Doug MacLeod (TV writer)
{{Short description|Australian writer (born 1959)}}
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Doug MacLeod (13 October 1959 – 22 November 2021){{Cite web |title=Doug MacLeod |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17467 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories |publisher=The University of Queensland}} was an Australian writer of books, television, and theatre.
Television
MacLeod 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 was the script editor of Kath & Kim while the series aired on the ABC.{{IMDb name | id=0533882 | name=Doug MacLeod}}
As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of SeaChange with Andrew Knight.
He co-wrote the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde Award for science fiction in 2008. He also worked on series two in 2011 with co-writer Philip Dalkin.
In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the AWGIE Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24188352-29277,00.html|publisher=Herald Sun newspaper|title=Underbelly nabs writers' award|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=29 April 2009|archive-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404220148/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24188352-29277,00.html|url-status=dead}}
Theatre
MacLeod was the writer of Call Girl the Musical, with Tracy Harvey which performed two seasons in Melbourne.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/taking-time-to-answer-the-call/2008/10/23/1224351405682.html|publisher= The Age newspaper|author=Fiona Scott-Norman|title=Taking Time to answer the call|date=24 October 2008|accessdate=9 April 2009 | location=Melbourne}}
With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, titled The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom.{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21057807-5010940,00.html | accessdate=26 May 2009 | title=Snugglepot & Cuddlepie review | date=15 January 2007 | first=Gary | last=Smith | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph }}
Death
MacLeod died in Melbourne on 22 November 2021, aged 62, after some years of poor health.{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Vale: Doug McLeod |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/11/vale-doug-mcleod.html |access-date=26 November 2021 |work=TV Tonight |date=26 November 2021 |language=en-AU}}{{cite web |title=Vale Doug MacLeod |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/vale-doug-macleod-2516590/ |publisher=ArtsHub Australia |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en-AU |date=26 November 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2021-12-01|title=Vale Doug MacLeod |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/12/01/206790/vale-doug-macleod/|url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-07|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207052854/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/12/01/206790/vale-doug-macleod/ |archive-date=7 December 2021 }}
Books and published works
MacLeod wrote the following story books for children and young people:
- Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
- 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
- The Shiny Guys
- Tigers on the Beach
- In the Garden of Bad Things
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.dougmacleod.com.au}}
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Category:21st-century Australian novelists
Category:Australian children's writers
Category:Australian male novelists