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Kodie Bedford Kodie Bedford i(10726113 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Djaru / Jaru ; Aboriginal Kija
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BiographyHistory

After graduating from the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia, Kodie Bedford moved to Sydney to work as a journalist. She worked for SBS's Living Black before joining the ABC's Message Stick. When Message Stick was cancelled, she moved to the ABC Indigenous Department. After deciding she wanted to break into script-writing, she joined MediaRING, a volunteer association of industry and screen organisations with a focus on creating opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people working in the media.

Her first film script, Yarrabah, was funded by Screen Australia in 2017. She also served as script and story editor on Grace Beside Me.

Sources:

'Showcase on Indigenous talent – Kodie Bedford'. MediaRING, 4 May 2016. http://www.mediaring.com.au/news/showcase-on-indigenous-talent-kodie-bedford/

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2019 highly commended black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships for the unpublished manuscript 'Sunny Daughter Girl'
2018 winner Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright's Award
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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon I Wanna Go Home ( dir. Tony Krawitz ) United Kingdom (UK) : AMC Studios See Saw Films , 2022 26405815 2022 single work film/TV
2022 nominated AWGIE Awards — Television Award — Series
form y separately published work icon Summer Love Australia : Gristmill Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2022 24599481 2022 series - publisher film/TV Anthology comedy series, following eight different sets of people who rent the same beach house.
2023 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Comedy Program
2022 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Comedy Series
form y separately published work icon Mystery Road : Origin ( dir. Dylan River ) Australia : Bunya Productions , 2022 24477425 2022 series - publisher film/TV detective

The series 'follows Constable Jay Swan, a charismatic young officer who arrives at his new station. Fresh from the city and tipped for big things, Jay might be the new copper, but he’s not new to this town. His estranged father Jack lives here, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.'

Positioned as the third series of Mystery Road, it is set some twenty years earlier and acts as an 'origin story' for protagonist Jay Swan.
2023 nominated Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Drama Series
2022 nominated Logie Awards — Most Popular Drama Program
2022 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Drama Series
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