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name: "Karl Zwicky"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karl-zwicky"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 November 1956"
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average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:05:01.786738+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."
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# Karl Zwicky

Director. Born 16 November 1956 in Perth.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 November 1956, Perth
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Zwicky, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6372399, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152568

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Farscape*](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) (82)

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## Biography

Karl Zwicky is an Australian director, producer and screenwriter. A graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School in cinematography, he began directing in the 1980s.

His feature credits include the horror film *Contagion* (1987) and the family film *Paws* (1997), which starred Billy Connolly. He co-directed the animated feature *The Magic Pudding* (2000). On television he has directed episodes of *Farscape* (2003), *McLeod's Daughters* (2001–2009), *The Lost World* (2002), *BeastMaster* (2001), *Heartbreak High* (1995) and many others, including long runs on *Home and Away*. He also created the children's series *The Miraculous Mellops* (1991) and has worked extensively as a producer on series such as *McLeod's Daughters*, *Crownies* and *Janet King*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Last King of the Cross* (2023), series, Producer
- *Troppo* (2022), series, Producer
- *The Heights* (2019), series, Director
- *Underbelly Files: Chopper* (2018), series, Producer
- *Fat Tony & Co* (2014), series, Director
- *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013), series, Director
- *Tricky Business* (2012), series, Director
- *Crownies* (2011), series, Producer
- *Sinbad and the Minotaur* (2011), Director
- *A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne* (2011), Producer
- *Cops L.A.C.* (2010), series, Director
- *Underbelly* (2008), series, Director
- *Short Cuts* (2002), series, Director
- *Fairy Tale Police Department* (2001), series, Director
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, Director
- *The Magic Pudding* (2000), Voice Guide Tracks (voice), Director
- *Chuck Finn* (1999), series, Director
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, Director
- *The Lost World* (1999), series, Director
- *Farscape* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *All Saints* (1998), series, Director
- *Paws* (1997), Director, Story
- *Sweat* (1996), series, Director
- *Echo Point* (1995), series, Director
- *Heartbreak High* (1994), series, Director
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, Director
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, Director
- *Elly & Jools* (1990), series, Director
- *To Make a Killing* (1988), Director, Screenplay
- *Contagion* (1988), Director
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, Director
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, Director
- *The Humpty Dumpty Man* (1986), Screenplay

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