Ken Quinnell
Ken Quinnell | |
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| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Sydney, Australia |
Ken Quinnell (born 1939) is an Australia screenwriter and film director.
Journalism
[edit]Quinell has a background in publishing and freelancejournalism, including working for Screen International and Rolling Stone. In the 1960s he was a member of the WEA Film Study Group, where he met writers Michael Thornhill[1] and Frank Moorhouse.
From 1966 to 1968 Quinnell and Michael Thornhill published SCJ: The Sydney Cinema Journal.[2]
Film and television
[edit]Thornhill and Quinnell have worked in the Australian film industry.[citation needed]
Quinnell wrote the screenplays for Cathy's Child (1979) (with Dick Wordley) adapted from Wordley's novel Hoodwink (1981); and The City's Edge (1983), originally titled The Running Man. The City's Edge, which was made for television, was co-written by Robert J. Merritt and W.A. Harbison, adapted from W.A. Harbison's novel. Short Changed (1985) was also co-written by Merritt.[citation needed]
Awards
[edit]In 1981 Quinnell was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted, for Hoodwink.[citation needed]
Bibliography
[edit]- David Stratton (1980). The last new wave : the Australian film revival. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-14146-0.
- Brian McFarlane; Geoff Mayer; Ina Bertrand, eds. (1999). Written at Melbourne, Australia. The Oxford companion to Australian film. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553797-1.
References
[edit]- ^ David Stratton The last new wave : the Australian film revival Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1980
- ^ Thornhill, Michael; Quinnell, Ken (1966–1968). "SCJ: The Sydney Cinema Journal [catalogue entry]". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
No. 1 (autumn 1966)-no. 4 (summer 1968)
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External links
[edit]- Ken Quinnell at IMDb
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