About Miranda Downes
Lived 1950 – 1985 (aged 35). Miranda Downes was a screenwriter.
Miranda Downes (27 February 1950 – 3 August 1985) was an Australian screenwriter. Ernest Arthur Knibb was convicted of her murder.
She worked as a production secretary in the film industry when she wrote an original script, Undercover (1983). She later started working on a script called Cane about Italian cane cutters in Queensland, when she was murdered on a beach north of Cairns. Ernest Knibb was arrested after an investigation by the TV show 60 Minutes.
Cane became the mini series Fields of Fire.
Select credits Undercover (1983) First Love - "The House That Jack Built" The Last Resort (1988) Fields of Fire
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Who was Miranda Downes?
Australian screenwriter
When was Miranda Downes born?
Miranda Downes was born on 27 February 1950.
When did Miranda Downes die?
Miranda Downes died on 3 July 1985.
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Miranda Downes was a screenwriter.
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