
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
6.6Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
The Man from Hong Kong
1975
5.0Four 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
4.4A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.
Inn of the Damned
1975
3.5A 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
6.0A 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
Behind the camera
6.3To 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
6.3To 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
5.0Four 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
5.0Four 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
4.3A 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
4.0Nick 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
4.0Nick 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
3.5A 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
4.7No synopsis available yet.
The Pact
2003
4.0A pair of cops investigate a series of art-gallery related murders.
Tunnel Vision
1995
4.2A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.
Fatal Bond
1991
4.2A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.
Fatal Bond
1991
7.5The 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
6.0A 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
5.9When 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
4.0Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
The Finder
2001
4.0Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
The Finder
2001