Rick Kalowski (born 9 May 1972) is an Australian television and film writer/producer, best known for his work on the high-rating but controversial

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At Home with Julia ''At Home with Julia'' is a four-part Australian sitcom television series, created and written by Amanda Bishop, Rick Kalowski and Phil Lloyd, which debuted on 7 September 2011 on ABC1. A re-run of the series aired on ABC2 in April 2012. The ...

''. Before becoming a writer, Kalowski spent several years working as a lawyer, including clerking for Justice

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at the

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. Kalowski's first screenplay (written with Andrew Jones) was the political satire ''

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'' (2003), directed by

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(''

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''), produced by

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(''

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''), and starring

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, Kevin Harrington and H.G. Nelson. The film was opening night selection at the 50th

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in 2003 and earned Kevin Harrington an

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nomination for Best Actor. Kalowski's other television credits include head writer and co-creator of the

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, a 2003 nominee for Best Comedy Series at the

starring Chris Lilley and

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; and head writer of the Nine Network late-night sketch comedy series '' Comedy Inc - The Late Shift'' between 2004 and 2006, nominated for 7

including two for Best Comedy Series, the 2006

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for Most Outstanding Comedy Program, and the 2006 Rose D'Or (''Golden Rose of Montreaux'') Award for Best International Comedy Series. Kalowski was also co-creator (with

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), head writer, producer of the

television series Double Take (2009), noted for its

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"Nine to Nine" song parody video that predicted Gillard replacing

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, and which became a highly popular viral internet item when that political event later occurred in August 2010 Kalowski has also developed projects in the United States and the United Kingdom. He won the 2006 AWGIE (

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Award) for Best Documentary Script. In late 2010, Kalowski was appointed Creative Director - Scripted & Light Entertainment at Quail Television, a Sydney-based production company. His first commission in that role was co-creator/co-writer/executive producer of the

'', starring fellow co-creators/co-writers

Amanda Bishop Amanda Diana Bishop (born 10 December 1979) is an Australian actress and comedian, known for her comedy portrayals of Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, in the television comedy ''At Home with Julia''. Bishop had previousl ...

and Phil Lloyd, which began airing on ABC1 on 7 September 2011.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalowski, Rick Australian screenwriters Australian television writers 1972 births Living people Australian male television writers