Bevan John Lee (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas ''
All Saints'', ''
Packed to the Rafters
''Packed to the Rafters'' was an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The d ...
'', ''
Winners & Losers
''Winners & Losers'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of '' Packed to the Rafters'' and is aired in the show's former time slot. ''Winners & Losers' ...
'' and ''
A Place to Call Home''.
Career
Lee was an actor before turning to writing, working his way up to be script producer of the TV serial ''
Sons and Daughters''. He also rewrote the first episode of ''
Home and Away'', a show which he has script produced at various stages over the years. Lee was network script executive at Channel Nine for eight years in the 1990s before returning to Channel Seven, where he took part in the creation and development of such series as ''
All Saints'', ''
Always Greener
''Always Greener'' was an Australian television drama/ comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new ...
'', ''
Marshall Law
''Marshall Law'' is an Australian television series, which aired on the Seven Network in 2002, starring Lisa McCune and Alison Whyte as lawyers and sisters.
History
The show was originally conceived as a legal drama mixed with '' Ally McBea ...
'' and ''
headLand'', forming a notable creative partnership with Seven's head of network drama John Holmes. He created a new drama for Seven filmed in 2012, ''
A Place to Call Home''. He also created the critically acclaimed 2020 series, ''Between Two World
'
Personal life
Lee is gay and in 2007 he was nominated as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay people in Australia by online digital media site SameSame.
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Filmography
Television
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Acting credits
Film
Television
References
External links
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Bevan Lee at Screen Australia
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Australian screenwriters
LGBT screenwriters
Australian gay actors
Australian gay writers
Living people
Australian soap opera writers
Australian male television writers
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
1950 births
Australian television producers
People from Western Australia
21st-century LGBT people