Deborah Cox (born 29 January 1958) is an Australian screenwriter and producer for television and film.
Cox started working in the television industry as a production assistant for the
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords ...
television series ''
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*Skyway
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''. It was at Crawfords that she met her long-time writing and producing partner,
Andrew Knight, and the duo would later go on to found a production company, CoxKnight Productions. Their partnership resulted in the development of the popular
ABC TV series ''
SeaChange
''SeaChange'' is an Australian television program that ran from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC and in 2019 on the Nine Network. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, ...
'' and ''
After the Deluge
''After the Deluge'' is a 2003 Australian television miniseries starring Ray Barrett, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving and Samuel Johnson. It was first broadcast by Channel Ten in two parts in June 2003.
Cast
* David Wenham – Alex Kirby
* Hugo We ...
'', the Network Ten dramas ''
CrashBurn
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'' and ''
Worst Best Friends
''Worst Best Friends'' is an Australian children's television series first screened on Network Ten in 2002. The series is based on the children's books by Max Dann: ''Adventures with My Worst Best Friend'', ''Going Bananas'' and ''Dusting in Lo ...
'', and the feature film ''
Dead Letter Office
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''. With
Roger Monk
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, she also wrote the two seasons of the ABC drama series ''
East of Everything
''East of Everything'' is an Australian drama television drama series set in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales which screened in 2008-2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television network. It was produced by Deb ...
'' which starred
Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, ...
as the main character.
Cox also founded Every Cloud Productions with producer Fiona Eagger which developed and produced ''
The Gods of Wheat Street
''The Gods of Wheat Street'' is an Australian television drama series that screened on ABC TV from 12 April 2014. The six-part series tells the stories of the Freeburn clan, an Australian Aboriginal family.
Synopsis
Odin Freeburn, head of the f ...
'', ''
East of Everything
''East of Everything'' is an Australian drama television drama series set in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales which screened in 2008-2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television network. It was produced by Deb ...
'', ''
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' is an Australian drama television series. It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012. It is based on author Kerry Greenwood's historical mystery novels, and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. ...
'', and ''
Newton's Law''.
[Groves, Don]
Every Cloud has a silver lining
''Inside Film'', 10 March 2015.
References
External links
*
Every Cloud Productions
1958 births
Living people
Australian television writers
Australian women screenwriters
University of Melbourne alumni
University of Melbourne women
RMIT University alumni
Australian women television writers
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