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Name
  
Robert Caswell

Role
  
Screenwriter


Died
  
October 29, 2006

Shows
  
Spring & Fall

Books
  
Scales of Justice, Shout!: The Story of Johnny O'Keefe, Children of the Dragon

Awards
  
AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Long Form - Television

Movies
  
Something the Lord Made, Evil Angels, The Doctor, ABBA: The Movie, A Far Off Place

Similar People
  
Fred Schepisi, Joseph Sargent, Randa Haines, Vivien Thomas, David Madden

Robert Caswell (13 July 1946 - 29 October 2006) was an Australian screenwriter of films and television. In the 1970s and early 1980s he was one of the leading writers in Australian television. After the success of Evil Angels, for which he received an Oscar nomination, he moved to Hollywood and became a leading "script doctor".

Select Credits

  • Number 96 (1972) (TV series) as "Bob Caswell"
  • The Unisexers (1975) (TV series)
  • McManus MPB (1976) (TV pilot)
  • ABBA: The Movie (1977)
  • Glenview High (1977-78) (TV series)
  • Chopper Squad (1978-79) (TV series)
  • The Body Corporate (1981) (TV movie)
  • Jimmy Dancer (1981) (TV)
  • Scales of Justice (1983) (mini-series)
  • Who Killed Hannah Jane? (1984) (TV movie)
  • Singles (1984) (mini-series)
  • Bodyline (1984) (mini-series)
  • Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985) (mini-series)
  • Evil Angels (1988)
  • Children of the Dragon (1991) (TV series)
  • The Doctor (1991)
  • Over the Hill (1992) - also producer
  • A Far Off Place (1993)
  • Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV movie)

    • References

    Robert Caswell Wikipedia
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