Miranda Downes

Miranda Downes (27 February 1950 – 3 August 1985) was an Australian screenwriter.[1] Ernest Arthur Knibb was convicted of her murder.[2]

Miranda (known as Mandy) attended Cumberland High School (Carlingford). She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales. Subsequently, she completed a course in "script writing" at the National Institute for Dramatic Arts (NIDA).[3]

She worked as a production secretary in the film industry when she wrote an original script, Undercover (1983). She later started working on a script called Cane about Italian cane cutters in Queensland, when she was murdered on a beach north of Cairns.[4][5] Ernest Knibb was arrested after an investigation by the TV show 60 Minutes.[6]

Cane became the mini series Fields of Fire.[7][2]

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References
  1. David Elfick, "Obituary: Miranda Downes", Cinema Papers, September 1985 p 3
  2. Guppy, Damon (4 September 2012). "Convicted killer Ernest Arthur Knibb, 71, eyes parole after 25 years behind bars". The Cairns Post. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  3. Glover, Richard (6 August 1985). "Top writer murdered on beach". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 4.
  4. "Tough city, Cairns, but not for Michael Grace". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 240. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 September 1985. p. 31 (GOOD WEEKEND). Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Features A good year for Australian cinemas 'Crocodile Dundee' puts the bite back into the film industry". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 723. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 January 1987. p. 16. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Arrested after TV tip-off". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 754. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 February 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 28 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p38-39


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