Direction: Ian Watson

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ian Watson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Farscape (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Rockne S. O'Bannon · Tony Tilse · Rowan Woods · Andrew Prowse

Cast Ben Browder · Claudia Black · Virginia Hey · Anthony Simcoe

Synopsis TV Series (1999-2003). Four seasons. Astronaut John Crichton, on an experimental space mission, is accidentally hurled across the universe into the midst of an intergalactic conflict. Trapped among alien creatures wielding deadly technology and hunted by a merciless military race,...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Janet King (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Grant Brown · Peter Andrikidis · Ian Watson · Catherine Millar

Cast Marta Dusseldorp · Vince Colosimo · Damian Walshe-Howling · Hamish Michael

Synopsis TV Series (2014-2017). 3 Seasons. 24 Episodes. Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.

6.2

46 votes

6.2

46 votes

The Secret Life of Us (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction John Edwards · Amanda Higgs · Kate Dennis · Stuart McDonald

Cast Claudia Karvan · Samuel Johnson · Deborah Mailman · Abi Tucker

Synopsis TV series (2001-2005). 4 Seasons. 88 Episodes. The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series screened in Australia on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in...

5.9

40 votes

5.9

40 votes

Killing Time (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Andrikidis · Ian Watson · Kevin Carlin

Cast David Wenham · Diana Glenn · John Brumpton · Colin Friels

Synopsis The story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser's rise from a small time lawyer to successfully defending the most infamous criminals this country has ever seen, and his ultimate downfall and imprisonment for five years in maximum security.

5.8

24 votes

5.8

24 votes

McLeod's Daughters (TV Series)

2001 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Posie Graeme-Evans · Caroline Stanton · Richard Jasek · Arnie Custo

Cast Bridie Carter · Lisa Chappell · Jessica Napier · Rachael Carpani

Synopsis Five women run a cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia. After the death of his wife and son during childbirth, Claire's father, Jack McLeod, married city girl Ruth Silverman. Tess was the product of this tempestuous...

5.0

298 votes

5.0

298 votes

Neighbours (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 22 min. · Australia

Direction Reg Watson · Tony Osicka · Gary Conway · Jovita O'Shaughnessy

Cast Stefan Dennis · Ian Smith · Alan Fletcher · Tom Oliver

Synopsis Serial chronicling the lives of the residents of Ramsay Street in the fictional Australian suburb of Erinsborough. When the series began, it revolved around three families - the Ramsays, the Robinsons and the Clarkes, living at no. 24, no. 26...

4.9

247 votes

4.9

247 votes

Blue Water High (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 25 min. · Australia

Direction Ian Watson · Ralph Strasser · Marcus Cole · Chris Martin-Jones

Cast Kate Bell · Sophie Luck · Adam Saunders · Chris Foy

Synopsis Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries. Each season follows the lives of a young...

4.6

624 votes

4.6

624 votes

Direction Ian Watson

Cast Rebecca Gibney · Vince Colosimo · Maya Stange

Synopsis A tragic tale of a bizarre love triangle which ended in attempted murder in the outer suburbs of Melbourne in 2005.

3.7

157 votes

3.7

157 votes

MaveriX (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 25 min. · Australia

Direction Rachel Clements · Isaac Elliott · Sam Meikle · Geoff Bennett

Cast Darcy Tadich · Tatiana Goode · Tjiirdm McGuire · Sebastian Tang

Synopsis Six young motocross riders come together to form a team, to make the national titles, or crash out trying. But the biggest win of all might be the friends they make for life.

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Direction Grant Brown · Kieran Darcy-Smith · Catherine Millar · Ian Watson

Cast Tim Roth · Callan Mulvey · Lincoln Younes · Claude Jabbour

Synopsis Inspired by the best selling book by John Ibrahim, Last King of The Cross

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Epoch: Evolution (TV)

2003 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Ian Watson

Cast David Keith · Angel Boris Reed · Billy Dee Williams · Brian Thompson

Synopsis 10 years since the the first Alien object called Torus arose, two more have risen. The first torus changed the worlds view dramatically not just political but even on a religious basis. DR. Mason Rand is on the run from...

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Anzac Girls (TV Series)

2014 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Ken Cameron · Ian Watson

Cast Georgia Flood · Antonia Prebble · Laura Brent · Anna McGahan

Synopsis The true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.

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Love My Way (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Jessica Hobbs · Ian Watson · Shirley Barrett · Geoff Bennett

Cast Claudia Karvan · Asher Keddie · Brendan Cowell · Dan Wyllie

Synopsis A story about a group of thirty-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life.

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Winter (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Series · 42 min. · Australia

Direction Shirley Barrett · Lynn Hegarty · Ian Watson

Cast Rebecca Gibney · Peter O'Brien · Matt Nable · Antonia Prebble

Synopsis Sydney homicide detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) solves tough, high profile cases with cool intelligence, fighting bureaucracts, criminals and plenty of advances - unwanted and wanted - to catch her prey.

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House Husbands (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 45 min. · Australia

Direction Grant Brown · Ian Watson · Geoff Bennett · Catherine Millar

Cast Firass Dirani · Rhys Muldoon · Gary Sweet · Julia Morris

Synopsis The lives of four Australian men who are raising their children.

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Unsound

2020 · Movie · 88 min. · Australia

Direction Ian Watson

Cast Reece Noi · Paula Duncan · Anthony Brandon Wong · Terry Serio

Synopsis A disillusioned musician's romantic spark is ignited by a young trans man as they work together to save his community nightclub for the deaf.

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SeaChange

1998 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Mandy Smith · Paul Moloney · Ali Ali · Sue Brooks

Cast John Howard · Sigrid Thornton · Kerry Armstrong · Kevin Harrington

Synopsis A big-city lawyer is prompted to undergo a "sea change" with her children and becomes the magistrate at the small coastal town of Pearl Bay, where the family comes to love its people and the quality time with one another.

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Wildside (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Andrew Prowse · Geoff Bennett · Peter Andrikidis · Ken Cameron

Cast Tony Martin · Rachael Blake · Aaron Pedersen · Jessica Napier

Synopsis An inner city police station in Sydney.

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