Matt Cameron is an Australian playwright,

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, and director.

Early life

Matt Cameron was born in

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Career

Theatre

''Mr Melancholy'' (1995) was produced by

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in Sydney, La Boite in Brisbane and won the ANPC/New Dramatists Award, which led to a

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production with New York Stage & Film. ''Tear from a Glass Eye'' (1998) was produced by Playbox in Melbourne and the

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in London, where he was nominated Most Promising Playwright in the

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. ''Footprints on Water'' (2000) won the

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International New Playwriting Award and was produced by his company, Neonheart, for

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, La Mama in Melbourne, and ABC Radio. ''Ruby Moon'' (2003) was shortlisted for

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and produced by Théâtre Claque in

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, Switzerland in 2004. ''Hinterland'' (2004) was produced by

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at the

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in Melbourne (2004) and shortlisted for

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in 2005. His play ''Poor Boy'' (2009) was selected by the

to open the

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Television series

Cameron wrote for '' Full Frontal'' during 1994–1995. He was the co-creator, co-writer and director for the 2000 comedy television series '' Introducing Gary Petty'', for which he won an AWGIE, and ''Small Tales & True'' for

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on Foxtel. He also created and wrote or co-wrote ''

Jack Irish ''Jack Irish'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is ...

'' (2012-2016), ''

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'' (2017); '' Safe Harbour'' (2018); and '' The Clearing'' (2023). He co-created, with Jason Stephens, a Stan Original TV series, '' Prosper'', released in January 2024. It stars

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including several AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards. He bega ...

Rebecca Gibney Rebecca Catherine Gibney is a New Zealand actress known for her roles on Australian television in '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Halifax f.p.'', ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Winter'' and '' Wanted''. She has also featured in a number of Australia ...

, and

Ewen Leslie Ewen Leslie (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian actor. Career Theatre His first work on Sydney stages was performing at the Old Fitzroy Hotel theatre in Woolloomooloo. In 2007 he was cast by Philip Seymour Hoffman in ''Riflemind'', a play ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Matt Australian dramatists and playwrights Australian screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) People from Melbourne Living people