
Tom Murray
- Known for
- Directing
Tom Murray is an Australian documentary writer, director and producer, and the founding director of the Creative Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University. His films have screened at international film festivals and been recognised across the film, television, radio and audio industries. His work is interdisciplinary, engaging with the history of colonialism, Indigenous culture and knowledge systems, environmental history, ethics and reciprocity, and inter-cultural storytelling. A recipient of the Max Crawford Medal, awarded to early career humanities scholars in Australia, he has also worked as a consultant to state film funding agencies and international media organisations across Australia and the Pacific.
Filmography
- Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future
Vaka Moana: Ancestors of the Future 2026
Director, Producer, Writer

Ablaze 2022
Associate Producer, Script Consultant

The Skin of Others 2020
Producer, Writer, Director

Australia: The Wild Top End 2019
Writer

Shock Room 2015
Producer

Love in Our Own Time 2014
Director, Writer, Producer

In My Father's Country 2008
Director, Writer

Dhakiyarr vs. the King 2004
Director
Credits from TMDB.