Fred Schepisi will host Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
The SeaChange and Rake writer will adapt Peter Temple's "masterpiece", The Broken Shore
In between film work last year, Knight wrote new seasons of Rake and Jack Irish simultaneously, a process he calls, unsurprisingly, "a blur".
Screenwriter and producer Andrew Knight’s key message to the audience at the Screen Forever conference was that the creative process isn’t linear, and unique projects can only happen when producers "back talent, not quarantine it".
Revlover Films' Martha Coleman is producing. The feature has secured matched funding from eOne, who produced Knight's 'The Water Diviner'.
An episode of Jack Irish scripted by Andrew Knight and the series opener of Mystery Road by Michaeley O’Brien have been nominated for Edgar® Awards.
If there was an AACTA award for Australia's busiest screenwriter, Andrew Knight would take the prize in a cakewalk.
“Ever since I started with John Clarke when I was 24, the only breaks I’ve had have been for health or my wife abusing me [to take a break]. I’ve just gone from one project to another and it’s quite a privilege.”I’ve just gone from one project to another and it’s quite a privilege.”