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Greg Haddrick

b. 1960

Australian writer and television producer

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About Greg Haddrick

Born 1960. Greg Haddrick is an Australian screenwriter, film producer and television producer.

Gregory Bevan Haddrick (7 September 1960) is an Australian-born screenwriter and film and television producer. Over the last decade he has won six AWGIE Awards as a writer, two AFI Awards as a producer, and an International Emmy Award nomination as a writer and producer. In addition, in 2006 he won a Logie Award for a mini-series. In 2012, The Australian reported that: "If you've watched an Australian television drama in the past year, there's a one in two chance it was written by Greg Haddrick."

Early life Haddrick is the younger child and only son of actor Ron Haddrick AM MBE and his wife. He was educated at Homebush Public School, where he was School Captain in 1972, and at Newington College (1973–78), where he was Senior Prefect in 1978. In 1982 he graduated with as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours, English) from the University of Sydney.

Film and television career Writer & Script Editor – Sons and Daughters First Writer – Home and Away Co-writer & Script Editor – Elly & Jools Co-writer of screenplay – The Magic Pudding feature film Writer – My Husband, My Killer Script editor of screenplay – The Potato Factory mini-series Script editor – Ihaka: Blunt Instrument telemovie Creator – MDA on ABC TV Producer – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Co-writer – The Society Murders telemovie Co-producer & Writer – Underbelly Co-writer – Mirror, Mirror Producer – Cloudstreet Producer – Crownies Writer & Executive Producer – Janet King Writer – Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Writer – Tricky Business Creator & writer – Pine Gap (TV series)

Awards Association Year Award Work Results AWGIE Awards 2 winner for scriptwriting Home and Away International Emmy Awards 2003 Best Drama Series MDA Australian Film Institute Awards 2003 Best Drama Series MDA Australian Film Institute Awards 2005 Best Mini-Series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant Logie Awards 2006 Most Outstanding Mini-Series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant AWGIE AWARDS 2006 Television Series Script MDA AWGIE AWARDS 2006 Television Adaptation The Society Murders AWGIE AWARDS 2008 Telemovie Original The Informant AWGIE AWARDS 2008 Television Mini-Series Adaptation Underbelly AWGIE AWARDS 2008 (MAJOR) Peer recognition Praise Underbelly

Publications Top Shelf 1: Reading and Writing the Best in Australian TV Drama (Sydney, 2001) Top Shelf 2: Five Outstanding Television Screenplays (Sydney, 2001)

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Education
Newington College, University of Sydney
Also known as
Gregory Bevan Haddrick

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Parent
Ron Haddrick

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Who is Greg Haddrick?

Australian writer and television producer

When was Greg Haddrick born?

Greg Haddrick was born on 7 September 1960 in Sydney.

What is Greg Haddrick's occupation?

Greg Haddrick is a screenwriter, film producer and television producer.

What nationality is Greg Haddrick?

Greg Haddrick is Australian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Greg Haddrick

· Wikidata: Q5605640

· DBpedia: Greg Haddrick

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