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Line 19: His series credits include ''[[Party Tricks]]'', ''[[Puberty Blues (TV series)\|Puberty Blues]]'', ''[[Offspring (TV series)\|Offspring]]'', ''[[Rush (2008 TV series)\|Rush]]'' (Network Ten), ''[[Love My Way]]'', ''[[Tangle (TV series)\|Tangle]]'', ''[[Dangerous (TV series)\|Dangerous]]'' ([[Foxtel]]), ''[[The Secret Life of Us]]'' (Network Ten, [[Channel 4]] UK), ''[[Police Rescue]]'' ([[ABC Television\|ABC]], [[BBC]]), ''The Surgeon'' (Network Ten), ''Fireflies'' (ABC), ''[[Big Sky (TV series)\|Big Sky]]'' (Network Ten) and ''[[Stringer (TV series)\|Stringer]]'' (ABC). His mini-series include ''[[Romper Stomper (TV series)\| Romper Stomper (2017)]]'' (Stan), ''[[Blue Murder: Killer Cop]]'' (Channel Seven), ''[[The Beautiful Lie (TV series)\|The Beautiful Lie]]'' (ABC), ''Gallipoli'', ''Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story'', ''[[Howzat! Kerry Packer's War]]'' (Nine Network), ''[[Paper Giants: Birth of Cleo]]'' (ABC), ''[[Marking Time]]'' ([[ABC Television\|ABC]]), ''[[On the Beach (2000 film)\|On The Beach]]'' ([[Seven Network]], Showtime USA), ''Do or Die'' ([[Network Seven]], [[BSkyB]]) and ''Cyclone Tracy'' ([[Nine Network]]). His telemovies include ''Beaconsfield'' (Nine Network), six ''Cody'' telemovies ([[Network Seven]]), pilots for ''[[Police Rescue]]'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Hard Knox'' ([[New Line]]), ''Fireflies'' and the children's telemovie ''I Own The Racecourse'' ([[Network Seven]]). Line 30: John Edwards was born in Sydney Australia and has lived most of his life in the beachside suburb of [[Manly, New South Wales\|Manly]]. He attended high school at [[Balgowlah Boys Campus]], which turned out numerous other film and television identities including [[Academy Award]] winning cinematographer [[John Seale]], actors Rick Carter and [[Callan Mulvey]], director Ian Barry, writer Tim Pye and comedian Phillip Scott. His spent his final two high school years at The [[Shore School]], before attending [[Sydney University]] and [[Jacksonville State University]], Alabama. He was a History teacher in ~~Sydney’s~~Sydney's West for three years before making the switch into the film and television industry as a researcher then writer at Film Australia in 1981. He wrote a number of productions including ''Out of Time'', ''Out of Place'', ''The Bounty Experiment'' and co-writing the two-part telemovie, ''The Weekly’s War''. ===Career=== Line 43: 2008 saw the first season of the Channel 10 series ''Rush'' (produced with Mimi Butler), which eventually went to four seasons, and won the 2010 AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series. 2009 saw the launch of new pay television series [[Tangle (TV series)\|''Tangle'']] (produced with Imogen Banks) (Showcase) which went to three seasons and the shooting of ''Spirited'' (W), the latter again collaborating with [[Claudia Karvan]] and Jacqueline Perske. John has also produced a number of miniseries and telemovies including the Golden Globe nominated miniseries ''On the Beach'' (Showtime USA/Seven Network); ''Marking Time'' (ABC), winner of a record 7 AFI awards, the NSW ~~Premier’s~~Premier's Literary Award, AWGIE Award and others; ''Do or Die'' (Seven Network, BskyB); ''Children of the Dragon'' (ABC and BBC1); ''Tracy'' (Nine Network); six telemovies in the ''Cody'' series (Seven Network) and telemovie pilots for ''Police Rescue'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', ''Hard Knox'' (the only Australian-initiated pilot to be picked up by a US major studio, New Line), ''Fireflies'' and ''Offspring'' (also produced with Imogen Banks) (series 1-4). More recently he produced ''Beaconsfield'' for the Nine Network and ''Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'' for the ABC, becoming their highest rating drama for many years. In 2012, John produced the new AFI Award -winning series ''Puberty Blues'' (also produced with Imogen Banks) for Network Ten, and the AFI and Logie Award -winning mini-series ''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' (produced with Mimi Butler) for the Nine Network. ''Puberty Blues'' was the winner of the 2nd AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series, whilst ''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' was the recipient of the 2nd AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries, the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie, and Silver Logie for Most Popular Miniseries or Telemovie. In 2013, John produced the fourth and fifth series of ''Offspring'', as well as the second series of ''Puberty Blues'' (both with Imogen Banks), for Network Ten. He also produced the television mini-series, ''Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story'' for the Nine Network with Jodi Matterson, which won several acting AACTA and Logie awards. Line 55: In 2017, John produced ''[[Romper Stomper (TV Series)\|Romper Stomper (2017)]]'' the TV Series (with Dan Edwards) for Stan, which won the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Miniseries and the AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television. John was granted an honorary ~~master’s~~master's degree from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in December 2011, gave the 2015 Hector Crawford Address at the Annual SPAA Conference, and was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in January 2017. ==="In Good Company"=== Line 133: ==Honours and awards== In 2011, John was conferred an Honorary ~~Masters~~master's ~~Degree~~degree by the Australian Film Television and Radio School.<br /> In 2015, John gave the Hector Crawford Address at the Annual SPAA Conference. <br /> In 2017, Edwards was appointed a [[Order of Australia\|Member of the Order of Australia]] for significant service to the broadcast media industry as a television producer, and as a role model and mentor.<ref name=AM.gen.div.A-L>{{cite web \|url=http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/AM%20Final%20Media%20Notes%20(A-L)2.pdf \|title= Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (A-L) \|work=2017 Australia Day Honours List \|publisher=[[Governor-General of Australia\|Office of the Governor-General of Australia]] \|date= 26 January 2017 \|accessdate=26 January 2017 }}</ref> '''''LOVE MY WAY''''' <br /> Line 177 ⟶ 176: 2004 Best Actor in a Supporting Role in TV Drama \| Matt Le Nevez <br /> 2004 Best Actress in a Supporting Role in TV Drama \| Katie Wall <br /> '''NSW ~~Premier’s~~Premier's Literary Award'''<br /> 2004 Script Writing Award \| John Doyle <br /> '''AWGIE Awards''' <br /> Line 223 ⟶ 222: 1992 Best Actor in a Leading Role in TV Drama \| Gary Sweet <br /> 1993 Best Direction in a TV Drama <br /> \| Michael Carson <br /> '''~~People’s~~People's Choice Awards''' <br /> 1993 Favourite TV Drama or Serial <br /> 1993 Favourite Male Star in TV Drama or Serial \| Gary Sweet <br /> Line 308 ⟶ 307: 2018 Silver Logie Outstanding Supporting Actress \| Jacqueline McKenzie <br /> '''AACTA Award''' <br /> 2018 Best Sound in Television ~~<br />~~ ==References== Line 314 ⟶ 313: ==External links== * [http://www.roadshowroughdiamond.com/ ROADSHOW ROUGH DIAMOND] {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, John}}

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