Kristen Dunphy

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Kristen Dunphy
OccupationTelevision screenwriter and producer
Notable credit(s)
Wakefield
AwardsFoxtel Scholarship, 2012

Kristen Dunphy is an Australian television screenwriter and producer. She is best known as creator, co-writer and co-executive producer of Wakefield , which screened on ABC TV in 2021.

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Career

Dunphy's career in film and television began when producer Sandra Levy employed her to work as assistant to Gillian Armstrong, who was directing the 1987 film, High Tide . [1] When Levy became head of drama at ABC TV she employed Dunphy as a screenwriter on G.P. (1992–1996), The Ferals (1995) and Heartbreak High (1995–1997). [1]

Dunphy, as creator, co-writer and joint executive producer, began developing the eight-part serial, Wakefield in 2012. [2] During its production in 2020 she worked as joint showrunner. [3] Wakefield screened on ABC TV in 2021 [4] and received five AACTA Award nominations. [5]

Awards and recognition

Dunphy won her first AWGIE in 2003 for Best Television Series Episode for episode 14 of White Collar Blue (Network 10/Knapman Wyld). [6] She won the 2008 AWGIE for Best Television Series Drama for Eastwest 101 (SBS/Knapman Wyld) and the 2012 AWGIE for Best Mini-Series Television Drama for The Straits (ABC/Matchbox) 2012. [7] She was awarded the Foxtel Fellowship in 2012 for her "significant contribution to the Australian cultural landscape made by television writing". [1]

Selected filmography

Television series

YearTitleRole
1992–1995 G.P. writer
1994 Heartland writer
1995 The Ferals writer
1995–1997 Heartbreak High writer
1996 Fallen Angels writer
1997 Mirror Mirror II writer
1997–1998 Murder Call writer
1998–1999 Wildside writer
1999 All Saints writer
2000 Water Rats writer
2002–2003 White Collar Blue writer and script editor
2006 Blue Water High writer
2007–2009 East West 101 writer
2012 The Straits writer [8]
2013 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries writer and script editor
2015 The Principal co-creator and writer [9]
2016–2017 Secret Daughter co-creator [10]
2021 Wakefield creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer

Films

YearTitleRole
1987 High Tide director's assistant [1]
2004Blackjack: Sweet Sciencewriter [11]
2005 Small Claims: White Wedding script editor

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