Amanda Brotchie
| Amanda Brotchie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | director, writer and linguist |
| Known for | Lowdown |
Amanda Brotchie (born in Melbourne) is an Australian director, writer and linguist.
Career
AFI award-winning director Amanda Brotchie is the co-creator, co-writer and director of the ABC comedy series, Lowdown.[1][2] Other credits include multi-award-winning short film Break & Enter (director), Neighbours (director), and feature film Rats and Cats (script editor). Theatre credits include The Inner Sanctum (director), and Headlock (writer-director), which was nominated for a Green Room Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing.[3] Amanda also holds a PhD in linguistics from the University of Melbourne.[4]
Awards & Nominations
- Accolade Competition: Award for Excellence in Comedy – Lowdown[5]
- Accolade Competition: Award of Merit in Direction – Amanda Brotchie[5]
- AWGIE (Australian Writers Guild) Award: Best Comedy – Situation or Narrative for Lowdown. Episode 7 – "Who's Your Baddy?" Won with Adam Zwar[6]
- Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Television Comedy Series – Lowdown (2010) (Nominated)[7]
- Australian Directors Guild Awards: Best Direction in Television Comedy – Amanda Brotchie (2010) (Nominated)[8]
- Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Short Fiction Film. Break & Enter [9]
- Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Short Fiction Film. Break & Enter [10]
- The Green Room Awards (Theatre): Outstanding Achievement in Writing (2002) – Headlock (Nominated)[3]
References
- ↑ Butler, Dianne (21 April 2010). "All you need to know is this: It's a very funny series". The Courier-Mail.
- ↑ Lowdown, abc.net.au
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 November 2003. Retrieved 2003-11-16..
- ↑ Postgraduate Students: Linguistics & Applied Linguistics: School of Languages & Linguistics: The University of Melbourne
- 1 2 Lowdown wins awards in LA :TV Tonight
- ↑ AWGIES: 2010 winners :TV Tonight
- ↑ Animal Kingdom leads AFI nominations | Encore Magazine
- ↑ ADG nominates top directors of the year | Encore Magazine
- ↑ Australian Film Institute, afi.org.au
- ↑ Break & Enter (1999) – Awards
External links
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