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John Edwards | |
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 Edwards in 2009 | |
| Born | Robert John Edwards [1] 4 March 1953 |
| Occupation | Television producer |
Robert John Edwards AM (born 4 March 1953[ citation needed ]) is an Australian television drama producer.
Edwards' series credits include Year Of (Stan), Bump (Australian TV series) (Stan), Les Norton (ABC), Party Tricks , Puberty Blues , Offspring , Rush (Network Ten), Love My Way , Tangle , Dangerous (Foxtel), The Secret Life of Us (Network Ten, Channel 4 UK), Police Rescue (ABC, BBC), The Surgeon (Network Ten), Fireflies (ABC), Big Sky (Network Ten) and Stringer (ABC).
His miniseries include Plum (ABC), Human Error (Nine Network), Australian Gangster (Channel Seven), Romper Stomper (2017) (Stan), Blue Murder: Killer Cop (Channel Seven), The Beautiful Lie (ABC), Gallipoli , Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War , Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (Nine Network), Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (ABC), Marking Time (ABC), On The Beach (Seven Network, Showtime USA), Do or Die (Network Seven, BSkyB) and Cyclone Tracy (Nine Network).
His telemovies include Beaconsfield (Nine Network), six Cody telemovies (Network Seven), pilots for Police Rescue , The Secret Life of Us , Hard Knox (New Line), Fireflies and the children's telemovie I Own The Racecourse (Network Seven).
In 2016, Edwards teamed with Dan Edwards and Roadshow Films to form the production entity Roadshow Rough Diamond. [2]
In all, Edwards' productions have won 31 Logie Awards, 30 Australian Film Institute Awards, 11 AACTA Awards, four People's Choice Awards (Australia), eight ASTRA Awards and more than a dozen Australian craft awards. Furthermore, On the Beach is the first Australian production to have received Golden Globe Award nominations.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Empty Beach | |||
| 1986 | I Own the Racecourse | TV movie | ||
| 1986 | Cyclone Tracy | Miniseries | ||
| 1988 | Stringer | |||
| 1990 | Wendy Cracked a Walnut (aka Almost | |||
| 1991 | Children of the Dragon | |||
| 1991–1996 | Police Rescue | |||
| 1994–1996 | Cody | 6x TV movies | ||
| 1999 | Big Sky | |||
| 2000 | On the Beach | TV movie | ||
| 2001 | Do or Die | Miniseries | ||
| 2001–2005 | The Secret Life of Us | |||
| 2003 | Marking Time | Miniseries | ||
| 2004 | Fireflies | |||
| 2005 | The Surgeon | |||
| 2005–2007 | The Alice | |||
| 2007 | Dangerous | |||
| 2004–2007 | Love My Way | |||
| 2008 | Out of the Blue | |||
| 2008–2011 | Rush | |||
| 2009–2012 | Tangle | |||
| 2010–2011 | Spirited | |||
| 2010–2014 | Offspring | |||
| 2011 | Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo | Miniseries | ||
| 2011 | Beaconsfield | TV movie | ||
| 2014–2015 | Puberty Blues | |||
| 2013 | Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War | Miniseries | ||
| 2014 | Party Tricks | |||
| 2014–2015 | Gallipoli | Miniseries | ||
| 2015 | The Beautiful Lie | Miniseries | ||
| 2017 | Blue Murder: Killer Cop | Miniseries | ||
| Romper Stomper | ||||
| 2018 | Australian Gangster | Miniseries | ||
| 2019 | Les Norton | |||
| 2020–2024 | Bump | |||
| 2023 | Human Error | |||
| 2023– | Year Of | |||
| 2024 | Plum | Producer | [3] |
In 2011, Edwards was conferred an Honorary master's degree by the Australian Film Television and Radio School, for "his 30-year contribution to Australian television." It was presented to him by Claudia Karvan. [4]
In 2017, Edwards was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the broadcast media industry as a television producer, and as a role model and mentor". [1]
