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Andrew Knight Andrew Knight i(A14898 works by)
Born: Established: 1953 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Television and film scriptwriter Andrew Knight set up Artists Services in 1989 with Steve Vizard as a production company for their television comedy series Fast Forward and television program Tonight Live. Knight also wrote, with Max Dann, the films Spotswood and Siam Sunset and a television series for children, Worst Best Friends, based on Dann's books Adventures With My Worst Best Friend, Going Bananas, and Dusting in Love.

With Deb Cox, he wrote the popular television series SeaChange. His work also includes television series Kangaroo Palace, After the Deluge, and Tripping Over. He published Dying to Know (2007), a book about coping with death, co-authored with Andrew Anastasios .

Source: Liz Porter, 'Knight's Camera Inaction' The Sunday Age 17 August 2008: 18

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form y separately published work icon Bay of Fires ( dir. Natalie Bailey ) Australia : Archipelago Productions FremantleMedia Australia , 2023 24856580 2023 series - publisher film/TV crime

'Set in the wilds of Tasmania, Marta [Dusseldorp] will play lead character Stella Heikkinen whose fall from grace is as spectacular as it is life threatening.

'Betrayed by her own company and in immediate danger – single mother of two Stella has no option but to move her young family to the last place on earth anyone would expect. This town isn’t the kind of place they put on postcards, this is a tiny community rife with simmering feuds, crime and sometimes, murder.'

Source: Archipelago Productions.
2024 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Drama Series
form y separately published work icon Jack Irish [Episode 2.1] ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2018 16958262 2018 single work film/TV
2019 winner AWGIE Awards — Television Award — Series or Mini-Series of More than Four Hours' Duration
form y separately published work icon Ride like a Girl Australia : The Film Company Magdalene Media , 2018 9252158 2018 single work film/TV

The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.
2019 shortlisted AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Original
2019 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
2019 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
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