The 46th Annual

AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards are annual awards given by the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), for excellence in screen, television, stage, and radio writing. History The AWGIE awards were conceived in 1967, with the first event being held in 1968. Bettina ...

, which is conducted by the

Australian Writers' Guild The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for Australian performance writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video, and new media. The AWG was established in 1962, and has conferred the AWGIE Awards since 1968, ...

, honors the best in Australian writing for screen, television, stage and radio. It was held at the Plaza Ballroom in

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on 4 October 2013, and was hosted by comedian

Sammy J Samuel Jonathan McMillan is an Australian musical comedian, satirist, writer and radio presenter who performs under the stage name Sammy J. He embraces a variety of media in his comedy, including the use of video and self-composed music, and fr ...

David Williamson David Keith Williamson (born 1942) is an Australian playwright, who has also written screenplays and teleplays. He became known in the early 1970s with his political comic drama '' Don's Party'', and other well-known plays include '' The Clu ...

AO and Attorney General

George Brandis George Henry Brandis (born 22 June 1957) is an Australian former politician. He was a Australian Senate, Senator for Queensland from 2000 to 2018, representing the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party, and was a Cabinet (Australia), cabin ...

were also in attendance. Winners are highlighted in bold

Nominees

Telemovie: Adaptation

An Accidental Soldier ''An Accidental Soldier'' is an Australian television drama film produced by Goalpost Pictures, released on 15 September 2013, and starring Marie Bunel, Dan Spielman, Julia Zemiro, and Bryan Brown. It is written by Blake Ayshford from the scree ...

- Blake Ayshford * Underground: The Julian Assange Story -

Robert Connolly Robert Connolly (born 1967) is an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known as the director and writer of the feature films '' Balibo'', '' Three Dollars'', '' The Bank'' and '' The Dry' ...

Television: Mini-Series Original

Devil's Dust ''Devil's Dust'' is a two-part Australian television docu-drama mini-series on the ABC which first screened in 2012. Based on journalist Matt Peacock's 2009 book ''Killer Company'', ''Devil's Dust'' was researched and developed by producer Ste ...

- Kris Mrska * Underbelly: Badness - Nicola Aken, Peter Gawler, Felicity Packard, Jeffrey Truman * Underbelly: Squizzy - Peter Gawler, Andrew Muir, Felicity Packard, Jeffrey Truman

Television: Series

Rake Rake may refer to: Common meanings * Rake (tool), a horticultural implement, a long-handled tool with tines * Rake (stock character), a man habituated to immoral conduct * Rake (poker), the commission taken by the house when hosting a poker game ...

(''R v Greene'') - Peter Duncan *

(''R v Mohammed'') - Peter Duncan * Rake (''R v Floyd'') - Andrew Knight *

Redfern Now ''Redfern Now'' is an Australian drama television series featuring the lives of Aboriginal Australian families living in Redfern, New South Wales, Redfern, Sydney, that first aired on ABC1 in 2012. A second season followed in 2013, and the ser ...

(''Raymond'') - Adrian Wills

Television: Serial

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...

(''5660'') -

Sam Atwell Samuel Atwell (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as Kane Phillips in ''Home and Away'', and is also known for roles in ''headLand'', as Craig Palmer, and '' Secret Life of ...

(''5616'') - Louise Bowes * Home and Away (''5714'') - Gary Sewell

Comedy: Sketch Or Light Entertainment

Good News Week ''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...

(''The Second Going'') - Mat Blackwell, George Dodd, Simon Dodd, Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston, Ian Simmons *

How Green was my Cactus ''How Green Was My Cactus'' is a daily syndicated Australian radio program that has been broadcast since 1986. It is a political satire in the form of a radio play featuring characters that portray the ministers and shadow ministers of the Austral ...

- Doug Edwards, Lindy Wilson, Shane Edwards

Comedy: Narrative

A Moody Christmas ''A Moody Christmas'' is an Australian television comedy series that follows the adventures of Dan Moody, who returns home from London to spend each Christmas with his dysfunctional family. It was created and written by Trent O'Donnell and Phi ...

(''Decapod Crustaceans'') - Phil Lloyd, Trent O'Donnell * A Moody Christmas (''Separate Seats'') - Phil Lloyd, Trent O'Donnell *

Please Like Me ''Please Like Me'' is an Australian comedy-drama television series created by and starring Josh Thomas. Thomas also serves as a writer for every episode. The series premiered on 28 February 2013 on ABC2 in Australia and is on occasion available ...

(''Portuguese Custard Tarts'') - Josh Thomas, Liz Doran, Thomas Ward *

(''Spanish Eggs'') - Josh Thomas, Liz Doran, Thomas Ward

Feature Film: Screenplay Original

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Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is known for his portrayal of Will McGill on the first two seasons of the Australian drama series'' The Secret Life of Us'' (2001–02), and for playing Owen Lars in t ...

* Drift -

Morgan O'Neill Morgan O'Neill (born 19 April 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian showrunner, executive producer, writer, director and professional musician. Having earned a degree in literature from the University of Sydney, he graduated from the Natio ...

*The Rocket - Kim Mordaunt

Feature Film: Screenplay Adaptation

A Most Wanted Man ''A Most Wanted Man'' is a thriller/ espionage novel by British writer John le Carré, published in September 2008 by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom and in October 2008 by Scribner in the United States. A young Chechen ex-prisone ...

Andrew Bovell Andrew Bovell (born 1962) is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. Life Bovell was born on 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and completed his secondary school education in Perth. He graduated from the Universi ...

Lore Lore may refer to: * Folklore, acquired knowledge or traditional beliefs * Oral lore or oral tradition, orally conveyed cultural knowledge and traditions Places * Loré, former French commune * Loré (East Timor), a city and subdistrict in La ...

Cate Shortland Cate Shortland (born 10 August 1968) is an Australian director and screenwriter. She received international acclaim for her 2004 romantic drama film ''Somersault (film), Somersault'', her 2012 historical drama film ''Lore (film), Lore'', and he ...

, Robert Mukherjee

Radio: Original

* See How The Leaf People Run - Michele Lee * Eaten - Gina Schien

Radio: Adaptation

* Cross Sections - Suzie Miller * Head Full of Love - Alana Valentine

Interactive Media

* The Opera House Project - Sam Doust

Animation

* The Adventures of Figaro Pho: The Fear Of Unfamiliar Toilets - Bruce Griffiths * A Cautionary Tail - Erica Harrison * Ghosts of Time: Mummy Mia - David Witt

Documentary: Public Broadcast

* Whitlam: The Power & The Passion - Paul Clarke * Love & Fury: Judith Wright & 'Nugget' Coombs - John Hughes, Penelope Chai * Red Obsession - David Roach, Warwick Ross

Documentary: Corporate & Trading

* Your Choice - Ken Wallace

Theatre For Young Audiences

* Tame - Declan Greene * Truck Stop -

Lachlan Philpott Lachlan Philpott (born 20 March 1972) is an Australian theatre writer, director, and teacher. He graduated from the University of New South Wales (BA Hons Theatre and Film), the Victorian College of the Arts (Post-Grad Dip, Directing Theatre), and ...

* Driving into Walls - Suzie Miller * The Warrior And the Princess - Shirley Van Sanden

Theatre: Community & Youth Theatre

* The Quiet Brother - Ivy Mak * Beagle Bay Chronicles - Casey Nicholls * Grounded - Alana Valentine

Theatre: Stage

* Medea - Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks * Pompeii, L.A. - Declan Greene * Happy Ending - Melissa Reeves * Sweetest Things - Kate Rice

Theatre: Children's

* Starchaser - Lally Katz * The House that Jack Filled - Finegan Kruckemeyer

Short Film

* Spine - Sophie Miller * The Amber Amulet - Genevieve Hegney and Matthew Moore * Bursting! - Gary Sewell *The Last Time I Saw Richard - Nicholas Verso

Children's Television: P Classification

* Guess How Much I Love You (''I Promise'') - David Evans * Guess How Much I Love You (''A Hare's Tale'') - Lisa Hoppe * Guess How Much I Love You (''The Big Apple'') - Jane Schneider

Children's Television: C Classification

* Ghosts Of Time (''Alien Adventure'') - David Evans *

Dance Academy ''Dance Academy'' is an Australian teen drama television series produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series two began airing on 12 Ma ...

(''New Rules'') - Josh Mapleston *

(''Not For Nothing'') - Samantha Strauss * Dance Academy (''A Perfect Storm'') - Samantha Strauss

Monte Miller Award: Long Form

* Fury - Charlotte McConaghy * Starfish - Hannah Moon, Robin Geradts-Gill and Stephen Sholl * The Knot - Jessica Paine

Monte Miller Award: Short Form

* Trunk - Derek Foster * Drive By - Edward Lyons * Any Given Day - Anne O'Hoy and Leah Pullen

David Williamson Prize

Alana Valentine Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist, and director working in theatre, film, opera, and television. Early life and education Alana Valentine graduated with a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology ...

Dorothy Crawford Award

''For outstanding contribution to the profession'' *

Neil Armfield Neil Geoffrey Armfield (born 22 April 1955) is an Australian director of theatre, film and opera. Biography Born in Sydney, Armfield is the third and youngest son of Len, a factory worker at the nearby Arnott's Biscuits factory and Nita Armfi ...

Richard Lane Award

''For outstanding service and dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild'' *

Simon Hopkinson Simon Charles Hopkinson (born 5 June 1954) is an English food writer, critic and former chef. He published his first cookbook, ''Roast Chicken and Other Stories'', in 1994. Early life Hopkinson was born in Greenmount, Bury, in 1954, the son of ...

Hector Crawford Award

''For outstanding contribution to the craft via a body of script editing work'' * Kym Goldsworthy

Fred Parsons Award

''For outstanding contribution to Australian Comedy'' * Guy Rundle

External links

Australian Writers' Guild Official Website

References

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