Theory'' is a 2014 Australian thriller film directed by Dru Brown and written by Michael J. Kospiah. It stars Steve Mouzakis as a hit man and Leon Cain as the suicidal man who hires him. It premiered on 4 June 2014 at the Danc ...

'' (2014). He was born in

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and is of

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descent from Ngiyampaa people.

Films

'', in which he served as producer and director, won the Grand Jury Prize at the L.A film festival,

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in 2014. Becoming the first international film to do so in the 17 year history of the festival. It also played opening night at the 2014

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, winning the Dark Matters Audience Award. It had a 10 city U.S theatrical release in 2015 and was named #5 in '' The Guardians: 10 Best Aussie Films of 2015. It also won 3 awards at the 2014 Melbourne Underground Film Festival (Including the Jury Prize). ''Double or Nothing'' was announced in 2021 starring John Jarratt, Rowan Howard, Andrew Ian Pope, Vince Colosimo, Robert Rabiah and

Steve Mouzakis Steve Mouzakis is an Australian film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his role in the Spike Jonze film ''Where the Wild Things Are'', Van Gogh in ''Prison Break'', Steven Ray in the film '' The Suicide Theory'', and performing along ...

. Brown serves as writer and director.

References

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