australian television information archive

The 2016 AWGIE Awards (49th annual) were held on October 14, 2016 at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney.

Monte Miller Award: Long Form

for unproduced script over 30 minutes by Associate member

• Lost in the Dark — Christopher W. Bailey
• Mary, Mary — Penelope Chai & Adam Spellicy
• The Long, Wide Blow — Mandy McCarthy
• The Prince — Beth King

Monte Miller Award: Short Form

for unproduced script under 30 minutes by Associate member

• Fingers — Lachlan Marks
• It Will Peck You — Katie Found
• State: 'Pilot' — Jeremy Dicker, Christopher Ellinger & William Ewing

Telemovie (Original)

• Mary: The Making of a Princess — Samantha Strauss

Television Mini-series (Adaptation)

• Barracuda — Blake Ayshford and Belinda Chayko
• Jack Irish — Andrew Knight, Matt Cameron and Andrew Anastasios
• The Beautiful Lie — Alice Bell

Television Mini-series (Original)

• Cleverman — Michael Miller and Jane Allen with Jon Bell
• Glitch — Louise Fox, Kris Mrksa and Giula Sandler
• The Code: Season 2 — Shelley Birse
• Wanted — Timothy Hobart, John Ridley and Kirsty Fisher
• Wolf Creek — Peter Gawler and Felicity Packard

Television (Series)

• Rake: Season 4, Episode 407 — Andrew Knight
• Wentworth: Season 3, 'Blood and Fire' — Pete McTighe
• Wentworth: Season 4, 'Plan Bea' — Michael Lucas

Television (Serial)

• Home & Away: Episode 6381 — Sarah Walker
• Home & Away: Episode 6417 — Gary Sewell
• Neighbours: Episode 7202 — Jason Herbison
• Neighbours: Episode 7284 — Peter Mattessi

Comedy (Sketch or Light Entertainment)

• The Weekly with Charlie Pickering: 'Halal Certification' and 'Stadium Naming Rights' — Gerard McCulloch with Charlie Pickering

Comedy (Situation or Narrative)

• No Activity: 'The Dolphin' — Trent O'Donnell
• Please Like Me: Season 3, 'Coq au Vin' — Josh Thomas
• Please Like Me: Season 3, 'Pancakes with Faces' — Josh Thomas and Liz Doran
• Please Like Me: Season 3, 'Simple Carbohydrates' — Josh Thomas, Liz Doran and Thomas Ward
• The Future is Expensive: 'Decking' — Eddie Perfect

Feature Film (Original)

• Ali's Wedding — Andrew Knight & Osamah Sami
• Boys in the Trees — Nicholas Verso
• Tanna — John Collee with Bentley Dean & Martin Butler and the Yakel tribe of Tanna Island
• The Weatherman's Umbrella — Anne Richey

Feature Film (Adaptation)

• Berlin Syndrome — Shaun Grant
• Jasper Jones — Shaun Grant & Craig Silvey
• The Patriarch — John Collee

Short Form

• Bluey — Darlene Johnson
• Cold Hearts — Danielle Baynes & Yolanda Ramke
• Overtime — Craig Foster & Emma McKenna
• Slingshot — David Hansen

Radio — Original

• A Thoroughly Wet Mess — Aden Rolfe
• Happy Monday — Richie Black
• The History of the Single Girl — Noelle Janaczewska

Radio — Adaptation

• Nil by Sea — Katie Pollock
• Spirit — Donna Abela

Interactive Media

• Ninja Pizza Girl — Jason Stark with Nicole Stark
• Story City: Adelaide - Time Travel Caper — Ben Crisp
• The Forgotten City — Nick Pearce

Animation

• Beat Bugs: 'Hey Bulldog' — Kate Mulvany
• Beat Bugs: 'Ticket to Ride' — Erica Harrison
• Beat Bugs: 'Yellow Submarine' — Josh Wakely
• The New Adventures of Figaro Pho: 'Run Figaro Run' — Bruce Griffiths

Documentary — Public Broadcast or Exhibition

• Baxter and Me — Gillian Leahy
• Between a Frock and a Hard Place — Paul Clarke with Alex Barry
• Reindeer in my Saami Heart — Janet Merewether
• The Silences — Margot Nash

Documentary — Corporate & Training

• Seven Women Nepal - The Birth of a Social Enterprise — Gaby Purchase and Claire Stone
• You Talking About Killing Yourself? — Lou Sanz
• You Talking Suicide? — Lou Sanz

Community & Youth Theatre

• A Kid Like Me — Sally Hardy with Alirio Zavarce
• As Told By The Boys Who Fed Me Apples — R.Johns
• The Dreaming Hill — Hellie Turner
• We That Are Left — Robert Kronk

Stage

• Broken — Mary Anne Butler
• Jurassica — Dan Giovannoni
• Mortido — Angela Betzien
• The Bleeding Tree — Angus Cerini
• The Waiting Room — Kylie Trounson

Children's Theatre

• Reasons to Stay Inside — Katy Warner
• The Red Balloon — Hilary Bell

Music Theatre

• The Rabbits — Lally Katz

Children's Television (P Classification)

• Sydney Sailboat: 'Muddles in the Mist' — Alexa Moses
• Sydney Sailboat: 'Trash and Treasure' — Rachel Spratt
• Digby Dragon: 'Runaway Scottie' — Tim Bain
• Play Along With Sam: 'The Beach Special' — Shaun Walsh

Children's Television (C Classification)

• Ready for This: 'The Birthday Party' — Leah Purcell
• Ready for This: 'The Crocodile' — Josh Mapleston
• The Deep: 'A.I.M.Y' — Daniel Hall
• The Deep: 'The Devil's Sea Mystery' — Tom Taylor

Major Award

• The Code: Season 2 — Shelley Birse

David Williamson Prize

Given in Celebration and Recognition of Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre

• The Bleeding Tree — Angus Cerini

Richard Lane Award

For Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild

• Karin Altmann

Dorothy Crawford Award

For Outstanding Contribution to the Profession

• John Romeril

Fred Parsons Award

For Outstanding Contribution To Australian Comedy

• Barry Humphries

Hector Crawford Award

For Outstanding Contribution to the craft as a Script Producer, Editor or Dramaturge

• Marcia Gardner

The Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

• Craig Pearce