Dot West Dot West i(A107516 works by) (a.k.a. Dorothy West)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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Dot West has had an interest in media from a young age and has worked in the print industry, producing the glossy magazine Aboriginal and Islander Identity and a monthly newspaper Aboriginal and Islander Forum.

By the late 1980s, she had begun working in the radio industry, before expanding her interests into film and television. West was the Chairperson of the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia and the head of Productions and Business Develpment with Goolarri Media in Broome.

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form y separately published work icon Last Days of the Space Age ( dir. Bharat Nalluri ) Australia : Walt Disney Productions Princess Pictures , 2023 24577489 2023 series - publisher film/TV

'Last Days of the Space Age is an eight-part dramedy series set in 1979 Western Australia, when Perth was at the centre of the world’s headlines. A power strike threatens to plunge the region into darkness, while the city hosts the iconic Miss Universe pageant and the US space station, Skylab, crashes just beyond the city’s suburbs.

'Against this backdrop of international cultural and political shifts, three families in a tight-knit coastal community find their marriages, friendships, and futures put to the test.'

Source: Media Week (https://www.mediaweek.com.au/disney-announces-new-australian-original-content-launching-in-2022-23/). (Sighted: 26/05/2022.)
2025 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Telefeature or Mini Series
form y separately published work icon Serpent's Eye ( dir. Tony Thorne ) Australia : Ned Lander Media Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2021 26406126 2021 single work film/TV
2022 nominated AWGIE Awards — Children's Award — P Classification
form y separately published work icon Desert Camp Victoria : Ned Lander Media Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2020 20269767 2020 single work film/TV children's
2020 nominated AWGIE Awards — Children's Award — P Classification
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