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BiographyHistory

Television script-writer and script editor.

With some exceptions, including the Wendy Hughes crime drama State Coroner, Annie Fox has worked largely in children's television, with a strong focus on science-fiction and fantasy programs.

Her earliest scripts were for Jonathan M. Shiff Productions' Ocean Girl, for which she won an AWGIE Award for Best Original Children's Screenplay. She has continued to write for Jonathan M. Shiff Productions, including Pirate Islands, Thunderstone, and Wicked Science.

Fox has also written extensively for programs produced by Paul D. Barron (for both Great Western Entertainment and Barron Entertainment), including Chuck Finn, The Gift, and Parallax.

As a script editor, Fox has worked with Blue Heelers (with which she began as a trainee script editor) and Chuck Finn.

An interview with Fox appeared in Screentalk Magazine, September/October 2001.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon Foreign Exchange ( dir. James Bogle et. al. )agent Sydney Galway : Southern Star Entertainment Magma Films , 2004 Z1190842 2004 single work film/TV children's adventure fantasy

A secret portal links a child in Perth, Australia, with a child in Galway, Ireland.

2004 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Scripts
form y separately published work icon The Sleepover Club ( dir. Arnie Custo et. al. )agent Australia : Burberry Productions Nine Network , 2003-2007 Z1883334 2003-2007 series - publisher film/TV

'Based on the popular books by Rose Impey, this comedy-drama series features five 12-year-old girls on their quest for identity, individuality, belonging, family, friendship and how to have the most fun while trying to deny the existence of boys.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 3/12/2013)

2007 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards Best Children's Television Drama
form y separately published work icon Ocean Girl [Series 4, Episode 21] ( dir. Colin Budds ) Australia : Jonathan M. Shiff Productions , 1997 6045742 1997 single work film/TV

'Paul and Brett Bates are given an audience with the President of the Global Union to voice their opposition to Praxis' adversarial stand against the aliens and are granted an immediate suspension of all attack preparations. Malakat tells Shersheba and Mera that he was responsible for the creation and release of the Red Virus on the Ocean Planet. Hauser discovers that Ilona is a spy from the Ocean Planet when she walks in on her making a report back to Malakat. Realising its potential for good, Neri retrieves the ankh back to her island. Hauser tells Cass and Winston about Ilona and asks for their help in 'understanding' the aliens. Mera locates a hidden passage in her cell inside the pyramid which gives her access to a source of water. Shersheba rebukes Malakat for his arrogance and controlling behavior reminding him that she will be the one in power when Earth is conquered, Malakat in response stops advising her on what actions to take. Feeling the need to do something, Shersheba takes a vial of the red virus and released it into the ocean.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 12/6/2013)

1998 winner AWGIE Awards Children's Award Original
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