The Beach (TV series)

The Beach
GenreMiniseries, Documentary
Directed byWarwick Thornton
StarringWarwick Thornton
Composers
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Michelle Parker
  • Mitchell Stanley
  • Tanith Glynn-Maloney
CinematographyDylan River
EditorAndrea Lang
Running time24-27 minutes
Production companyWorld Wide Mind
Original release
NetworkNITV and SBS
Release29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)

The Beach is an Australian television documentary series on SBS TV and NITV. The six-part documentary series first screened as a special three-hour TV event on 29 May 2020. It was created, directed by Aboriginal filmmaker Warwick Thornton who also stars in it and is filmed by his son Dylan River for Exile Productions.

Filmed in Jilirr, Dampier Peninsula, on the north-west coast of Western Australia, The Beach was filmed over a month at a lone beachside shack that was constructed for the documentary. The series has a focus on food and place.Thornton forages and fishes around his camp, using an ancient Toyota Jeep (which earlier appeared in an episode of Mystery Road). It is an example of slow television.

The series was shot using a Panavision DXL2 camera.