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Script-writer David Ogilvy's first work in the performing arts was in the theatre, where he worked both with Nigel Triffitt and for the parent company of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Following ten years in the theatre, he undertook a directing course at what was then Swinburne College (now Victorian College of Arts).

After working as a director, he moved into script-writing, and spent twenty years as a freelance writer, script editor, and script producer, in both children's and adult drama. His first scripts were for Let the Blood Run Free, the short-lived sit-com that satirised day-time hospital soap operas. From here, he moved into a period of writing specifically for children's dramas, including Return to Jupiter, Wild Kat, and Outriders.

From 2000 onwards, he focused more heavily on adult dramas, including White Collar Blue, The Secret Life of Us, and Young Lions, but continued to produce scripts for such children's dramas as Blue Water High and Double Trouble.

Ogilvy's scripts for White Collar Blue were the beginning of what would be a productive association with Steve Knapman and Kris Wyld's production company Knapman Wyld Television, including writing scripts for The Strip and acting as both script writer and script producer for the award-winning drama East West 101. He continued to produce scripts for children's drama during the same period, including for Lockie Leonard and Dance Academy.

In November 2010, Ogilvy joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) as Commissioning Editor of Fiction. Since this move, his work as executive producer has included Crownies, The Straits, and Mabo.