Tony Morphett is a writer.

Tony Morphett has written or co-written seven feature films, ten telemovies, twelve miniseries, and some hundreds of episodes of TV series drama as well as devising or co-devising seven TV series. He has won 14 industry awards for TV screenwriting.

He created or co-created many Australian television series, including: Dynasty, Certain Women. Sky Trackers

Sky Trackers

Sky Trackers was a television series created by Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation...

, Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...

, Water Rats

Water Rats (TV series)

Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...

, Above the Law and Rain Shadow.

Credits

• Sea Patrol
  Sea Patrol
  Sea Patrol may refer to:*Sea Patrol, an Australian television series from 2007-2011**Sea Patrol **Sea Patrol , known as Sea Patrol II: The Coup**Sea Patrol , known as Sea Patrol: Red Gold...
  
   (5 episodes, 2007–2008)
• "Rain Shadow
  Rain shadow
  A rain shadow is a dry area on the lee side of a mountainous area. The mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems, casting a "shadow" of dryness behind them. As shown by the diagram to the right, the warm moist air is "pulled" by the prevailing winds over a mountain...
  
  " (4 episodes, 2007)
• "Blue Heelers
  Blue Heelers
  Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
  
  " (510 episodes, 1994–2006)
• "MDA
  MDA (TV series)
  MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It concerned the day-to-day operation of legal firm MDA, which specialised in medical defence.-Synopsis:...
  
  " (1 episode, 2002)
• "Young Lions
  Young Lions (TV series)
  Young Lions was an Australian TV police drama broadcast on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two.The series was based around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the Young Lions, of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station.The program rated poorly...
  
  " (3 episodes, 2002)
• Balmain Boys (2002) (TV) (written by)
• "Water Rats
  Water Rats (TV series)
  Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
  
  " (171 episodes, 1996–2001)
• "Above the Law" (7 episodes, 2000)
• Don't Look Behind You
  Don't Look Behind You
  Don't Look Behind You is a 1990 young adult thriller novel by Lois Duncan.-Plot summary:Because of April's father's work in the Federal Investigation Bureau, a hitman in a black camaro is after her family so they have to be put under the Federal Witness Protection Program...
  
   (1999) (TV) (teleplay)
• "Kings in Grass Castles" (1998) TV mini-series (writer)
• 13 Gantry Row (1998) (TV) (written by)
• "Mirror, Mirror
  Mirror, Mirror (TV series)
  Mirror, Mirror is a television programme co-produced by Australia and New Zealand. Presented as a single complete story given in a serial with 20 episodes, there are cliffhangers between some of the episodes....
  
  " (1995) TV series (unknown episodes)
• "Heartbreak High
  Heartbreak High
  Heartbreak High is an Australian television series that ran for seven years from 1994 to 1999. The series dealt with the students of Hartley High, a tough high school in a multi-racial area of Sydney, and proved to be a more gritty and fast-paced show than many of its contemporaries...
  
  " (1 episode, 1994)
• The Seventh Floor
  The Seventh Floor
  The Seventh Floor is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Ugo Tognazzi. It was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Ugo Tognazzi - Giuseppe Inzerna* Tina Louise - Dr...
  
   (1994) (written by)
• "Sky Trackers
  Sky Trackers
  Sky Trackers was a television series created by Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation...
  
  " (1994) TV series (unknown episodes)
• CrimeBroker (1993) (TV) (written by)
• "Secrets
  Secrets (TV series)
  Secrets is an RTÉ television light entertainment show hosted by Gerry Ryan that was broadcast on Saturday evenings for three series between 1990 and 1993. The studio-based show allowed viewers and audience members to realise their ambitions and dreams....
  
  " (1993) TV series (unknown episodes)
• "G.P." (6 episodes, 1991–1992)
• "Tracks of Glory" (1992) TV mini-series (writer)
• Sweet Talker (1991) (story) (written by)
• Sky Trackers
  Sky Trackers
  Sky Trackers was a television series created by Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian Children's Television Foundation...
  
   (1990) (TV) (written by)
• "Bangkok Hilton
  Bangkok Hilton
  Bangkok Hilton is a three-part Australian mini-series, made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is, in the story, the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the protagonist is imprisoned.-Plot:Bangkok Hilton begins as Hal Stanton...
  
  " (1989) TV mini-series (story)
• Boys in the Island (1989) (written by)
• "The Dirtwater Dynasty
  The Dirtwater Dynasty
  The Dirtwater Dynasty is a five-part Australian drama miniseries, first screened on Network Ten in 1988. The Dirtwater Dynasty was directed by Michael Jenkins and John Power....
  
  " (1988) TV mini-series (writer)
• "The Flying Doctors
  The Flying Doctors
  The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
  
  " (10 episodes, 1986–1988)
• "The Shiralee
  The Shiralee (1987 film)
  The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian TV film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland.-External links:*...
  
  " (1987) TV mini-series (writer)
• The Riddle of the Stinson (1987) (TV) (written by)
• Dark Age (1987) (screenplay)
• "My Brother Tom" (1986) TV mini-series (writer)
• "Land of Hope" (1986) TV series (writer)
• Robbery Under Arms
  Robbery Under Arms
  Robbery Under Arms is a classic Australian novel by Rolf Boldrewood . It was first published in serialised form by The Sydney Mail between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in London in 1888...
  
   (1985) (writer)
• "Winners" (1985) TV series (episode 3 "Quest Beyond Time")
• "The Flying Doctors
  The Flying Doctors
  The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
  
  " (1985) TV mini-series (writer)
• "A Country Practice
  A Country Practice
  A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
  
  " (5 episodes, 1982–1983)
• "Under Capricorn
  Under Capricorn
  Under Capricorn is an Alfred Hitchcock historical feature film.-Production:The film is based on the novel Under Capricorn by Helen Simpson, with screenplay by James Bridie, and adaptation by Hume Cronyn. The movie was co-produced by Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein for their short-lived production...
  
  " (1983) TV mini-series (writer)
• "Patrol Boat
  Patrol boat
  A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...
  
  " (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
• "Skyways" (2 episodes)
• "The Oracle" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
• The John Sullivan Story (1979) (TV) (written by)
• "Against the Wind
  Against the Wind (TV series)
  Against the Wind was a 1978 Australian television mini-series.It is a historical drama portraying both the British rule of Ireland, and the development of New South Wales and Australia...
  
  " (1978) TV mini-series (unknown episodes)
• "Chopper Squad
  Chopper Squad
  Chopper Squad is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the 0-10 Network .The series was based around the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney...
  
  " (2 episodes, 1978)
• "Case for the Defence" (1 episode, 1978)
• The Last Wave
  The Last Wave
  The Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white Australian lawyer whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case for Aborigine defendants...
  
   (1977) (screenplay)
• "Glenview High
  Glenview High
  Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978.-Story:...
  
  " (1 episode, 1977)
• "The Sullivans
  The Sullivans
  The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-classMelbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives...
  
  " (1976) TV series (writer)
• "Luke's Kingdom" (1976) TV mini-series (writer)
• The Alternative
  The Alternative
  VH1 Classic 120 Minutes is a music video program that airs on the U.S. cable television network VH1 Classic. The show debuted in August 2004 and mainly features videos from alternative, post-punk, punk, and '80s New Wave artists.-Summary and format:Most of the videos are from the '70's and 80's...
  
  (1976) (TV) (written by)
• "The Seven Ages of Man" (1 episode, 1975)
• The Story of the First Christmas (1975) (TV) (script)
• "Elephant Boy" (1973) TV series (unknown episodes)
• "Boney
  Boney (TV series)
  Boney is an Australian television series produced by Fauna Productions during 1971 and 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte...
  
  " (5 episodes, 1972–1973)
• "Certain Women
  Certain Women
  Certain Women was an Australian television soap opera created by prominent Australian TV dramatist Tony Morphett and produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1973 and 1976....
  
  " (1973) TV series (creator)
• "The Evil Touch
  The Evil Touch
  The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest actors, although several guest stars appeared in more...
  
  " (1 episode, 1973)
• "Catwalk
  Catwalk (TV series)
  Catwalk is a Canadian musical drama series that ran for 49 episodes on the YTV network from 1992 until 1994. The series' first season aired in syndication in the United States, while the second season aired on MTV.-Synopsis:...
  
  " (6 episodes, 1971–1972)
• "Dynasty
  Dynasty
  A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...
  
  " (13 episodes, 1969–1971)
• "Delta
  Delta (TV series)
  Delta is a short-lived U.S television sitcom series produced by ABC starring Delta Burke. Burke plays a woman who leaves her life behind to pursue her dream as a country music singer...
  
  " (2 episodes, 1969–1970)
• "The Long Arm" (2 episodes, 1970)
• "The Link Men
  The Link Men
  The Link Men was an Australian television series shown in 1970.The series was the first drama series made in-house by the Nine Network as part of an attempt to rival the cop shows produced by Crawford Productions such as Homicide and Division 4. The Link Men starred Kevin Miles, Bruce Montague and...
  
  "

Stage Plays

• I've Come about the Assassination (1966)
• The Rise and Fall of Boronia Avenue (1969)
• The Magic Apron (1969)

Books

• Mayor's Nest (novel) (1964)
• Dynasty (novel)
• Thorskald (novel)
• Quest Beyond Time (science fiction)
• The Distant Home (science fiction)
• A Hole in my Ceiling (non-fiction) (1985)

Awards and nominations

• 1970 Awgie: Tony Morphett for 'Delta' ep. 19 'A Touch Of DFP'.
• 1970 Penguin: Tony Morphett - Scriptwriting for Dynasty play.
• 1971 Logie: Tony Morphett - Best Scriptwriter.
• 1971 Penguin: Tony Morphett - Scriptwriting for episode 12 ‘The Killing Ground’.
• 1971 Awgie: Tony Morphett - Best Script For A TV Drama Series for episode 5 'Cry Me A River'.
• 1972 Logie: Tony Morphett - Best Scriptwriter, for Dynasty.
• 1978 Sammy Award - best writer TV series.
• 1989 Awgie: Tony Morphett - for "The Damamge Done".
• 2002 Awgie: Tony Morphett - for 'Letting Go' (Blue Heelers).

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