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Greg Haddrick
Greg Haddrick
Born	Gregory Bevan Haddrick; 7 September 1960 (age 64); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Education	Newington College; University of Sydney
Occupations	Screenwriter; film producer; television producer;
Spouse	Margaret
Children	3
Parent(s)	Lorraine and; Ron Haddrick AM MBE

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.^[1] 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."^[2]

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),^[3] where he was Senior Prefect in 1978.^[4] In 1982 he graduated with as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours, English) from the University of Sydney.^[5]

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	Won
International Emmy Awards	2003	Best Drama Series	MDA	Nominated
Australian Film Institute Awards	2003	Best Drama Series	MDA	Won
Australian Film Institute Awards	2005	Best Mini-Series	The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant	Won
Logie Awards	2006	Most Outstanding Mini-Series	The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant	Won
AWGIE AWARDS	2006	Television Series Script	MDA	Won
AWGIE AWARDS	2006	Television Adaptation	The Society Murders	Won
AWGIE AWARDS	2008	Telemovie Original	The Informant	Won
AWGIE AWARDS	2008	Television Mini-Series Adaptation	Underbelly	Won^[6]
AWGIE AWARDS	2008	(MAJOR) Peer recognition Praise	Underbelly	Honoured

Publications

Top Shelf 1: Reading and Writing the Best in Australian TV Drama ISBN 0-86819-610-X (Sydney, 2001)
Top Shelf 2: Five Outstanding Television Screenplays ISBN 0-86819-611-8 (Sydney, 2001)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Currency Press
^ The Australian - Greg Haddrick
^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp80
^ Rev Dr Peter Swain, Newington Across the Years 1863-1998
^ Haddrick – Back to the Bay Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ 2008 AWGIE Award Winners at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 December 2008)

External links

[Currency_Press-1] Currency Press

[2] The Australian - Greg Haddrick

[3] Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp80

[4] Rev Dr Peter Swain, Newington Across the Years 1863-1998

[5] Haddrick – Back to the Bay Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[6] 2008 AWGIE Award Winners at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 December 2008)

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