Tony Morphett
- Writing
- March 10, 1938 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- June 2, 2018
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Rain Shadow · Writer, Creator
- Sea Patrol · Writer
- headLand · Writer
- Balmain Boys · Writer
- MDA · Writer
- Don't Look Behind You · Teleplay
- Stingers · Creator
- Kings in Grass Castles · Writer
- 13 Gantry Row · Screenplay
- Water Rats · Writer, Creator
- Sky Trackers · Creator
- The Seventh Floor · Writer
- The Man from Snowy River · Writer
- Heartbreak High · Writer
- Blue Heelers · Writer, Creator
- CrimeBroker · Writer
- The Distant Home · Writer
- Sweet Talker · Story, Writer
- Sky Trackers · Writer
- Bangkok Hilton · Writer
- Boys in the Island · Screenplay
- The Riddle of the Stinson · Screenplay
- The Shiralee · Writer
- My Brother Tom · Writer
- The Flying Doctors · Writer
- Robbery Under Arms · Writer
- Under Capricorn · Screenplay
- A Country Practice · Writer
- The First Christmas · Writer
- The John Sullivan Story · Writer
- Against the Wind · Writer
- The Last Wave · Screenplay
- The Alternative · Writer
- The Sullivans · Writer
- The Evil Touch · Writer
- Boney · Writer
- Dynasty · Writer, Creator
- The Naked Bunyip · Self
- The Link Men · Writer
- Winners: Quest Beyond Time · Writer