While his father takes a catch of fish to sell in town, Mike (Greg Rowe) discovers some illegal hunters shooting birds.

This is a trailer for the 2021 documentary My Name is Gulpilil (Molly Reynolds, Australia) about David Gulpilil's extraordinary life and career.

A production still of David Gulpilil in the title role of the Rolf de Heer film Charlie's Country (2014).

Notes by Beth Taylor

In this oral history David Gulpilil talks about his background and his early life.

Morgan (Dennis Hopper) has been shot while stealing a horse. He is rescued by an outcast Aboriginal man, Billy (David Gulpilil), who nurses him back to health in the mountains.

In the concluding chapter of This Is Your Life: David Gulpilil, compere Roger Climpson asks Gulpilil what he really wants to accomplish in his life. Gulpilil answers:

David Gulpilil as The Tracker in The Tracker, directed by Rolf de Heer. 

Photography by Matt Nettheim.

David Gulpilil as Fingerbone Bill in a production still from Storm Boy.

David Gulpilil as Fingerbone Bill on the set of Storm Boy. 

Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil) dancing as he tells Storm Boy (Greg Rowe) a dreamtime story about the pelican.