Sonia Ingeborg Borg (20 February 1931 – 4 February 2016) was an Austrian-Australian writer and producer, one of the leading screenwriters of Australian films and TV in the 1960 and 70s. After extensive experience in theatre in Germany, India and South-East Asia she moved to Australia in 1961 and worked as a stage and television actress before becoming joining

Crawford Productions Crawford Productions is an Australian Media (communication), media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, a ...

in Melbourne. She wrote, produced and acted at Crawfords until the mid-1970s and worked on most of the company's dramas of the period in a range of roles. In the late 1970s, she also became known for writing children's films, often about animals, such as '' Storm Boy ''and ''

Blue Fin ''Blue Fin'' is a 1978 Australian family film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on a 1969 Australian novel written by Colin Thiele. Plot Based on the children's novel by South A ...

'' both based on books by

Colin Thiele Colin Milton Thiele (; 16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels '' Storm Boy'', ''Blue Fin'', the '' Sun on the Stubble'' ser ...

.Paul Davies, "Sonia Borg", ''Cinema Papers'', Oct–Nov 1978 p109-111, 162

Awards and honours

In 1985, Borg was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to the film and television industry.

Select Writings

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'' (1964–73; TV series) *''

Division 4 ''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series broadcast by the Nine Network and created by Crawford Productions airing between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first to follow up on the enor ...

'' (1970–75; TV series) *''

Matlock Police ''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for The 0-10 Network (now known as Network 10) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Ma ...

'' (1971–75; TV series) *'' Rush'' (1974; TV series) *''Power Without Glory'' (1976; mini series) *''

Solo One ''Solo One'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network and screened in 1976. There were 13 half-hour episodes. Synopsis The series was a spin-off from Crawford's other police show ''Matlock Police' ...

'' (1976; TV series) *''Lasseter'' (1976; unmade film about Lasseters search"Production Survey", ''Cinema Papers'', June–July 1976 p. 61 *'' Storm Boy'' (1976) *''

'' (1978) *''The Min Min'' (1978; unmade feature) *''

Women of the Sun ''Women of the Sun'' is an Australian historical drama television miniseries that was broadcast on SBS Television and later the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1981. The series, co-written by Sonia Borg and Hyllus Maris, was composed of f ...

'' (1981; TV series) *''

I Can Jump Puddles ''I Can Jump Puddles'' is a 1981 Australian television mini-series based on the 1955 autobiography of the same name by author Alan Marshall. Adapted for television by screenwriters Cliff Green and Roger Simpson, the series starred Lewis Fitz- ...

'' (1981; TV movies) *''

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'' (1983) *''

Colour in the Creek ''Colour in the Creek'' is a 1985 Australian children's TV series. It was made with a budget of $1.6 million and was adapted from the novel by Margaret Paice.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 122 and was adapt ...

'' (1985; TV series) *''

Dark Age The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages (–10th centuries), or occasionally the entire Middle Ages (–15th centuries), in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, int ...

'' (1987) *'' Ratbag Hero'' (1991; TV miniseries)

References

External links

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1931 births 2016 deaths Australian women screenwriters Members of the Order of Australia Austrian emigrants to Australia Writers from Vienna {{Australia-writer-stub