Anne Brooksbank
Anne Brooksbank | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Mary Brooksbank 1943 (age 82–83) Melbourne |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, novelist, educator |
| Spouse | Bob Ellis |
| Children | Jack Ellis |
Anne Mary Brooksbank (born 1943) is an Australian writer. She has written a number of novels as well as scripts for film and TV.[1]
She has taught screenwriting at The Australian Film Television and Radio School.[2][3]
Personal life
She was born in Melbourne. She completed an MA in English literature and history at Melbourne University and studied painting at the National Gallery School before becoming a professional writer.[4]
She was married to Bob Ellis, with whom she occasionally collaborated; they had three children, including the author Jack Ellis.[5][6]
Novels
Select film and TV credits
- Avengers of the Reef (1973)
- Newsfront (1975) (with Bob Ellis) (winner of AACTA Best Screenplay Award)[10]
- Down Under (play) (1975) (with Bob Ellis)[11]
- Case for the Defence (1978)
- Maybe This Time (1980)[4]
- The Winds of Jarrah (1983)
- Land of Hope (1986)
- Marriage Acts (2000)
- All My Love (2015), a play about Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore's relationship.[12]
- Don't Tell (2017)
References
- ↑ "Anne Brooksbank". AustLit. (subscription required)
- ↑ "Screenwriting for Film: Online - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ "Australian Film Television and Radio School; Appendix 8, Industry Practitioners at AFTRS". Australian Government, Transparency Portal. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Anne Brooksbank". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ Nick Galvin (9 March 2014). "Jack Ellis' storied history". smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ "Australian writer Bob Ellis dies in Sydney of cancer aged 73". Our Midland. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ Ellis, Bob; Brooksbank, Anne, 1943- (1976), Mad dog Morgan, Corgi Books
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Brooksbank, Anne (1985), Archer, Bay Books, ISBN 978-0-85835-824-9
- ↑ "Don't I Know You". Good Reads. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ "Director Phillip Noyce to receive the AACTA Longford Lyell Award". AACTA. 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ↑ "Australian Godot Awaited". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 686. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Literary lovers: Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore". Radio National: Books and Arts. ABC. 17 July 2015.
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- Australian women screenwriters
- Australian television writers
- Australian women television writers
- 20th-century Australian women novelists
- 21st-century Australian women novelists
- Screenwriting instructors
- Writers from Melbourne
- University of Melbourne alumni
- 20th-century Australian screenwriters
- 21st-century Australian screenwriters