Christopher David Lee (born 28 March 1947) is an Australian scriptwriter who has been an Australian Associated Press journalist and

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and has worked as a script consultant in New Zealand, Singapore and New York City. He has won an

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and four AWGIE Awards and is the recipient of a

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and a

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Early life

Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales. He attended Newington College (1962–1964) as a boarder and studied at Sydney University (BA) and the

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Screenwriting

He was the creator and writer of the ABC drama series '' Stringer'', head writer and then script executive of the ABC-BBC drama series '' Police Rescue''. He wrote four of the six ''

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'' telemovies, and was co-creator and Head Writer of '' Big Sky''. He was an originating writer (with Judi McCrossin) of '' The Secret Life of Us'' and co-creator and Head Writer of the short-lived soapie ''

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''. He is the co-creator of the television series ''

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''. He wrote the SBS teleplay ''That Man's Father'', co-wrote the telemovie,

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(with ''

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'') and wrote the 4-hour mini-series '' Do or Die''. Most recently, Lee has been the writer of the 2011 mini-series '' Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'' and the 2012 mini-series '' Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' and the 8-hour mini-series "Gallipoli".

Publishing

He is a short story writer, author of the novel ''

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'' published by

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and writer of the book '' Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'', published by University of New South Wales Press. In 2015, his novel ''Seasons of War'' was published by Penguin Australia.

Lecturer

Lee has lectured in screenwriting at the University of Canberra, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, and the

Awards

His hour of '' Bodysurfer ''won an

, and he is a four-time AWGIE Award winner: for the documentary ''Saturday, Saturday''; the mini-series '' Do or Die''; the telemovie pilot for '' The Secret Life of Us''; and for an episode of ''

'' which he co-created and produced the script for. Lee was awarded the

for his contribution to Australian television and won a

in 2011.Queensland Premier's Literary Awards – 2011
Retrieved 13 August 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Christopher David Australian journalists Australian television writers Recipients of the Centenary Medal People educated at Newington College 1947 births Living people Australian male television writers