Anne Brooksbank

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Anne Brooksbank
Born
Anne Mary Brooksbank

1943 (age 81–82)
Melbourne
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, novelist, educator
Spouse Bob Ellis
Children Jack Ellis

Anne Mary Brooksbank (born 1943) is an Australian writer. She has written a number of novels as well as scripts for film and TV. [1]

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She has taught screenwriting at The Australian Film Television and Radio School. [2] [3]

Personal life

She was born in Melbourne. She completed an MA in English literature and history at Melbourne University and studied painting at the National Gallery School before becoming a professional writer. [4]

She was married to Bob Ellis, with whom she occasionally collaborated; they had three children, including the author Jack Ellis. [5] [6]

Novels

Select film and TV credits

References

  1. ↑ "Anne Brooksbank". AustLit. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Screenwriting for Film: Online - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Australian Film Television and Radio School; Appendix 8, Industry Practitioners at AFTRS". Australian Government, Transparency Portal. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Anne Brooksbank". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Nick Galvin (9 March 2014). "Jack Ellis' storied history". smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Australian writer Bob Ellis dies in Sydney of cancer aged 73". Our Midland. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Bob; Brooksbank, Anne, 1943- (1976), Mad dog Morgan, Corgi Books{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Brooksbank, Anne (1985), Archer, Bay Books, ISBN   978-0-85835-824-9
  9. ↑ "Don't I Know You". Good Reads. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Director Phillip Noyce to receive the AACTA Longford Lyell Award". AACTA. 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Australian Godot Awaited". The Canberra Times . Vol. 52, no. 15, 686. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 September 1978. p. 15. Retrieved 3 July 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Literary lovers: Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore". Radio National: Books and Arts. ABC. 17 July 2015.
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