Philip Hearnshaw (29 December 1952 – 24 July 2012) was an Australian filmmaker who made a number of films with George Miller and Doug Mitchell.

[6] Hearnshaw was both a producer and first assistant director on the film Babe which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture in 1995.

[7] La Spagnola was submitted to the 74th Academy Awards as the Australian submission for Best Foreign Language film, but was not accepted as a nominee.

''[12] While working in the UK as an assistant editor at the BBC, Hearnshaw met Patsy Buchan, a registered nurse, and the couple had a daughter Juno in 1976.

Philip then met Catherine Griff in 1985 who worked at the Australian Film Commission.