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BiographyHistory

Kris Wyld graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, in 1984 majoring in film scriptwriting and film production. She collaborated with Steve Knapman in the creation and script development of a number of television series including Wildside, White Collar Blue and the mini series East West 101. Wyld also worked on the television series Heartbreak High, G.P., and Paper Man.

In 1995, Wyld received an AFC Keating Fellowship in Film Scriptwriting and Development and studied with production companies in Los Angeles and London.

Wyld's awards include an AFI Award for Best Episode in a TV Drama Series, 1999, for Wildside, episode 59.

Source: Knapman Wyld Television website, www.knapmanwyld.com.au (Sighted: 17/06/2008)

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form y separately published work icon Deep Water ( dir. Shawn Seet ) Australia : Blackfella Films SBS , 2016 8570264 2016 series - publisher film/TV crime

'Up to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s a murderous epidemic grips Sydney. The attackers are united by contempt. Their targets united by their sexual identity. All are gay. For the first time Deep Water presents the full account of the gay hate crime epidemic that bloodied Sydney’s coastline. It stirs up old cases in the hope that new evidence will rise to the surface and bring peace and justice to the loved ones left behind..'

Source: Screen Australia.

2017 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Miniseries or Telemovie
2017 winner AWGIE Awards Television Award Telemovie or Miniseries (less than 4 hours' duration)
form y separately published work icon Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries ( dir. Tony Tilse et. al. )agent Byron Bay : Every Cloud Productions , 2011 Z1783698 2011 series - publisher film/TV crime

'Based on the novels of Australian author Kerry Greenwood. Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit. Leaving a trail of admirers in her wake, our thoroughly modern heroine makes sure she enjoys every moment of her lucky life.'

Source: Inside Film and Television website

2015 shortlisted Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series For series three.
2014 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
form y separately published work icon East West 101 ( dir. Peter Andrikidis ) Australia : SBS Television Knapman Wyld Television , 2009-2011 Z1643485 2009-2011 series - publisher film/TV (taught in 1 units)

Series One of East West 101 focuses on two men whose destinies are irrevocably intertwined. Malik is driven by a hunger for justice. He was twelve when a masked gunman held up the family shop. Malik refused to hand over the money and his father was subsequently shot and injured. He later joined the police force and has been looking for the shadowy figure who pulled the trigger. When he finally finds him, Malik's belief in the justice system is challenged by a powerful desire for revenge. As he hunts down the truth, it is revealed that one of his colleagues, Crowley, had a part to play in the original investigation. Crowley is a man whose vision has been blighted by pain and prejudice. His son, Paul, was found dead of an overdose on drugs sold to him by a Lebanese dealer. When the drug dealer who sold Paul the heroin is found murdered, Internal Affairs come asking questions.

In Season Two, East West 101 expands to seven episodes as the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney. But overarching all is the quest for Detective Zane Malik to find the truth behind a car bomb attack which kills two men. The Major Crime Squad form a joint task force with the NSO (National Security Organisation) to deal with the crime. There is paranoia in the city and fallout on the Muslim community. Malik knows that in order to stop the circle of hate, he must solve the crime. Was the bomb really an act of extremists, as the media suggest, or a sophisticated killing by a career criminal? Malik doggedly pursues the truth until he, too, becomes a target. Inspector Patricia Wright questions his motives but her vision is clouded by personal issues that she wants to keep hidden from the squad. Crime has touched her own family.

Season Three : The Hero's Journey. 'In [this] third season of East West 101, the Major Crime Squad investigates a 36 million dollar robbery in Australia and its connections to the murder of 17 people in Afghanistan. Is the robbery to fund an act of terror by military trained radicals, or the work of sophisticated criminals? For Detective Zane Malik the case has savage personal and professional ramifications. Malik is obstructed in his quest to find those responsible by the interference of newcomer Detective Neil Travis. Travis has fought in Iraq and his attitude and approach to the investigation cause conflict with Malik. In the hunt for an elusive foe, ultimately both men are forced to confront what makes a man a hero, or a coward...'

(Source: East West 101, SBS website)

2011 shortlisted AWGIE Awards Television Award Mini-series - Original
2008 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series for series one.
2010 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2011 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series For Season Three.
2008 winner Australian Film Institute Awards Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series For Season One.
2009 winner Australian Film Institute Awards Best Television Drama Series For Season Two.
2012 winner Equity Awards Equity Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Television Drama Series
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