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Top US showrunner brings home plan for new Australian funding model


One of Australia’s most successful US television showrunners will be at the AWG National Screenwriters’ Conference in March to announce details of a plan to shake up the way our industry is funded.Shane Brennan, who has executive produced more than 300 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS, is retu...
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Pathways speed dates blossom into new projects


Some 30 writers, producers and screen development executives attended the Australian Writers’ Guild Pathways networking event in Melbourne last week.The Pathways event, supported by Film Victoria, was designed to introduce producers to writers with screen projects.Each of the thirteen writers attend...
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AWG delegates attend biggest Asia-Pacific screen summit in Brisbane


A delegation from the Australian Writers’ Guild attended this year’s Asia-Pacific focused screen summit in Brisbane.Warren Coleman (Happy Feet) Shane Krause and Shane Armstrong (Bait, Acolytes, K-9) took part in a panel titled Telling Stories in the Asia-Pacific. WA based screenwriter Barbara Connel...
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Congratulations to our AACTA winners!


The AWG congratulates the screenwriters recognised in this week’s AACTAs: Reg Cribb and Jeremy Sims, who received the AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for LAST CAB TO DARWIN and Robert Connolly and Steve Worland who got the AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for PAPER PLANES.The AACTA A...
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Moffat wows AWG forum


Steven Moffat, showrunner on BBC’s highest rating dramas ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Doctor Who’, took time out of his busy Australian tour to conduct a private Q&A with AWG members.The Q&A was held at Australian Film Television and Radio School with an audience of about 90 members. Steven was generous ...
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