Susan MacGillicuddy Susan MacGillicuddy i(A125280 works by)
Gender: Female
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Script-writer.

Based on the Gold Coast, Susan MacGillicuddy has been writing for Australian television since the early 1990s. Between 1993 and 1994, she wrote episodes of medical drama G.P., followed by episodes of the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) series Sky Trackers (1994) and teen drama Heartbreak High (1994). Also in 1994, she contributed to the television murder-mystery series Heartland, starring Cate Blanchett and Ernie Dingo, for which she co-wrote (with Ro Hume) three of the thirteen episodes.

Other programs to which MacGillicuddy contributed scripts in the 1990s include Australian-made American production Flipper (1995), medical drama Medivac (1996-1997), and teen drama Raw FM (1997).

MacGillicuddy continued her work for the ACTF with scripts for Crash Zone (1999-2001) and Legacy of the Silver Shadow (2002). She also worked for Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, contributing scripts to Wicked Science (2004-2006) and H2O: Just Add Water (2006-2008), as well as acting as concept developer for Scooter: Secret Agent (2005).

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form y separately published work icon Heartland Burned Bridge ( dir. Julian Pringle et. al. )agent Australia : Northway Productions ABC Television , 1994 Z1605422 1994 series - publisher film/TV crime

Set in a small coastal town against the turmoils of murder, mystery and romance, Heartland deals with the death of an Aboriginal girl and the doubts concerning the guilt of her boyfriend, who is arrested for her murder. Vincent Burunga, an Aboriginal police liaison officer working in the town, is an outsider to both the local Aboriginal people and the white justice system, and he finds himself constantly on the edge caught between two cultures trying to understand each other. It explores the developing relationship between Vincent and the newly arrived Elizabeth Ashton. Both are convinced of the young man's innocence but must endure hostility from both the white and black communities and get past the obstacles of their different backgrounds.

The narrative also follows the people from this seaside community and their battle to restructure their own way of life and their struggle to restore their belief in a positive future, despite the obstacles in their path.

1994 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
form y separately published work icon G. P. ( dir. Peter Andrikidis et. al. )agent 1989 Australia : ABC Television Roadshow Coote and Carroll , 1989-1996 7819205 1989 series - publisher film/TV

G.P. is an Australian television series that ran for eight seasons. Set in and around a fictional general medical practice in an inner-city suburb, the storylines explore the professional and personal lives of the doctors and staff who worked there.

1992 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
1989 winner Human Rights Awards Television Drama Award
1992 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
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