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Marc Rosenberg Marc Rosenberg i(A14485 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 St Louis, Missouri,
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1975
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BiographyHistory

Marc Rosenberg graduated from the University of Texas, Austin (USA) in 1972 with a BA in Political Science and English. He founded Advent, a literary and art magazine in America. After arriving in Sydney, he studied at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, graduating in 1980. As well as writing feature films, Rosenberg has written scripts for televsion series and serials including Restless Years, Country Practice and Palace of Dreams. He has also worked as a producer.

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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon December Boys ( dir. Rod Hardy ) Australia : Becker Films , 2006 Z1226930 2006 single work film/TV

'1960s outback Australia. Four boys in a convent orphanage watch younger kids leave with newly adopted parents, fearing their time may never come. The Reverend Mother sends them to the seaside where they meet a young autocratic couple that would make perfect parents. As men, they remember sabotaging each other’s efforts to be the chosen one, only to discover that the real meaning of what it is to be a family, is to be one of the December Boys.'

Source: Screen Australia.

2007 winner AWGIE Awards Film Award Adaptation
2007 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
form y separately published work icon Dingo ( dir. Rolf De Heer ) 1991 Australia Paris : Gevest Productions AO Productions , 1991 Z171883 1991 single work film/TV John 'Dingo' Anderson is a 'dogger' (dingo trapper) by day and trumpet player in a local band by night. His fascination with the instrument comes from a chance encounter as a child with Billy Cross, a legendary American jazz trumpeter: Cross played an impromptu concert on the tarmac of Poona Flat airport after his plane was forced to make an unscheduled stop. The young Anderson decides on the spot to become a trumpet player. Twenty years later, he has developed a unique style based on the sounds of the Australian bush, particularly the dingo, but he's still in Poona Flat. He dreams, however, of going to Paris to play with Cross. He has kept in touch with his idol, sending letters and tapes of his music. As he approaches his 30th birthday, John flies to Paris without telling his wife Jane. He wants to know if he's good enough. Billy Cross is now an ailing recluse, but he and his French wife take John in. John makes his solo debut at a famous club, and Billy comes out of retirement to join him on stage. John then returns to Poona Flat, in time for his 'surprise' birthday party.

[Source: Australian Screen]
1991 winner AWGIE Awards Film Award Best Original Screenplay
1992 winner New South Wales State Literary Awards Script Writing Award
1992 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
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