Mac Gudgeon (2 March 1949 – 25 May 2023) was an Australian film and television screenwriter.

Biography

Career

Gudgeon was perhaps best known for writing the television mini-series'' Waterfront'', ''

The Petrov Affair The Petrov Affair was a Cold War spy incident in Australia, concerning the defection of Vladimir Petrov, a KGB officer, from the Soviet embassy in Canberra in 1954. The defection led to a Royal Commission and the resulting controversy contr ...

'', '' Killing Time'' and for co-writing ''

The Secret River ''The Secret River'' is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aborigi ...

''. Gudgeon's film screenwriting include '' Last Ride'' and he co-wrote the screenplays for ''

Ground Zero In relation to nuclear explosions and other large bombs, ground zero (also called surface zero) is the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ''ground zero'' is the point on the ground ...

'', '' The Delinquents'' and ''

Wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...

''. Gudgeon served as president of the

Australian Writers' Guild The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for Australian performance writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video and new media. The AWG was established in 1962. The AWG is a member of the Australian Council of ...

from 1998 to 2000, and received a lifetime membership in 2002. Gudgeon died on 25 May 2023, at the age of 74. Among those to pay tribute to Gudgeon after his death were Australian Writers' Guild president

Shane Brennan Shane Brennan (born 1957 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer, best known as the executive producer of the American CBS drama ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS'', as well as the creator of the ''NCIS'' spin-off ...

, former president

Jan Sardi Jan Vittorio Sardi (born 1953) is an Australian screenwriter. In 1997, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), for '' Shine''. He wrote and directed the 2004 film '' Love's Brother''. He adapted the novel b ...

and film producer Roger Simpson.

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* 1949 births 2023 deaths Australian screenwriters Australian male screenwriters Australian male television writers Australian television writers 20th-century Australian screenwriters 21st-century Australian screenwriters {{Australia-writer-stub