Screenwriters Jane Jago and Kayti Murphy have been announced as the winners of the Australian Writers’ Guild’s Monte Miller Awards, the premier awards for unproduced scripts in Australia. Returning to Melbourne for the first time in three years, the Awards were announced to a packed room of buzzing industry decision-makers, producers and Guild members, who spent the evening…
James Cripps received the long form Monte Miller Award last year for his series High Rotation, and since then has worked on the upcoming NCIS: Sydney and been a finalist in the 2021 AACTA Pitch: Bite competition. When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer?I was in Year 7 and I thought it was time to decide…
AWG EVENTS JoJo Zhou in Conversation with Ellen JurikIn the lead up to Melbourne International Games Week, we’re embracing all things Narrative Design! All are welcome to this enlightening and timely conversation between two playwrights-turned-narrative-designers, JoJo Zhou and Ellen Jurik. Monday 25 September 2.30pm AEST, online – BOOK HERE Narrative Direction – Get Pitch ReadyMelbourne International…
As we head into Melbourne International Games Week, there are so many upcoming events and opportunities at AWG for anyone with an interest in Narrative Design and Writing for Games. Please note: these events are not just for existing games writers. If you are a screenwriter or playwright curious about the world of narrative design,…
Tom Hegarty, an admired pioneer of Australian television writing, has died in Sydney at the age of 88. In an era when dramatic writing was not considered a proper career, Tom wrote in the evenings while working as a traveling salesman for Lever Brothers in Queensland. Like many in the 1960s, Tom got his first…
Fifteen new projects have been announced as the shortlist for the Australian Writers’ Guild’s 2023 Monte Miller Awards, to be presented next month in Melbourne. The shortlisted projects were selected from over 400 entries across two categories, with scripts ranging from animated dramas and thrilling features to sharp television and web concepts and short horror films. For the first time in three years, the winners…
It’s not often in life you have meaningful friendships that influence your lives. My partner, Janina, and I were lucky enough to have one such with Patrick Edgeworth and his wonderful wife, Susie. Patrick had a wonderfully pragmatic way of dealing with life’s ups and downs. His most memorable qualities were centred around a calm dignity,…
One of Australia’s finest writers and one of the Guild’s most loyal and influential members, Mac Gudgeon, sadly passed away last week after a long illness. The President of the Australian Writers’ Guild, Shane Brennan, said, ‘Mac was a towering presence in the Guild. He was not just our heart and soul, he was our conscience,…
