Doug MacLeod (TV writer)

Doug MacLeod (born 13 October 1959 is a writer of books, television and theatre from Melbourne, Australia.

Television

Doug was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's The Comedy Company. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He has been the script editor of Kath & Kim since the series commenced on the ABC.^[1]

As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of Sea Change with Andrew Knight.

He currently co-writes the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde prize for science fiction in 2008. He is currently working on series two with co-writer Philip Dalkin.

In 2008 Doug won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the Australian Writer Guilds Awards ^[2]..

Theatre

He is currently the writer of Call Girl the Musical, with Tracy Harvey which has performed two seasons in Melbourne.^[3]

With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.^[4]

Books and published works

He has written the following story books for children and young people:

• Sister Madge's Book of Nuns http://dougmacleod.com.au/sister-madge.php
• Siggy and Amber
• Tumble Turn
• Spiky Spunky, My Pet Monkey
• Leon Stumble's Book of Stupid Fairytales
• I'm Being Stalked by a Moon Shadow
• Kevin the Troll
• The Clockwork Forest
• My Extraordinary Life & Death
• The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher

Doug has a website at http://www.dougmacleod.com.au

References

1. ^ Doug MacLeod at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ "Underbelly nabs writers' award". Herald Sun newspaper. 2008-08-15. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24188352-29277,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Fiona Scott-Norman (2008-10-24). "Taking Time to answer the call". Melbourne: The Age newspaper. http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/taking-time-to-answer-the-call/2008/10/23/1224351405682.html. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
4. ^ Smith, Gary (15 January 2007). "Snugglepot & Cuddlepie review". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21057807-5010940,00.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 

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