Also writes as: John Graeme
Born: Established: 1918
Some sources state that MacCormick was born in Scotland, perhaps because of his self-identification as Scottish. Australian newspapers of the mid to late 1950s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a script-writer, firmly identify him as Australian.
MacCormick's work for the BBC has been traced in some detail, but few if any sources also note that his plays were also produced for early Australian television.
MacCormick's significance as a script-writer was recognised in Australia very early: when ABC features and drama director Neil Hutchinson headed to the UK in 1958 in search of information on improving Australian drama, for example, he deliberately sought out MacCormick.
Source:
'In Search of Ideas to Improve Our TV Drama', The Age, 29 August 1958, p.13.
In addition to the works individually indexed on AustLit, MacCormick also wrote the following: