Julius Avery

Directing

Julius Avery

Place of birth

Pemberton, Australia

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Julius Avery is an Australian filmmaker. He is best known for directing films such as Son of a Gun (2014), Overlord (2018), Samaritan (2022) and The Pope's Exorcist (2023).

Known for

Behind the camera

The Pope's Exorcist poster
6.9

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

The Pope's Exorcist

2023

Overlord poster
6.7

On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.

Overlord

2018

Samaritan poster
6.6

Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.

Samaritan

2022

Son of a Gun poster
6.4

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.

Son of a Gun

2014

Son of a Gun poster
6.4

Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.

Son of a Gun

2014

Little Man poster
7.0

A young boy fighting for his mother's love.

Little Man

2004

Little Man poster
7.0

A young boy fighting for his mother's love.

Little Man

2004

Little Man poster
7.0

A young boy fighting for his mother's love.

Little Man

2004

No artwork available
NR

Two men die in a train accident and become part of a semi-posthumous “game” in which they and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens armed to the teeth with all sorts of futuristic weapons and gadgets.

Gantz

No artwork available
NR

A love story about angry youth, sex, drugs and rock n' roll.

Solvent

2004

No artwork available
NR

A love story about angry youth, sex, drugs and rock n' roll.

Solvent

2004

Yardbird poster
6.8

A young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father.

Yardbird

2012

No artwork available
NR

In drought stricken outback Australia a woman fights to save the farm and her marriage.

The Tank

2007

No artwork available
NR

In drought stricken outback Australia a woman fights to save the farm and her marriage.

The Tank

2007

No artwork available
NR

A woman hiking alone in the Everglades wakes up to find herself trapped in the crushing coils of a massive python, fighting to stay alive as every breath brings her closer to death.

Crush

End of Town poster
NR

A girl stands on a lonely road looking into the distance and into her future.

End of Town

2006

End of Town poster
NR

A girl stands on a lonely road looking into the distance and into her future.

End of Town

2006

No artwork available
5.9

A kid risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.

Jerrycan

2008

No artwork available
5.9

A kid risks everything after he is bullied into making a life and death decision.

Jerrycan

2008

Matchbox poster
NR

A fast-paced love story goes wrong when a match looses his box.

Matchbox

2002

Matchbox poster
NR

A fast-paced love story goes wrong when a match looses his box.

Matchbox

2002

Matchbox poster
NR

A fast-paced love story goes wrong when a match looses his box.

Matchbox

2002

No artwork available
NR

A father and daughter undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives, not just their relationship, wind up at stake as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.

They Found Us

No artwork available
NR

Described as a subversive take on the superhero genre. Details TBA.

The Heavy

No artwork available
NR

Details TBA.

The Tacoma Exorcism

No artwork available
NR

An esteemed DEA agent in the 1970s becomes a notorious drug trafficker.

The King of L.A.