David Gulpilil

Birth Name:

David Gulparil Gulpilil

Birth Place:

Maningrida, Australia

Profession

Actor, Writer, Music department, Soundtrack

Has won the Darwin Australia Day Eisteddfod dance competition four times
While being raised in traditional Aboriginal influences, he attended the school at Maningrida in Australia's North East Arnhem Land
As a child, he was a trained as a hunter, tracker and ceremonial dancer
Has written a couple volumes of children's stories based on Yolngu beliefs
He sang a part in the recording of Margaret Sutherland's 1964 opera "The Young Kabbarli․"
Performed in an autobiographical stage production at the Adelaide Festival of Arts in 2004
Initiated into the Mandhalpuyngu tribal group, his totemic animal is the eagle and his homeland is Maryuyu
Was cast by British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg in the internationally acclaimed film "Walkabout" when he saw the then 16-year-olds skill as a tribal dancer

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