---
name: "Danny Philippou"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/danny-philippou"
fi1m_id: "danny-philippou"
imdb_id: "nm4053334"
tmdb_id: 2070453
wikidata_id: "Q121118618"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "13 November 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T02:52:09.137793+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Danny Philippou

## Identity

Danny Philippou

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/danny-philippou
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** danny-philippou
- **IMDb ID:** nm4053334
- **TMDB ID:** 2070453
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121118618
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Philippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121118618, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4053334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2070453

Director and writer. Born 13 November 1992 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 13 November 1992, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** RackaRacka, داني فيليبو, Philippou Brothers
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Hinzman](https://film.one/person/bill-hinzman.md), [Kristina Ceyton](https://film.one/person/kristina-ceyton.md), [Michael Philippou](https://film.one/person/michael-philippou.md), [Samantha Jennings](https://film.one/person/samantha-jennings.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 86 (1), 2020s 75 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Philippou, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121118618, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4053334/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2070453

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Talk to Me*](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Bring Her Back*](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Danny Philippou is an Australian director and writer. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he works primarily with his twin brother Michael Philippou. The pair are known online as RackaRacka for their comedy-horror and parody YouTube videos.

Philippou made his feature directorial debut with *Talk to Me* (2023), which he co-directed with his brother and co-wrote. He also directed and wrote *Bring Her Back* (2025), again collaborating with Michael. The brothers began their careers making online videos before moving into feature films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Bring Her Back* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md)
- *Talk to Me* (2023), Fi1m 76, Writer, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Babadook* (2014), Fi1m 86, Electrician — [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Street Fighter* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/street-fighter.md)
- *Bring Her Back* (2025), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/bring-her-back.md)
- *Talk to Me* (2023), Director, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/talk-to-me.md)
- *Deadlock* (2018), series, as Ned
- *Dawn* (2015), Electrician
- *Deluge* (2014), Co-Producer, Director, Writer
- *The Babadook* (2014), Electrician — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-babadook.md)
- *Pardesi* (2012), Assistant Director
- *The Dragon Pearl* (2011), Production Assistant
- *Untitled Talk to Me Prequel*, Director
- *Talk 2 Me*, Writer, Director
- *Untitled Talk to Me Series*, series, Executive Producer
- *Untitled Philippou Brothers Film*, Director
- *Deathmatch*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Danny Philippou](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-e3a7f8834759.png) Danny Philippou — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Danny_Philippou_on_Cold_Ones.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danny Philippou and Luke Kidgell at VidCon Australia 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-6e853b9bedda.jpg) Danny Philippou and Luke Kidgell at VidCon Australia 2017. — Life of Luke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Danny_Philippou_and_Luke_Kidgell_at_VidCon_Australia_2017.jpg/1280px-Danny_Philippou_and_Luke_Kidgell_at_VidCon_Australia_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Philippou and Luke Kidgell at VidCon Australia 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-821401b95fae.jpg) Danny Philippou and Luke Kidgell at VidCon Australia 2017. — Life of Luke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Danny_Philippou_and_Luke_Kidgell_at_VidCon_Australia_2017_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Danny_Philippou_and_Luke_Kidgell_at_VidCon_Australia_2017_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Danny Philippou at VidCon Australia 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-20b9ff52454c.jpg) Danny Philippou at VidCon Australia 2017. — Life of Luke, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Danny_Philippou_at_VidCon_Australia_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Danny Philippou](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-bf38928bef76.jpg) Danny Philippou — Image via TMDB
- ![Australian YouTubers RackaRacka (Danny (right) and Michael Philippou) on the Cold Ones podcast in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-43d5bbeee535.png) Australian YouTubers RackaRacka (Danny (right) and Michael Philippou) on the Cold Ones podcast in Melbourne, Australia, March 2020 — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/RackaRacka_on_Cold_Ones.png/1280px-RackaRacka_on_Cold_Ones.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall](https://film.one/media/person/8218/gallery-9e89690e5bad.jpg) Die Regisseure und Hauptdarsteller bei der Aufführung von Talk to Me in der Verti Music Hall — Queryzo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_01.jpg/1280px-Talk_to_Me_Berlinale_2023_Verti_Music_Hall_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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