Kim Mordaunt won the Australian Writers' Guild best original screenplay award for his debut film The Rocket and Cate Shortland and Robin Mukherjee got the feature film adaptation prize for Lore at the AWGIE awards held in Melbourne on Friday night.
Writer/directors have dominated the feature film categories for this year's AWGIE Awards, which will be presented in Sydney next month.
Chris Kennedy, the much loved and respected Australian screenwriter passed away suddenly last week.
In a David and Goliath battle, the screenplays for Ben Young’s debut feature Hounds of Love and Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge will compete for the original feature film prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards.
Several writers have been recognised for their work including Kris Mrksa, Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney, Shaun Grant, Peter Gawler and Chris Lilley
One of Australia’s most successful screenwriters, Craig Pearce, has bee presented the Australian Writers' Guild's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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The nominees include the scribes behind local films such as The Sapphires, The Eye of the Storm, Wish You Were Here and TV programs such as Mabo, Beaconsfield, and Underbelly