Kriv Stenders is an Australian writer, producer and director best known for the film '' Red Dog'' and the thriller film ''

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, et al. The director has won many awards isted below As of 17 November 2011, his movie Red Dog made more than A$21 million at the Australian box office since opening in August 2011. It is ranked eighth in the list of ( Cinema of Australia) highest-grossing Australian films of all time. Eleven days after opening, '' Red Dog'' became the highest-grossing Australian film of 2011. It has won numerous awards.

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Streets Of Your Town "Streets Of Your Town" is a song by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens that was released as the lead single from their 1988 album ''16 Lovers Lane''. Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown (musician), Amanda Br ...

'' - 1988, The Go-Betweens, Music Video *''

The Illustrated Family Doctor ''The Illustrated Family Doctor'' is a 2005 Australian film. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005 the soundtrack won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album The ARIA Music Award for Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show ...

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Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Great ...

'' (2005) *'' Boxing Day'' (2007) *'' Lucky Country'' (2009) *'' Red Dog'' (2011) *''

'' (2014) *'' Red Dog: True Blue'' (2016) *''

Australia Day Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove and raising of the Union Flag by Arthur Phillip following days of exploration of Port ...

'' (2017) *''

Wake in Fright ''Wake in Fright'' (initially released as ''Outback'' outside Australia) is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thomps ...

'' (2017) *'' Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan'' (2019) *''

Slim and I ''Slim and I'' is a 2020 Australian documentary film directed by Kriv Stenders about the life of Joy McKean and Slim Dusty, Australia's most successful husband and wife singer-songwriter duo. Making of the documentary The documentary came a ...

'' (2020)

Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards: AACTA Award ominee(2015) Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy Episode 1

The Principal ''The Principal'' is a 1987 crime thriller action film starring Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr. and Rae Dawn Chong. Written by Frank Deese and directed by Christopher Cain, it was filmed in Oakland, California, and at Northgate High School in ...

(2015) AACTA Award ominee(2012) Best Direction Red Dog (2011)

Australian Directors Guild The Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) is an industry guild representing the interests of film, television, commercials and digital media directors, including documentary makers and animators, throughout Australia. With its headquarters in Sydney ...

: ADG Award ominee(2012) Best Direction in a Feature Film Red Dog (2011) ADG Award ominee(2007) Best Direction in a Feature Film Boxing Day (2007) Australian Film Institute Awards: AFI Award ominee(2005) Best Screenplay, Adapted

(2005) AFI Award inner(1998) Best Short Fiction Film Two/Out (1998) Australian Screen Directors Association: ASDA Award ominee(2005) Best Direction of a First Feature Film

(2005)

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the fest ...

: Crystal Bear ominee(2017) Generation Kplus - Best Film Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian ...

: FCCA Award ominee(2012) Best Director Red Dog (2011) FCCA Award ominee(2005) Best Screenplay - Adapted

(2005)

Heartland Film Festival The Heartland International Film Festival is a film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana. The festival was first held in 1992, its goal is to "inspire filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion pictu ...

: Grand Prize inner(2017) Narrative Feature Red Dog: True Blue (2016)

IF Awards The Inside Film Awards (now known as the IF Awards) is an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry, developed by the creators of Inside Film Magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, and originally produced fo ...

: IF Award inner(2011) Best Direction Red Dog (2011) IF Award inner(2011) Best Feature Film Red Dog (2011) IF Award ominee(2007) Best Director Boxing Day (2007) Melbourne International Film Festival: Best Australian Short Film inner(1998) Two/Out (1998) Montréal Festival of New Cinema: Special Mention inner(2007) Boxing Day (2007)

Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes The Antipodean Film Festival (french: Rencontres internationales du cinéma des Antipodes), variously referred to as Festival des Antipodes, Antipodes International Film Festival, Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez Film Festival ...

: Audience Award inner(2012) Best Feature Film Red Dog (2011)

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Kids International Film Festival: Young People's Jury Award inner(2017) Best Feature Film (Ages 8–10) Red Dog: True Blue (2016) White Sands International Film Festival: Grand Jury Award inner(2012) Red Dog (2011)

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