australian television information archive

The 2004 AWGIE awards were held on October 22 at the Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne

Major Award

• Somersault - Cate Shortland

Monte Miller Award

• (For an unproduced script by an Associate Member)
• One Hour Later In Tasmania - Lucy Baker
• Investigating Rosie - Mark Forstmann
• The Burning Sally - Jane Hardy
• Veris - Stella Kinsella
• The Mozart Maulers - Dorian Mode (and Richard Sutherlin)

The Hector Crawford Award

• (For a significant contribution to the craft via a body of script editing work)
• Sue Smith

The Dorothy Crawford Award

• (For Outstanding Contribution to the Profession)
• Aubrey Mellor

The Fred Parsons Award

• (For Special Contribution to Australian Comedy)
• Ted Emery

Children's Television (P Classification)

• Swimming in the Rain (Bambaloo) - Melanie Alexander

Children's Television (C Classification)

• Extra Spicy (Noah & Saskia) - Sam Carroll
• Operation Destiny (Scooter: Secret Agent) - Philip Dalkin
• Virtual Game (Wicked Science) - Greg Millin
• Antarctic Adventure (Blinky Bill) - David Witt

Theatre For Young Audiences

• Vin - Stephen House

Community & Youth Theatre

• Yanagai! Yanagai! - Andrea James
• Cabramatta Story - Khoa Do
• The Lightkeeper - Verity Laughton

Documentary (Public Broadcast)

• The Fall of The House - Geoff Burton
• Troubled Minds—the Lithium Revolution - Dennis K. Smith
• Little Sister - Michelle Warner

Documentary (Corporate & Training)

• Follow The Safety Trail! - Peter Campbell
• Sober Driver Program 1 (Jimmy) - Scott Xavier Higgins

Short Film

• A Natural Talent - Louise Fox
• Pity 24 - Simmone Howell
• Fragile - Michael Noonan
• Oranges - Kristian Pithie

Radio (Original)

• Fox - Verity Laughton
• Execution - Nick Stevens

Radio (Adaptation)

• Covert - Robert Jeffreys

Comedy (Non-format)

• How Green Was My Cactus - Doug Edwards
• Comedy Inc (Series 1 Sketches) - Sean Dooley, Brendan Luno, Mark O'Toole, Guy Rundle (et al)

Television (Serial)

• Neighbours Episode 4456 - Philippa Burne
• Home & Away Episode 3497 - Fiona Kelly
• Home & Away Episode 3527 - Kelly Lefever
• Home & Away, Episode 3499 - Sean Nash
• Neighbours Episode 4293 - Shane Porteous

Television (Series)

• Waltzing Sakamoto (The Cooks) - Andrew Kelly
• Precious Little (MDA) - Kylie Needham
• White Collar Blue Episode 29 - Keith Thompson
• Cops and Robbers (Stingers) - Adam Todd

Telemovie (Adaptation)

• BlackJack—Ace Point Game - Tim Pye
• Small Claims - Kaye Bendle & Keith Thompson

Mini-series (Original)

• Marking Time Episode 1 & 2 - John Doyle
• Marking Time Episode 3 & 4 - John Doyle

Television (Original)

• Floodhouse - Miro Bilbrough
• Preservation - Sofya Gollan
• Lennie Cahill Shoots Through - Paul Oliver

Music Theatre

• Orpheus in the Underworld - Jonathan Biggins (and Philip Scott)
• Jumpin' the Q - Dean Bryant

Stage

• Last Cab to Darwin - Reg Cribb
• Coup d'Etat - Justin Fleming
• Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America - Stephen Sewell
• Wonderlands - Katherine Thomson

Feature Film (Original)

• The Finished People - Khoa Do
• Somersault - Cate Shortland
• Peaches - Sue Smith