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Tony McNamara Tony McNamara i(A13681 works by)
Born: Established: 1967 Kilmore, Kilmore area, Seymour - Kilmore area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Ice Tony McNamara , ( dir. Jaffar Mahmood ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Thruline Entertainment Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2023 27437731 2023 single work film/TV
1 9 form y separately published work icon Poor Things Tony McNamara , ( dir. Yorgos Lanthimos ) United States of America (USA) United Kingdom (UK) : Element Pictures Film4 Fox Searchlight Pictures , 2023 27304575 2023 single work film/TV

Poor Things is 'the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.'

Source: Searchlight Pictures.

1 form y separately published work icon The Beaver's Nose Tony McNamara , ( dir. Geeta V. Patel ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020 23332809 2020 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon A Pox on Hope Tony McNamara , Gretel Vella , ( dir. Colin Bucksey ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020 23332743 2020 single work film/TV
1 3 form y separately published work icon The Great Tony McNamara , Tess Morris , Gretel Vella , James Wood , ( dir. Colin Bucksey et. al. )agent 2020 Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Thruline Entertainment Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020-2023 19291645 2020 series - publisher film/TV

'The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. Season One is a fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter. Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, defeat the church, baffle the military and get the court on her side. Incorporating historical facts occasionally, the series stars Elle Fanning as Catherine, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Douglas Hodge, Sacha Dhawan, Sebastian de Souza, Bayo Gbadamosi, Belinda Bromilow and Richard Pyros.' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_(miniseries)

1 1 form y separately published work icon The Favourite Tony McNamara , Deborah Davis , ( dir. Yorgos Lanthimos ) Ireland United Kingdom (UK) United States of America (USA) : Element Pictures Scarlet Films Film4 Waypoint Entertainment , 2018 15443184 2018 single work film/TV historical fiction

An historical drama following the relationship between Queen Anne; Sarah, Lady Marlborough; and Abigail Hill, Lady Marlborough's poor cousin.

1 form y separately published work icon Doctor Doctor The Heart Guy Tony McNamara , Alice Bell , Liz Doran , Tamara Asmar , Angela McDonald , Gretel Vella , Timothy Lee , Keith Thompson , Josh Mapleston , Mithila Gupta , Katherine Thomson , ( dir. Peter Salmon et. al. )agent New South Wales : Essential Media and Entertainment Nine Network , 2016-2020 9516037 2016 series - publisher film/TV

'When he is knocked off his pedestal and on to the Impaired Registrants Program, prodigal Sydney surgeon and party boy Hugh Knight must return to his family home in rural Whyhope where he might learn to swallow his pride and mend his ways – or not.'

Source: Production blurb.

1 form y separately published work icon Ashby Tony McNamara , ( dir. Tony McNamara ) United States of America (USA) : Head Gear Films Langley Park Productions Metrol Technology , 2015 8906818 2015 single work film/TV

A boy who is struggling to fit into a new school and a new neighbourhood makes friends with the man next door, a retired assassin who only has months left to live and wants to make peace with his life–by killing some of his old employers.

1 form y separately published work icon Puberty Blues [Series Two, Episode Three] Tony McNamara , ( dir. Sean Kruck ) Australia : Southern Star John Edwards , 2014 7625431 2014 single work film/TV

'Yvonne is torn between two lovers when Gary's father returns. Cheryl turns to Judy for help, with surprising consequences.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 23/7/2014)

1 42 form y separately published work icon Puberty Blues Fiona Seres , Alice Bell , Tony McNamara , ( dir. Emma Freeman et. al. )agent Australia : Southern Star John Edwards , 2012-2014 Z1832856 2012 series - publisher film/TV

'Puberty Blues is an Australian classic which chronicles a special moment of our history. In the early 1970s, the middle baby boomers were coming into their adolescence and early adulthood. The sexual revolution was in full flow. In America "teenagerdom" had come into its own in the sixties. It happened here in the seventies, with the arrival of drugs and the anti-Vietnam fed youth rebellion. And the wild mood finds its apotheosis in surf culture. Puberty Blues is a picture of Australian suburban life in revolution as the wild kids get their rocks off, exploring the worlds of the parents in a context where money and loans are much cheaper, divorce is much easier, full employment and prosperity abound, conventional morality is shifting and everything is endlessly possible.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 20/8/2013)

1 50 form y separately published work icon Offspring Imogen Banks , John Edwards , Debra Oswald , Debra Oswald , Tony McNamara , Leon Ford , Ben Chessell , Jonathan Gavin , Michael Lucas , Christine Bartlett , Tommy Murphy , Kylie Needham , Ian Meadows , Charlie Garber , Samantha Strauss , Li-Kim Chuah , Rachel Givney , Alice Bell , ( dir. Shirley Barrett et. al. )agent 2010 Australia : Southern Star John Edwards , 2010- Z1733890 2010 series - publisher film/TV

'Born out of the telemovie of the same name, Offspring is a contemporary drama series about Nina Proudman, a thirtysomething obstetrician and her fabulously messy family. Following the Proudman family's adventures searching for love, fulfillment and balance in the chaos of modern life, Offspring is about the life forces that drive us all: love, sex, babies, food and music. Stylistically fresh and visually exciting, Offspring mixes conventional narrative drama with flashbacks, graphic animation and fantasy sequences, showcasing the vibrant world of Fitzroy, Melbourne, where Nina and the extended Proudman family go about their unpredictable daily lives.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive.

1 15 form y separately published work icon Spirited Jacquelin Perske , Ian Meadows , Tony McNamara , Jessica Redenbach , Marieke Hardy , Lally Katz , Alice Bell , Tommy Murphy , Jacquelin Perske , Claudia Karvan , ( dir. Jonathan Teplitzky et. al. )agent Sydney Australia : Southern Star Entertainment Channel W , 2010- Z1719410 2010- series - publisher film/TV humour fantasy

'Spirited is a romantic look at life and love after death with a rock 'n' roll twist. From the producers of Love My Way, Spirited is a blackly funny exploration of love, death and life seen through the lives of a group of people who are extreme, complicated and unique. The eight episode, escapist and romantic drama series will take richly drawn characters through situations and storylines that are anything but predictable. This is a show with a lightness of touch and yet it also encompasses the absurdity of modern dentistry, explores the curious world of parenting, celebrates the punk aesthetic and depicts a unique vision of the spirit world' (Spirited website).

1 Dramatist Relishes a Change of Scene Tony McNamara , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 April 2010; (p. 19)
Tony McNamara compares the experiences of writing for television and live theatre. Ultimately, he favours live performance: 'I know its old fashioned in an age of CGI and digital effects to just have people on a stage talking to each other, but for a writer, it's a great test I never regret taking'.
1 3 The Grenade Tony McNamara , 2010 single work drama humour

'Someone has planted a grenade in the kitchen of the McTavish family home. Although the pin remains firmly in place, political consultant and man of the house Busby McTavish (Garry McDonald) has just exploded into a paranoid frenzy of security insecurity.

'No one is above suspicion. And in Busby's line of work he could have any number of enemies. As if the prospect of an imminent and gruesome death weren't sufficient reason to be anxious, Busby has other causes for paranoia. Sexually voracious author of erotic fiction, Randy Savage, is paying an alarming amount of attention to his wife, while his precious daughter is being wooed by the slightly strange, balaclava-clad Wheat. Who are these men and why are they trying to steal his women? Will his wife be seduced by Randy? Will his daughter be seduced by Randy?

'As Busby attempts to discover the identity of the phantom grenade planter he finds himself becoming increasingly obsessed with protecting those he loves. In doing so, he risks exposing them all to an even greater danger...

'... This whodunnit comedy of fidelity, marriage and inter-generational relationships mercilessly satirises our national obsession with security.'

Source: Sydney Theatre Company website, http://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/
Sighted: 28/09/2009

1 15 form y separately published work icon Tangle Fiona Seres , Tony McNamara , Judi McCrossin , John Edwards , Imogen Banks , ( dir. Jessica Hobbs et. al. )agent Sydney : Southern Star John Edwards , 2009- Z1632332 2009- series - publisher film/TV

Tangle is 'about two generations of two families - sometimes connecting, sometimes colliding, sometimes at cross-purposes - as they navigate their way around the maze of love, sex, money and politics.' (Showcase website.)

'Season 3 of this revelatory drama will pull apart and look at just how the generations separate from one another and how the ties of family are stretched.' Source: http://showtime.com.au/ (Sighted 23/03/2012).

1 2 form y separately published work icon Rush Southern Star John Edwards (publisher), Christopher Lee , Todd Boland , Adam Todd , Alice Bell , Samantha Winston , Justin Monjo , Leon Ford , Jessica Redenbach , Andrew Prowse , Sam Carroll , John Ridley , Jeff Truman , Keith Thompson , Louise Fox , Tony McNamara , Kris Mrksa , Michelle Offen , John O'Brien , Tim Alexander , Shelley Birse , Kylie Needham , Steve Rodgers , Rene Zandweld , Meaghan Rodriguez , Todd Winston , David Caesar , Jonathan Gavin , Tim Dylan Lee , Vanessa Bates , Michael Boland , Ben Chessell , Raquel Stevens , ( dir. Andrew Prowse et. al. )agent 2008 Australia : Southern Star John Edwards Network Ten , 2008-2011 Z1622238 2008 series - publisher film/TV crime

'... a contemporary action drama series set in a critical incident police unit, providing an insider's view of police under pressure. Our heroes are a mobile squad trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged.'

Source: Australian Television website, www.australiantelevision.net (sighted 08/09/2009)

1 5 y separately published work icon The Great Tony McNamara , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2008 Z1498042 2008 single work drama humour

'The Great is Tony McNamara's distinctive comic take on the rise and reign of Catherine the Great of Russia. The action spans the course of Catherine's adult life as she learns the ways of the world and takes on the challenge of political power with all of its attendant responsibilities, excesses and sorrows. It is at once a coming of age story, a family drama and a wild satire on power.'

Source: Currency Press website, http://www.currency.com.au/
Sighted: 12/05/2008

1 form y separately published work icon Car Without Brakes Tony McNamara , ( dir. Kate Dennis ) Australia : Showtime , 2007 Z1438670 2007 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Cold Blooded Creatures Tony McNamara , ( dir. Ian Watson ) 2007 Z1425202 2007 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon One Big Happy Tony McNamara , ( dir. Omar Madha ) Australia : Showtime , 2006 Z1367421 2006 single work film/TV

'Dylan tries to impress his new friends with haunted house stories but they cross the line with Frankie when they hold a séance. Charlie tries to lift Julia out of her deepening depression. He eventually meets with some success but not before she admits to some dark feelings. Tom begins his three tasks to win back Katie but a misunderstanding causes things to quickly backfire, but Tom is persistent. Di and Clive return from New York. Although his father's condition has worsened, Lewis maintains the distant relationship he's had with Clive all his life, but he does take Dylan to meet his grandfather.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive (http://www.australiantelevision.net/lovemyway/series2.html). (Sighted: 19/10/2012)

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