Gabriel Dowrick (born 4 September 1983) is an

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born screenwriter and editor.

Screenwriting

Gabriel co-wrote and created the Australian ABC TV comedy series

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with

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in 2021. Preppers was nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series and Best Comedy Performer (Nakkiah Lui) at the 2021

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. Feature film credits include Skin Trade, directed by

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and starring

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and

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and

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, directed by Marc Furmie and exec-produced by

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. Gabriel has twice been a finalist in th
Script Pipeline
screenwriting contest, in 2012 and 2016, for scripts co-written with Ben Phelps.

Editing

TV

Gabriel has worked as an editor on many Australian TV series', including Bali 2002,

, Total Control,

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, Doctor Doctor,

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, The Other Guy,

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, Soul Mates,

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and

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Film

Gabriel edited the feature film

and worked on the anthology drama The Turning.

Awards

Gabriel was nominated for Best Editing in Television at the 2021

for his work on

. Other awards include "Best Young Talent" at

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in 2005; "Best Action Sequence" at the

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in 2007 with the short movie "The razor's edge" starring Nicholas Rogers; plus nominations for "Best Achievement in Editing" at the 2013

St Kilda Short Film Festival St Kilda Film Festival is Australia's longest running short film festivalAustralian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Cinema of Australia, Australian film indu ...

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(AACTA) nomination for his work on the anthology film The Turning. Gabriel has been nominated for six

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awards and won twice, for the ABC TV series

and for the Stan original series The Other Guy. He was nominated twice for his work on Soul Mates, as well as for

and

's short film Brown Lips.

References

External links

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