John Edwards

Honours and awards In all, Edwards' productions have won 31 Logie Awards, 30 Australian Film Institute Awards, 11 AACTA Awards, four People's Choice Awards (Australia), eight ASTRA Awards and more than a dozen Australian craft awards. Furthermore, On the Beach is the first Australian production to have received Golden Globe Award nominations.

In 2011, Edwards was conferred an Honorary master's degree by the Australian Film Television and Radio School, for "his 30-year contribution to Australian television." It was presented to him by Claudia Karvan.

In 2017, Edwards was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the broadcast media industry as a television producer, and as a role model and mentor".

Producer/writer credits

Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1981 Australia in the 80's Writer Short film 1983 Out of Time: Out of Place Writer 1985 The Empty Beach Producer 1990 Wendy Cracked a Walnut (aka Almost) Producer 1994Police RescueProducer

Television Year Title Role Type Ref. 1982 The Weekly's War Writer Miniseries 1983 The Entombed Warriors Writer Documentary 1985 I Own the Racecourse Producer, Writer TV movie 1986 Cyclone Tracy Producer Miniseries, 3 episodes 1987 Stringer Producer Miniseries, 2 episodes 1989–1996 Police Rescue Producer 62 episodes 1991 Children of the Dragon Producer Miniseries 1993 Tribal Voice Executive Producer Documentary 1994 Police Rescue Story TV movie 1994–1996 Cody Producer 6x TV movies 1995 Echo Point Producer 130 episodes 1998 Big Sky Producer 40 episodes 2000 On the Beach Producer TV movie 2001 Do or Die Producer Miniseries Hard Knox Producer TV movie The Secret Life of Us Executive Producer TV movie 2001–2005 The Secret Life of Us Producer / Executive Producer 66 episodes 2003 Marking Time Producer Miniseries Fireflies Producer TV movie 2004 Fireflies Producer 17 episodes Rapid Response Producer TV movie 2004–2007 Love My Way Producer 27 episodes 2005 The Surgeon Producer Miniseries, 8 episodes 2005–2006 The Alice Executive Producer 22 episodes 2007 Dangerous Producer Miniseries, 7 episodes 2008 Out of the Blue Producer 114 episodes 2008–2011 Rush Producer 59 episodes 2009–2012 Tangle Producer 22 episodes 2010–2011 Spirited Producer / Executive Producer 18 episodes 2010–2014 Offspring Producer 2011 Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo Producer Miniseries, 2 episodes Beaconsfield Producer TV movie 2012 Howzat! Kerry Packer's War Producer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2012–2013 Puberty Blues Producer / Executive Producer 17 episodes 2013 Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War Producer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2014 Party Tricks (aka Opposites Attract) Producer 6 episodes 2014–2015 Gallipoli Producer Miniseries, 7 episodes 2015 The Beautiful Lie Producer Miniseries, 6 episodes 2016 Blue Murder: Killer Cop Producer / Executive Producer Miniseries, 2 episodes 2017 Romper Stomper Producer (with Roadshow Rough Diamond) Miniseries, 6 episodes 2025 A Bump Christmas TV movie 2026 The F Ward Producer Miniseries, 6 episodes Dalliance Executive Producer Miniseries, 4 episodes (In production)