Anne Brooksbank
Anne Brooksbank | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anne Mary Brooksbank 1943 (age 81–82) Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| 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]
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
- Mad Dog Morgan (1976)[7]
- Archer (1985)[8]
- On Loan (1990)
- All My Love (1991)
- Marriage Acts (2000)
- Mother's Day (2005)
- Sir Katherine
- Big Thursday
- Father's Day
- Don't I Know You? (2024)[9]
Select film and TV credits
- Avengers of the Reef (1973)
- Newsfront (1975) (with Bob Ellis) (winner of AACTA Best Screenplay Award)[10]
- Down Under (play) (1975) (with Bob Ellis)[11]
- Case for the Defence (1978)
- Maybe This Time (1980)[4]
- The Winds of Jarrah (1983)
- Land of Hope (1986)
- Marriage Acts (2000)
- All My Love (2015), a play about Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore's relationship.[12]
- Don't Tell (2017)
References
- ^ "Anne Brooksbank". AustLit. (subscription required)
- ^ "Screenwriting for Film: Online - Australian Film Television and Radio School". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ^ "Australian Film Television and Radio School; Appendix 8, Industry Practitioners at AFTRS". Australian Government, Transparency Portal. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Anne Brooksbank". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ Nick Galvin (9 March 2014). "Jack Ellis' storied history". smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Australian writer Bob Ellis dies in Sydney of cancer aged 73". Our Midland. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ 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) - ^ Brooksbank, Anne (1985), Archer, Bay Books, ISBN 978-0-85835-824-9
- ^ "Don't I Know You". Good Reads. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Director Phillip Noyce to receive the AACTA Longford Lyell Award". AACTA. 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Literary lovers: Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore". Radio National: Books and Arts. ABC. 17 July 2015.