Sue Smith (writer)

Sue Smith is an Australian screenwriter and playwright.

Biography

She is best known for writing or co-writing Australian television productions including Mabo, Bastard Boys, RAN, The Road from Coorain, The Leaving of Liverpool, and Brides of Christ. Her screenwriting for film includes Peaches and co-writing Saving Mr. Banks. Since 2006 she has also written for the stage, with plays including Hydra, Machu Picchu, Kryptonite, The Kreutzer Sonata (an adaptation of the Tolstoy novella) and Strange Attractor, and the libretto to the opera Rembrandt's Wife.[1][2]

Smith received AACTA/AFI Awards as a screenwriter for RAN and Bastard Boys and as a co-screenwriter for Brides of Christ and The Leaving of Liverpool. She received the Australian Writers' Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.[3]   

References
  1. "Q&A: Outgoing Patrick White Playwrights' Fellow Sue Smith". Sydney Theatre Company. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. Hook, Chris (2 March 2016). "Living between life and death". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. Maddox, Garry (30 August 2018). "Animated short film with no dialogue wins top writing award". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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