Tony Morphett
Born: 1938-03-10 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 2018-06-02
Known For: Writing
Biography
Anthony David Morphett (10 March 1938 – 2 June 2018), known under the professional pen name Tony Morphett, was an Australian screenwriter, who created or co-created many Australian television series, including Dynasty, Certain Women, Sky Trackers, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Above the Law and Rain Shadow. Morphett wrote or co-wrote seven feature films, ten telemovies, twelve mini-series, and hundreds of episodes of television drama, as well as devising or co-devising seven TV series.
Filmography
2007
- Sea Patrol ... (Writer)
- Rain Shadow ... (Writer)
2005
- headLand ... (Writer)
2003
- Balmain Boys ... (Writer)
2002
- MDA ... (Writer)
1999
- Don't Look Behind You ... (Teleplay)
1998
- Stingers ... (Creator)
- 13 Gantry Row ... (Screenplay)
- Kings in Grass Castles ... (Writer)
1996
- Water Rats ... (Writer)
1995
- Sky Trackers ... (Creator)
1994
- The Man from Snowy River ... (Writer)
- Heartbreak High ... (Writer)
- The Seventh Floor ... (Writer)
1993
- Blue Heelers ... (Writer)
- CrimeBroker ... (Writer)
1992
- The Distant Home ... (Writer)
1991
- Sweet Talker ... (Writer)
1990
- Sky Trackers ... (Writer)
1989
- Bangkok Hilton ... (Writer)
- Boys in the Island ... (Screenplay)
1988
- The Riddle of the Stinson ... (Screenplay)
- The Shiralee ... (Writer)
1986
- The Flying Doctors ... (Writer)
- My Brother Tom ... (Writer)
1985
- Robbery Under Arms ... (Writer)
1983
- Under Capricorn ... (Screenplay)
1981
- A Country Practice ... (Writer)
1979
- The John Sullivan Story ... (Writer)
1978
- Against the Wind ... (Writer)
1977
- The Last Wave ... (Screenplay)
- The Alternative ... (Writer)
1976
- The Sullivans ... (Writer)
1973
- The Evil Touch ... (Writer)
1972
- Boney ... (Writer)
1970
- Dynasty ... (Writer)
- The Link Men ... (Writer)
- The Naked Bunyip as Himself