Phillip Avalon

Writing

Phillip Avalon

Born 1955-02-24 · Merewether, New South Wales, Australia

Phil Avalon (born 24 February 1955) is an Australian producer, director, writer and actor of films and TV. A former surfing champion and male model, he was responsible for giving Mel Gibson his first break in Summer City. He served in the Army Air Wing and also appeared as a contestant on the original series of Blind Date. He finally made his directing debut in 2003 with Liquid Bridge.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Sons of Summer poster
6.3

To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.

Sons of Summer

2023

Sons of Summer poster
6.3

To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.

Sons of Summer

2023

Summer City poster
5.0

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

Summer City

1977

Summer City poster
5.0

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

Summer City

1977

Wet and Wild Summer poster
4.3

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.

Wet and Wild Summer

1992

Liquid Bridge poster
4.0

Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.

Liquid Bridge

2003

Liquid Bridge poster
4.0

Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.

Liquid Bridge

2003

Breaking Loose poster
3.5

A young man leaves home in search of his fathers backgound in a small country town and gets mixed up with all sorts of weird and wild characters.

Breaking Loose

1988

The Pact poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

The Pact

2003

Tunnel Vision poster
4.0

A pair of cops investigate a series of art-gallery related murders.

Tunnel Vision

1995

Fatal Bond poster
4.2

A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.

Fatal Bond

1991

Fatal Bond poster
4.2

A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.

Fatal Bond

1991

Little Boy Lost poster
7.5

The True story of Stephen Walls, a young Australian farm boy, whose disappearance galvanized a continent into action. Taught to be wary of strangers, the boy cannot know that the boisterous hordes of volunteers are his saviors and not his enemies.

Little Boy Lost

1978

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery poster
6.0

A gem with magic powers falls into the wrong hands. A man known as "The Protector" is charged with tracking down the criminals who stole it and getting it back.

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery

1990

William Kelly's War poster
5.9

When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye shot with a rifle, the boys are soon set up as a sniper team, mowing down Germans and Turks like nobody’s business. They become heroes, but back home, the family farm is being circled by a gang of cattle thieves, meaning that even when the war ends, the blood is set to keep flowing.

William Kelly's War

2014

The Finder poster
4.0

Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Finder

2001

The Finder poster
4.0

Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Finder

2001