australian television information archive

The 42nd annual AWGIE Awards were held August 28, 2009 at Doltone House in Sydney

Richard Lane Award Recognising Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild

• Jack Brislee

Hector Crawford Award - For a Significant Contribution to the Craft via a Body of Script Editing Work

• May-Brit Akerholt

Richard Wherrett Prize

• Tenderness - Slut by Patricia Cornelius

Kit Denton Fellowship

• Back to Back Theatre

John Hinde Award for Science Fiction

• Shayne Armstrong and S.P Krause

Monte Miller Award

(for unproduced script over 30 minutes by Associate member)

• Dog Club by Irina Goundortseva
• Box by James Greville
• The Smash Man by Mark Hopkins
• Space Cadet by Paulene Turner

Monte Miller Award

(for unproduced script under 30 minutes by Associate member)

• State of Mind by Philip Tarl Denson
• Broken by Mitchell Forrester
• Lost Dog by Dean Friske
• Wake Up Call by Andrew Kotatko
• The Darkness In Their Eyes by David Williamson

Children's Television (C Classification)

• CJ the DJ - Si's Slide by John Armstrong
• K9 - The Fall of the House of Gryffen by John Armstrong and Shane Krause
• Sumo Mouse - Episode 19 - That's a Sidekick in the Pants by Ray Boseley
• Pearlie - Dude Ranch by Stu Connolly

Children's Television (P Classification)

• Zigby - Zigby and the Mango by Suzie Wicks

Children's Theatre

• The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy - by Finegan Kruckemeyer, conceived by Andy Packer

Theatre for Young Audiences

• Tenderness - Slut by Patricia Cornelius

Community & Youth Theatre

• Watermark by Alana Valentine

Stage

• When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
• Ruben Guthrie by Brendan Cowell
• The Modern International Dead by Damien Millar

Interactive Media

• FIND815 by Anthony Mullins

Radio - Original Broadcast

• There's Something about Eels— by Noëlle Janaczewska
• Pitch Black by Noëlle Janaczewska
• Moon Door by Verity Laughton
• Davy by Verity Laughton
• Concerto for Humans and Semtex by Simon Luckhurst

Radio Adaptation

• There's Something about Eels... by Noëlle Janaczewska

Documentary - Public Broadcast

• How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer by Simon Nasht
• First Australians - Episode 1 by Rachel Perkins and Louis Nowra
• First Australians - Episode 3 by Louis Nowra with Beck Cole

Documentary - Corporate Training

• Not My Sister - Scott Xavier Higgins
• Bingo Night - Scott Xavier Higgins
• Bag Snatch - Michael Winter

Short Film

• Champions by Anita Beckman
• Dearth by Bruce Davie
• Floating by Juliet Porter
• Tomorrow by Simon Portus

Comedy (Sketch or Light Entertainment)

• How Green Was My Cactus by Doug Edwards and Shane Edwards
• Good News Week 2:07 - The 2008 Jet - Sparrow Awards by Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, Warwick Holt and Ian Simmons, with Mat Blackwell, Patrick Cook, Paul Livingston and Celia Pacquola
• Newstopia by Stephen Hall and Michael Ward with Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie

Comedy (Situation or Narrative)

• Poster Girl by Van Badham
• Chandon Pictures - A Script is Written by Rob Carlton
• Review with Myles Barlow - Episode 3 by Phil Lloyd with Trent O'Donnell
• Whatever Happened to that Guy? - Bryan Brown Stole My Life by Brendan Luno and Peter Moon
• Whatever Happened to that Guy? - The Book by Doug MacLeod

Television (Serial)

• Neighbours - Episode 5474 by John Davies
• Out of the Blue - Episode 4 by Sam Meikle
• Neighbours - Episode 5486 by Anthony Morris
• Home and Away - Episode 4649 by Sean Nash

Television (Series)

• Rush - Episode 1 by Christopher Lee
• Rush - Episode 4 by John O'Brien and Christopher Lee
• Satisfaction - Episode 4, Playground by Jo Martino
• Carla Cametti PD - Episode 1, To Have and to Hold by Jo Martino and Samantha Winston, additional writing by Liz Doran

Telemovie (Original)

• Saved by Belinda Chayko
• Scorched by Tim Pye

Television Mini-series (Original)

• East West 101 - Season 2 by Vanessa Bates, Kristen Dunphy, Michael Miller, Michelle Offen, David Ogilvy and Katherine Thomson
• False Witness by Peter Gawler
• The Circuit - Series 2 by Kelly Lefever and Mitch Torres with Dot West and Wayne Blair

Feature Film (Adaptation)

• Blessed by Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius and Christos Tsiolkas
• Bran Nue Dae by Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins with Jimmy Chi
• Last Ride by Mac Gudgeon
• Easy Virtue by Sheridan Jobbins with Stephan Elliott and Noël Coward

Feature Film (Original)

• The Combination by George Basha
• Cedar Boys by Serhat Caradee
• Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
• Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton

Major AWGIE Award

• Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton