John Dingwall
{{Short description|Australian screenwriter (1940–2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{infobox person
| name = John Dingwall
| birth_place = Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
| birth_date = 13 July 1940
| death_place =Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
| death_date = 3 May 2004 (aged 63)
|occupation = Screenwriter, director, journalist
}}
John Dingwall (13 July 1940 – 3 May 2004) was an Australian writer of film and television, best known for his screenplay Sunday Too Far Away (1975). Dingwall should not be confused with the Scottish journalist of the same name.{{Cite web |title=Daily Record & Sunday Mail – Scottish News, Sport, Politics and Celeb gossip |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/authors/john-dingwall/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=dailyrecord |language=en}}
Career
Dingwall was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, where he commenced his career as a journalist with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, The Morning Bulletin.{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/john-dingwall-1117905720/ | first=Richard | last=Kuipers | title=John Dingwall | work=Variety | date=28 May 2004 | access-date=10 August 2018 }}Newton, Ken [https://www.newtons.net.au/jdproductions.html John Dingwall – screenwriter, producer, director], Newtons Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 September 2020.Newton, Ken (18 September 2020) [https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/letters-to-the-editor-death-of-a-bully-boy/4101543 Death of a Bully boy], The Morning Bulletin. Retrieved 19 September 2020. He then moved to Sydney, where he worked as a police reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald before going to Crawford Productions as a television writer, working on programs such as Homicide and Division Four.Simpson, Roger (20 May 2004) [https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-nose-for-the-stories-that-define-us-20040520-gdiynb.html A nose for the stories that define us], The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
He moved into features with Sunday Too Far Away, which was based on his brother-in-law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a producer and director.
Personal life and death
He died on the Gold Coast on 3 May 2004. His son Kelly Dale Dingwall (born 23 December 1970) is a former actor,{{cite web | last=Kuipers | first=Richard | title=Curator's notes: Around the World in 80 Ways (1986) on ASO | website=Australian Screen|publisher= NFSA | url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/features/around-the-world-in-80-ways/notes/ | access-date=20 January 2022}} best known for his role as Brian "Dodge" Forbes on Home and Away{{IMDb name|0227678}} and a rookie reporter Tony Reynolds in the 1993 mystery thriller film The Custodian.
Filmography
His film and TV series credits include:
- Homicide (TV series) – writer
- Dynasty (1970) (TV series) – writer
- Division 4 (TV series ) – writer
- Matlock Police (TV series) – writer
- Catch What I Mean? (1973) (TV play) – writer
- Seven Ages of Man (1975) (TV series) – writer of episode "The Lover"
- Sunday Too Far Away (1975) – writer
- Pig in a Poke (1977) (TV series) – writer, creator
- Spring and Fall (1980) (TV series) – writer of episode "Winner"
- Buddies (1983) – writer, producer
- Phobia (1987) – director, writer
- The Custodian (1993) – director, writer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0227677}}
- [http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/?q=node/12578 "John Dingwall"] at AustLit
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Category:Australian film directors
Category:Australian screenwriters
Category:Australian television directors
Category:Australian television writers
Category:20th-century Australian screenwriters
Category:20th-century Australian journalists