John Dingwall
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Born | 13 July 1940 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
Died | 3 May 2004 (aged 63) |
Occupation | Journalist, writer, director |
John Dingwall (13 July 1940 – 3 May 2004) was an Australian journalist, writer and director of film and television, best known for his screenplay Sunday Too Far Away (1975). He also famously loved chicken wings, a trait renowned in the Dingwall family.
Career[]
Dingwall was born in Rockhampton, Queensland where he commenced his career as a journalist with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, The Morning Bulletin.[1][2][3] He then moved onto Sydney where he worked as a police reporter for the The Sydney Morning Herald before going to Crawford Productions as a television writer, working on programs such as Homicide and Division Four.[4] He moved into features with Sunday Too Far Away based on his brother in law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a producer and director.[1] He died on the Gold Coast on 3 May 2004.[4]
Select Credits[]
- Matlock Police (TV series) - writer
- Sunday Too Far Away (1975) - writer
- Pig in a Poke (1977) (TV series) - writer, creator
- Buddies (1983) - writer, producer
- Phobia (1987) - director, writer
- The Custodian (1991) - director, writer
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kuipers, Richard (28 May 2004). "John Dingwall". Variety. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ Newton, Ken John Dingwall - screenwriter, producer, director, Newtons Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Newton, Ken (18 September 2020) Death of a Bully boy, The Morning Bulletin. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Simpson, Roger (20 May 2004) A nose for the stories that define us, The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
External links[]
- 1940 births
- 2004 deaths
- Australian film directors
- Australian screenwriters
- Australian television directors
- Australian television writers
- Logie Award winners
- 20th-century Australian screenwriters
- 20th-century Australian journalists
- The Sydney Morning Herald people
- Australian journalist stubs
- Australian film director stubs