| "In David's Words" "In 1974, after thirteen years of continuous professional acting, I sent a sit-com script to the ABC, Crawfords, Grundys and Cash-Harmon. I received no reply from Grundys, a seven page response from Crawfords, telling me how to turn it into a Division 4 episode, a tree line answer from the ABC telling me they didn't understand my script, and a telegram from Cash-Harmon offering me a job. For the next eight years I worked as a staff writer for Cash-Harmon, and then the Grundy Organization. In 1982, I decided to go freelance (which is a polite way of saying that Grundys sacked me). Since then, I have written for most Australian series, and was fortunate enough to win an AWGIE award in 1987 for the mini-series 'The Challenge'. Fourteen years later, I picked up another AWGIE award for the childrens series 'Horace and Tina'. My work alternates between adult drama, and childrens series. The adult drama pays the bills, and the childrens series satisfies my deep love of science fiction and fantasy. Hobbies: Writing stuff I don't get paid for. Dislikes: Not getting paid for stuff I like to write". |
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1987 - AWGIE Award for The Challenge - Mini Series 2001 - AWGIE Award for Horace and Tina Ep. 10 - Children's Screen & Radio AFI Award - All Saints AFI Award - Cybergirl - Best Children's TV Drama GRAND PRIX - Search For Treasure Island - The International Festival - Seminar of TV Programs for Children, Moscow. |
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AWGIE - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (All The Way) - TV Serial AWGIE - Rainbow Warrior - Mini Series AWGIE - Chances - "For Richer Or Poorer" - TV Serial AWGIE - A Couintry Practice - TV Series AWGIE - G.P. - TV Series AWGIE - Wildside, - Ep. 27 - TV Series AWGIE - Cybergirl, - Ep. 2 - Children's Screen & Radio AWGIE - Young Lions, - Ep. 2 - TV Series AWGIE - Something In The Air - TV Serial AFI Nomination - Escape Of The Artful Dodger - Best Children's TV Drama LOGIE Nomination - Horace and Tina - Children's TV FINALIST in the Prix Jeunesse International 2002 - Escape Of The Artful Dodger |