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'''Thomas Michael Wright''' (born 22 June 1983) is an Australian actor, writer, director and producer. He came to attention in [[Jane Campion]]'s series ''[[Top of the Lake]]'', for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the US Critics Choice Awards<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/big-bang-theory-unbeatable-as-aussies-sink-at-tv-critics-awards-20130612-2o32f.html</ref> |
'''Thomas Michael Wright''' (born 22 June 1983) is an Australian actor, writer, director and producer. He came to attention in [[Jane Campion]]'s series ''[[Top of the Lake]]'', for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the US Critics Choice Awards.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/big-bang-theory-unbeatable-as-aussies-sink-at-tv-critics-awards-20130612-2o32f.html</ref> He is the director of the feature film ''Acute Misfortune'' and the co-founder and director of theatre company Black Lung. |
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Wright is the director, co-writer and producer of the feature film Acute Misfortune, based on Erik Jensen's |
Wright is the director, co-writer and producer of the feature film ''Acute Misfortune'', based on Erik Jensen's biography of Australian artist [[Adam Cullen]].<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/erik-jensens-biography-of-flawed-artist-adam-cullen-wins-sydney-literary-award-20151124-gl66v0.html</ref> The film debuted at the [[Melbourne International Film Festival]], where it was the winner of ''The Age'' Critic's Award for Best Australian Feature Film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://miff.com.au/program/film/acute-misfortune|title=Acute Misfortune|website=MIFF|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-08-24}}</ref>. The film received a five star review in The Guardian<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/04/acute-misfortune-first-look-review-adam-cullen-biopic-is-an-enthralling-complex-triumph</ref> and was named one of the best films of 2018 in The Monthly Awards<ref>https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2018/october/1538316000/monthly-awards-2018/2018</ref> and by Screen Daily.<ref>https://www.screendaily.com/features/films-of-the-year-2018-sarah-ward/5135405.article</ref> The score, by [[Evelyn Morris|Evelyn Ida Morris]], was nominated for best soundtrack at the 2018 [[ARIA awards|ARIA Awards]].<ref>https://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/2018/2018-aria-award-nominees-announced</ref> The film will premiere in 2019. |
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As an actor, Wright came to attention in the Sundance / BBC series ''Top of the Lake'', for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the US Critics Choice Awards.{{cn}} Regarding his casting as Johnno Mitcham in the series, director Jane Campion compared him to a young Daniel Day Lewis.<ref>https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/actor-tom-wright-is-at-the-top-of-his-game-with-jane-campion-television-project/news-story/0e3d8f493da8ec1c09ced262b758f396}}</ref> In 2018 he featured in Warwick Thornton's ''Sweet Country'', which received the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize, the AACTA Award for Best Film and The Toronto Film Festival Platform Prize<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/sweet-country-dominates-aacta-awards-with-a-surprise-best-actor-win-20181204-p50k25.html</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | Wright featured in the film ''[[The Man with the Iron Heart (film)|The Man With The Iron Heart]]'', an adaptation of the 2008 novel, with Jack O’Connell, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke.{{cn}} He also filmed the Sony / WGN America Series ''Outsiders'' in the lead role of Sheriff Wade Houghton for producers Peter Tolan and Paul Giamatti. His performance was cited as the standout of the series by ''Hollywood Reporter''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/outsiders-review-wgn-america-david-morse-1201677147/|title=TV Review: ‘Outsiders’|last=Lowry|first=Brian|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> and ''Variety''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/outsiders-tv-review-859145|title='Outsiders': TV Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref>. |
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In 2018 he featured in Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country, which received the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize, the AACTA Award for Best Film and The Toronto Film Festival Platform Prize<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/sweet-country-dominates-aacta-awards-with-a-surprise-best-actor-win-20181204-p50k25.html</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | In 2015, Wright filmed the Universal / Working Title feature ''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]'', based on the 1996 ‘Into Thin Air’ tragedy. Years before the film, Wright walked for a month in the Himalayas on his own, without a porter or guide, crossing the highest mountain pass in the world. He walked for 30 days and lost sixteen kilograms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.co.uk/|title=BBC - Home|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> He appeared as cult-figure Steven Linder in the US adaptation of ''[[The Bridge (2013 TV series)|The Bridge]]''. Executive Producer Elwood Reid said of Wright’s audition for the series ‘it was the best audition I have ever seen. He walked in and the temperature of the room changed.’<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/17835120/aussie-actor-wright-repulses-us-producer/|title=Aussie actor Wright repulses US producer|website=au.news.yahoo.com|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> He also played the murdered journalist Brian Peters in ''[[Balibo (film)|Balibo]]'' (2009), and Thomas Bodenham in [[Van Diemen's Land (film)|Van Diemen's Land]].{{cn}} |
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| ⚫ | Wright has played lead roles for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, including the title role Baal in the controversial production commissioned by Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton and directed by Simon Stone.<ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/baal-20110512-1ekm1.html</ref> |
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In 2015, he filmed the Universal / Working Title feature ''[[Everest (2015 film)|Everest]]'', based on the 1996 ‘Into Thin Air’ tragedy. Years before the film, Wright walked for a month in the Himalayas on his own, without a porter or guide, crossing the highest mountain pass in the world. He walked for 30 days and lost sixteen kilograms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.co.uk/|title=BBC - Home|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Wright created Black Lung in 2006, with fellow writer and director Thomas Henning. Black Lung were acclaimed{{by whom?}} for their anarchic process and performance style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.realtimearts.net/article/74/8185|title=RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 74 - The sweet breath of The Black Lung|website=www.realtimearts.net|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> and hailed as one of the most influential theatre companies of the decade.<ref>https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/now-for-something-different/news-story/fdd1f8e39838afe6bccb9d26d7152d9e</ref> Under the Black Lung banner, Wright created productions with [[Adelaide Festival]] and [[Darwin Festival]], [[Belvoir (theatre company)|Belvoir]], [[Malthouse, Melbourne|Malthouse Theatre]], and [[Queensland Theatre Company|Queensland Theatre Co.]] and [[Brisbane Festival]].{{cn}} |
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| ⚫ | He appeared as cult-figure Steven Linder in the US adaptation of ''[[The Bridge (2013 TV series)|The Bridge]]''. Executive Producer Elwood Reid said of Wright’s audition for the series ‘it was the best audition I have ever seen. He walked in and the temperature of the room changed.’<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/17835120/aussie-actor-wright-repulses-us-producer/|title=Aussie actor Wright repulses US producer|website=au.news.yahoo.com|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Wright was the director, co-writer and production designer of ''Doku Rai,'' a production created over four and a half years, with a three-month rehearsal process on the remote island of Atauro, East Timor. ''Doku Rai'' came about after Wright formed a close relationship with Michael Stone, then Chief Military Advisor to the President of Timor, [[José Ramos-Horta]]. Stone facilitated Wright flying in and out of the country over a number of years. ''Doku Rai'' was created with a group of independent Timorese artists, a number of them former resistance fighters. The film sequences in ''Doku Rai'' were co-directed by Wright with director Amiel Courtin-Wilson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/from-the-wild-zone-20120810-23z2m.html|title=From the wild zone {{!}} Doku Rai at Arts House {{!}} Amiel Courtin-Wilson|last=Power|first=Liza|date=2012-08-11|newspaper=The Age|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/actor-director-thomas-m-wright-and-doku-rai/4964826|title=Actor and director Thomas M Wright and 'Doku Rai|website=Radio National|language=en-AU|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Wright has played lead roles for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, including the title role Baal in the controversial production commissioned by Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton and directed by |
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| ⚫ | Wright created Black Lung in 2006, with fellow writer and director Thomas Henning. |
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| ⚫ | Wright was the director, co-writer and production designer of ''Doku Rai,'' a production created over four and a half years, with a three-month rehearsal process on the remote island of Atauro, East Timor. ''Doku Rai'' came about after Wright formed a close relationship with Michael Stone, then Chief Military Advisor to the President of Timor, |
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Revision as of 05:39, 1 March 2019
Thomas M. Wright | |
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| Born | Thomas Michael Wright 22 June 1983 Melbourne, Australia |
| Other names | Thomas M. Wright |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, producer, writer, director, theatre designer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Thomas Michael Wright (born 22 June 1983) is an Australian actor, writer, director and producer. He came to attention in Jane Campion's series Top of the Lake, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the US Critics Choice Awards.[1] He is the director of the feature film Acute Misfortune and the co-founder and director of theatre company Black Lung.
Early life
Wright was born June 22, 1983 in Melbourne, the eldest of three children.[citation needed]
Career
Wright is the director, co-writer and producer of the feature film Acute Misfortune, based on Erik Jensen's biography of Australian artist Adam Cullen.[2] The film debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival, where it was the winner of The Age Critic's Award for Best Australian Feature Film.[3]. The film received a five star review in The Guardian[4] and was named one of the best films of 2018 in The Monthly Awards[5] and by Screen Daily.[6] The score, by Evelyn Ida Morris, was nominated for best soundtrack at the 2018 ARIA Awards.[7] The film will premiere in 2019.
As an actor, Wright came to attention in the Sundance / BBC series Top of the Lake, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the US Critics Choice Awards.[citation needed] Regarding his casting as Johnno Mitcham in the series, director Jane Campion compared him to a young Daniel Day Lewis.[8] In 2018 he featured in Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country, which received the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize, the AACTA Award for Best Film and The Toronto Film Festival Platform Prize[9].
Wright featured in the film The Man With The Iron Heart, an adaptation of the 2008 novel, with Jack O’Connell, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke.[citation needed] He also filmed the Sony / WGN America Series Outsiders in the lead role of Sheriff Wade Houghton for producers Peter Tolan and Paul Giamatti. His performance was cited as the standout of the series by Hollywood Reporter[10] and Variety.[11].
In 2015, Wright filmed the Universal / Working Title feature Everest, based on the 1996 ‘Into Thin Air’ tragedy. Years before the film, Wright walked for a month in the Himalayas on his own, without a porter or guide, crossing the highest mountain pass in the world. He walked for 30 days and lost sixteen kilograms.[12] He appeared as cult-figure Steven Linder in the US adaptation of The Bridge. Executive Producer Elwood Reid said of Wright’s audition for the series ‘it was the best audition I have ever seen. He walked in and the temperature of the room changed.’[13] He also played the murdered journalist Brian Peters in Balibo (2009), and Thomas Bodenham in Van Diemen's Land.[citation needed]
Wright has played lead roles for the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company, including the title role Baal in the controversial production commissioned by Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton and directed by Simon Stone.[14]
Wright created Black Lung in 2006, with fellow writer and director Thomas Henning. Black Lung were acclaimed[by whom?] for their anarchic process and performance style.[15] and hailed as one of the most influential theatre companies of the decade.[16] Under the Black Lung banner, Wright created productions with Adelaide Festival and Darwin Festival, Belvoir, Malthouse Theatre, and Queensland Theatre Co. and Brisbane Festival.[citation needed]
Wright was the director, co-writer and production designer of Doku Rai, a production created over four and a half years, with a three-month rehearsal process on the remote island of Atauro, East Timor. Doku Rai came about after Wright formed a close relationship with Michael Stone, then Chief Military Advisor to the President of Timor, José Ramos-Horta. Stone facilitated Wright flying in and out of the country over a number of years. Doku Rai was created with a group of independent Timorese artists, a number of them former resistance fighters. The film sequences in Doku Rai were co-directed by Wright with director Amiel Courtin-Wilson.[17][18]
In 2017 Wright was the subject of an Archibald Prize finalist portrait by Marcus Wills, 'Antagonist / Protagonist (Thomas M. Wight)'.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 2000 | Stepsister from Planet Weird | Cutter Colburne |
| 2001 | Zenon: The Zequel | Orion |
| 2007 | The King | Alfie |
| 2009 | Van Diemen's Land | Thomas Bodenham |
| 2009 | Balibo | Brian Peters |
| 2010 | Torn | Tim Strauss |
| 2015 | Everest | Michael Groom |
| 2016 | The Man with the Iron Heart | Josef Valcik |
| 2017 | Sweet Country | Mick Kennedy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Top of the Lake | Johnno Mitcham |
| 2013–2015 | The Bridge | Steven Linder |
| 2016–Present | Outsiders | Sheriff Wade Houghton |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 51 Ashworth St. | The Boy | Co-writer, co-director, designer |
| 2005 | Hamlet | Laertes | Beggars Theatre |
| 2007 | The Glass Soldier | Jonas Fink | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2007 | Pimms | Dying Man | Writer, co-director The Black Lung Theatre |
| 2008 | Love Song | Beane | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2008 | Avast I | The Older Brother | Malthouse Theatre |
| 2008 | Avast II | Jack Lemmon | Co-director, designer Malthouse Theatre |
| 2009 | Glasson | God | The Black Lung Theatre |
| 2010 | Furious Mattress | The Exorcist | Malthouse Theatre |
| 2011 | Baal | Baal | Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2011 | And They Called Him Mr. Glamour | Director, designer Belvoir St. Theatre | |
| 2011 | I Feel Awful | Writer, director, designer Brisbane Festival | |
| 2013 | Doku Rai | Co-writer, director, designer The Black Lung Theatre |
References
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/big-bang-theory-unbeatable-as-aussies-sink-at-tv-critics-awards-20130612-2o32f.html
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/erik-jensens-biography-of-flawed-artist-adam-cullen-wins-sydney-literary-award-20151124-gl66v0.html
- ^ "Acute Misfortune". MIFF. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/04/acute-misfortune-first-look-review-adam-cullen-biopic-is-an-enthralling-complex-triumph
- ^ https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2018/october/1538316000/monthly-awards-2018/2018
- ^ https://www.screendaily.com/features/films-of-the-year-2018-sarah-ward/5135405.article
- ^ https://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/2018/2018-aria-award-nominees-announced
- ^ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/actor-tom-wright-is-at-the-top-of-his-game-with-jane-campion-television-project/news-story/0e3d8f493da8ec1c09ced262b758f396}}
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/sweet-country-dominates-aacta-awards-with-a-surprise-best-actor-win-20181204-p50k25.html
- ^ Lowry, Brian. "TV Review: 'Outsiders'". Variety. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "'Outsiders': TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "BBC - Home". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Aussie actor Wright repulses US producer". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/baal-20110512-1ekm1.html
- ^ "RealTime Arts - Magazine - issue 74 - The sweet breath of The Black Lung". www.realtimearts.net. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/now-for-something-different/news-story/fdd1f8e39838afe6bccb9d26d7152d9e
- ^ Power, Liza (11 August 2012). "From the wild zone | Doku Rai at Arts House | Amiel Courtin-Wilson". The Age. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Actor and director Thomas M Wright and 'Doku Rai". Radio National. Retrieved 10 April 2016.