australian television information archive

The 41st annual AWGIE Awards were held August 15, 2008 at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne

Richard Lane Award for Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild

• Mark Poole

Kit Denton Fellowship

• Suzie Miller

Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy

• Doug MacLeod

Dorothy Crawford Award Recognising Outstanding Contribution to the Profession of Scriptwriting

• Liz Jones

Monte Miller Award

(for unproduced script over 30 minutes by Associate member)

• The Insect King by Priscilla Cameron
• The Witness Tree by Jacqueline Cook
• Taj by Winston Furlong
• The Klara Project by Graeme Simsion
• The Bosnian Horse, Part One by Robert Tomic

Monte Miller Award

(for unproduced script under 30 minutes by Associate member)

• Celestial Avenue by Colin Cairnes with Cameron Cairnes
• Running by Rebecca Glenn
• Rabbit by Grant Scicluna

Children's Television (C Classification)

• Tails End, Dogstar by Philip Dalkin
• Red Boy, Master Raindrop by Kym Goldsworthy
• Man Bites Dog, Dogstar by Doug MacLeod
• Gumnutz by Phil Sanders

Theatre for Young Audiences

• Penalty Shot by Daynan Brazil
• Stories in the Dark by Debra Oswald

Community & Youth Theatre

• Royal Affair by Michael Costello
• This Territory by No‘lle Janaczewska

Music Theatre

• Everything's F***ed by Sean Peter

Stage

• The Call by Patricia Cornelius
• Beyond the Neck by Tom Holloway
• The Seed by Kate Mulvany
• 2,000 Feet Away by Anthony Weigh

Interactive Media

• Forget the Rules, Series Two by Leisl Egan and Jim Shomos with Tim Ferguson and May Yeung
• Iceman the Story of Ötzi - Who Iced Ötzi? by Caleb Lewis

Radio Adaptation

• Madagascar Lily by Noëlle Janaczewska
• Fragments of Hong Kong by Katherine Thoms

Documentary (Public Broadcast)

• The Boot Cake by Kathryn Millard
• The Fibros and the Silvertails by Paul Oliver

Short Film

• Hugo by Rachel Bowen
• Suzi by Peter Copeman and Elizabeth More
• Nice ShootinÕ Cowboy by Ben Phelps
• Confusion by Megan Shields

Comedy (Situation or Narrative)

• Cousins, Chandon Pictures by Rob Carlton
• Return of the Titan, Chandon Pictures by Rob Carlton
• Death Wish, Chandon Pictures by Rob Carlton
• Dog Eat Dog, Wilfred by Jason Gann and Adam Zwar
• The Black Dog, Stupid, Stupid Man by Tim Pye

Comedy (Sketch or Light Entertainment)

• Newstopia, Episode 8, Series One by Michael Ward with Richard Marsland, Gary McCaffrie and Shaun Micallef

Telemovie (Original)

• The King: The Graham Kennedy Story by Kris Mrska with Jaime Brown
• The Informant by Greg Haddrick

Television (Serial)

• Home and Away, Episode 4521 by Sam Meikle
• Neighbours, Episode 5431 by Anthony Morris
• Neighbours, Episode 5430 by Scott Taylor
• Home and Away, Episode 4498 by Margaret Wilson

Television (Series)

• Baby Love, City Homicide by John Banas and John Hugginson
• The Cemetery Gates, Love My Way by Brendan Cowell
• Seconds, All Saints by Fiona Kelly
• Against The Wall (Part 2), All Saints by Sean Nash

Television Mini-series (Original)

• East West 101 by Kristen Dunphy, Michael Miller, Kris Mrksa, Michelle Offen and Kris Wyld

Television Mini-series (Adaptation

• Underbelly by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard

Feature Film (Adaptation)

• Disgrace by Anna-Maria Monticelli

Feature Film (Original)

• Acolytes by Shayne Armstrong with Jon Hewitt and Shane Krause
• The Black Balloon by Elissa Down and Jimmy the Exploder
• The Tender Hook by Jonathan Ogilvie
• Cactus by Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan