Writing

Phillip Avalon

Born February 24, 1955 · Merewether, New South Wales, Australia (age 71)

Phil Avalon (born 24 February 1955) is an Australian producer, director, writer and actor of films and TV. A former surfing champion and male model, he was responsible for giving Mel Gibson his first break in Summer City. He served in the Army Air Wing and also appeared as a contestant on the original series of Blind Date. He finally made his directing debut in 2003 with Liquid Bridge.

Known For

The Man from Hong Kong

The Man from Hong Kong · 1975

The Man from Hong Kong

MovieActionCrime

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

Wet and Wild Summer

Wet and Wild Summer · 1992

Wet and Wild Summer

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.

Sons of Summer

Sons of Summer · 2023

MovieActionThriller

To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.

Summer City

Summer City · 1977

MovieThrillerDrama

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

Fatal Bond

Fatal Bond · 1991

MovieThrillerDrama

A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.

Breaking Loose

Breaking Loose · 1988

A young man leaves home in search of his fathers backgound in a small country town and gets mixed up with all sorts of weird and wild characters.

Inn of the Damned

Inn of the Damned · 1975

Inn of the Damned

MovieActionHorror

A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.

The Pact

The Pact · 2003

MovieThrillerAction

Filmography

Sort

The Man from Hong Kong

The Man from Hong Kong · 1975

The Man from Hong Kong

MovieActionCrime

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

Uluru Cop (uncredited)

Wet and Wild Summer

Wet and Wild Summer · 1992

Wet and Wild Summer

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals.

Writer

Sons of Summer

Sons of Summer · 2023

MovieActionThriller

To mark the anniversary of his father's death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad's favorite beach. But Sean's drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster.

Producer

Summer City

Summer City · 1977

MovieThrillerDrama

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

Producer

Fatal Bond

Fatal Bond · 1991

MovieThrillerDrama

A young woman takes off with a charming stranger in Australia, then begins to think he's a killer.

Writer

Breaking Loose

Breaking Loose · 1988

A young man leaves home in search of his fathers backgound in a small country town and gets mixed up with all sorts of weird and wild characters.

Producer

Inn of the Damned

Inn of the Damned · 1975

Inn of the Damned

MovieActionHorror

A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.

Alfred

The Pact

The Pact · 2003

MovieThrillerAction

Producer

Little Boy Lost

Little Boy Lost · 1978

Little Boy Lost

The True story of Stephen Walls, a young Australian farm boy, whose disappearance galvanized a continent into action. Taught to be wary of strangers, the boy cannot know that the boisterous hordes of volunteers are his saviors and not his enemies.

Producer

Liquid Bridge

Liquid Bridge · 2003

MovieDramaAction

Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.

Director

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision · 1995

MovieMysteryThriller

A pair of cops investigate a series of art-gallery related murders.

Producer

The Finder

The Finder · 2001

MovieCrimeThriller

Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.

Writer

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery · 1990

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery

MovieActionCrime

A gem with magic powers falls into the wrong hands. A man known as "The Protector" is charged with tracking down the criminals who stole it and getting it back.

Original Story

William Kelly's War

William Kelly's War · 2014

William Kelly's War

When WW1 breaks out, farm boys, Billy (Josh Davis) and Jack Kelly (Mathew John Davis), along with their cousin, Paddy (Lachie Hume), sign up, and are shipped out to serve in Europe. With Billy a dead-eye shot with a rifle, the boys are soon set up as a sniper team, mowing down Germans and Turks like nobody’s business. They become heroes, but back home, the family farm is being circled by a gang of cattle thieves, meaning that even when the war ends, the blood is set to keep flowing.

Producer