Trisha Morton-Thomas


Trisha Morton-Thomas, also known as Patricia Morton, is an Anmatyerr woman born in the Northern Territory of Australia. She is a writer, producer, director and actor who has worked in the Australian film industry since 1998 when she appeared in Radiance, the first feature film by director Rachel Perkins.

Career

Morton-Thomas grew up in the remote Northern Territory. She started her career at the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association in 1983, where she worked as a volunteer radio announcer until 1990 when she moved to Darwin to work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation there.
In 1991 Morton-Thomas moved to Sydney with her good friend Rachel Perkins, who, she says, “dragged me along with her".
In Sydney she studied with Uta Hagen at the Eora College for Performing Arts and worked at the Bangarra Dance Theatre as a sound technician.
After finishing at Eora College, Morton-Thomas appeared in Radiance in 1998, directed by Rachel Perkins. She played the main character, Mae.
In 2004, suffering from homesickness, she returned to Alice Springs, where she returned to working with CAAMA, mainly on creating documentaries.
In 2007 Morton-Thomas joined National Indigenous Television as a commissioning editor, later being promoted to senior commissioning editor.
In 2011 Morton-Thomas also formed Brindle Films, based in Alice Springs, with Rachel Clements, and they have since been joined by Anna Cadden.

Filmography

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards