Greg Haddrick | |
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Born | Gregory Bevan Haddrick 7 September 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Newington College University of Sydney |
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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]
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]
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 |
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