Jeffrey Maxwell Truman (4 November 1957 – 2 December 2014) was an Australian film and television screenwriter and actor.
Career
A member of the Australian Writer Guild for over 30 years, Truman's television credits include ''
Rescue: Special Ops'', ''
City Homicide
''City Homicide'' is an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 and 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne. The main characte ...
'', ''
Packed to the Rafters'', ''
The Strip
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'', ''
Sea Patrol'', ''
Last Man Standing'', ''
The Alice'', ''
Stingers'' (nominated for an
AWGIE Award for episode 118), ''
McLeod's Daughters'', ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons an ...
'' (for which he wrote 148 episodes, and was also nominated for an AWGIE Award for episode 4155), ''
Home and Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...
'', ''
E Street'', ''
A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...
'', ''
Fat Tony & Co.'', ''
Winter'', and ''
The Doctor Blake Mysteries''.
He also wrote for ''
Underbelly: Razor'' (nominated for an AWGIE award in 2012), ''
Underbelly: Badness'', and ''
Underbelly: Squizzy''. In total Truman received five AWGIE nominations and in 2013, won the award for Best Original Mini Series for ''Underbelly: Badness''.
Truman wrote the feature film ''
Envy'' which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival in 1999. He also had a small role in
Bryan Singer's ''
Superman Returns''.
Truman died on 2 December 2014, after suffering a brain haemorrhage, he was 57.
Filmography
Film
Television
Writing
References
External links
TruMoney Films*
*
RGM Database
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Australian television writers
Australian male television actors
1957 births
2014 deaths
Australian screenwriters
Australian male television writers