Est. Australia
BIG HIT
FILMS
A film company built on reputation.
Backed by experience. Led by one of Australian cinema's most enduring names.
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Australian cinema,
told with intent.
Big Hit Films is an Australian production company built on the reputation of the people behind it. We make emotionally driven, socially conscious cinema that gives voice to stories the screen too often overlooks.
Our work is carried by decades of experience and a slate that travels the world.
CEO of Big Hit Films
John
Jarratt
One of the world's most globally recognised Australian actors. With five decades on screen, from Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock to Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and Baz Luhrmann's Australia.
John is now preparing his next installment of the legendary Wolf Creek franchise, a project poised to be a worldwide hit with global distribution.
Recognition
Awards & honours
Best Oceanian Actor
Septimius Awards · 2025
Logie — Most Popular New Talent
TV Week Logies
AACTA Nomination — Best Lead Actor
Australian independent cinema
Inside Film Award — Best Actor
Australian features
Selected screen credits
Some of John's 105+ credits
include
A milestone in
inclusive Australian storytelling.
A feature that reached the Netflix Top 10 and stands as one of the first Australian films led by an actor with Down syndrome to appear on a major international platform. Directed by John Jarratt.
Now streaming on Netflix
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Trailer · Now streaming on Netflix
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Endurance.
In development · In financing
A raw and intimate Australian drama about grief, care, and what it means to carry someone you love. After a car accident leaves a fiercely independent artist paralysed and takes the woman she loved, she returns to her father's remote Pittwater home, where the routines of daily life become a difficult new language between them.
Told without sentiment, sitting alongside The Intouchables, Manchester by the Sea, and The Dry. John Jarratt is attached as star and executive producer.
The production is currently in financing, structured with government offsets and priority recoupment for investors.
Enter the projectBuilt on reputation,
evidenced in credit.
John Jarratt — Selected filmography
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- Wolf Creek
- Django Unchained
- Australia
- Wolf Creek 2
- Rogue
- The Last Outlaw
- We of the Never Never
- The Odd Angry Shot
- Faraway Downs
- Darby and Joan
What About Sal? — Production credits
- Director
John Jarratt
- Producer
Niika Daria
Founder, Bruce and Pablo Pictures · Investigative journalist · Producer
- Producer
Lewis Khan
Founder, Big Hit Films · 15+ years in global brand strategy
- Executive Producer
Anne Bruning
20+ years in Australian and international film. Elvis · Aquaman · San Andreas · The Wolverine.
- Cast
Kaarin Fairfax
Award-nominated actress, director and singer. The Harp in the South · One Night the Moon.
- Reached the Netflix Top 10 (AU/NZ). Best Oceanian Actor — Septimius Awards 2025. One of the first Australian features led by an actor with Down syndrome to appear on a major international platform.