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Gretel Vella Gretel Vella i(14785097 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Playwright and script-writer.

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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon A Pox on Hope ( dir. Colin Bucksey ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020 23332743 2020 single work film/TV
2021 nominated AWGIE Awards Television Award Series or Mini-series of More than 4 Hours Duration
form y separately published work icon A Sunburnt Christmas ( dir. Christiaan Van Vuuren ) Australia : Every Cloud Productions Highview Productions , 2020 20880939 2020 single work film/TV 'On an outback farm that's seen hard times, a single mum and her three kids struggle to keep their life together. With Dad recently passed away and Mum slowly losing the plot, it is 14-year-old Hazel who shoulders the burden, managing the failing farm and keeping her younger siblings from careering completely off the rails. They all suspect there won't be much Christmas joy this year, but when a strange man dressed as Santa Claus crashes a van full of toys onto their property, their world is turned upside down in ways they could never have imagined.' (Production summary)
2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Telefeature or Mini Series
2021 nominated AWGIE Awards Television Award Telemovie or Mini-series of 4 Hours or Less Duration
form y separately published work icon Doctor Doctor The Heart Guy ( dir. Peter Salmon et. al. )agent New South Wales : Essential Media and Entertainment Nine Network , 2016-2020 9516037 2016 series - publisher film/TV

'When he is knocked off his pedestal and on to the Impaired Registrants Program, prodigal Sydney surgeon and party boy Hugh Knight must return to his family home in rural Whyhope where he might learn to swallow his pride and mend his ways – or not.'

Source: Production blurb.

2020 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series
2019 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2019 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Series
2018 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2018 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Series
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