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Niki Aken Niki Aken i(A146792 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Niki Aken is a multi-award winning screenwriter and secretary of the Australian Writers' Guild's NSW Committee. She is based in Sydney.

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form y separately published work icon Significant Others ( dir. Tony Krawitz ) Australia : FremantleMedia Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2022 23923560 2022 series - publisher film/TV

'Significant Others tells the intriguing story of a single mother who fails to return from her morning swim, leaving behind two teenagers and a fractured family searching for clues in the rubble of the catastrophe. Putting the pieces together is the awakening that threatens to tear this family apart.'

Source: Screen Australia (https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-centre/news/2021/11-25-abc-screen-australia-significant-others). (Sighted: 03/03/2022)

2023 nominated Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
form y separately published work icon A Step Closer to the Madness ( dir. Emma Freeman ) Australia : Werner Film Productions , 2021 26405862 2021 single work film/TV
2022 nominated AWGIE Awards Television Award Series
form y separately published work icon The Newsreader ( dir. Emma Freeman ) Australia : Werner Film Productions , 2021-2022 20851611 2021 series - publisher film/TV

The series 'follows the unlikely bond between a young TV reporter and a "difficult" female newsreader'.

Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/joanna-werner-michael-lucas-find-drama-in-a-tv-newsroom/) (Sighted: 3/12/2020)

2024 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series
2022 winner Logie Awards Most Outstanding Drama Series
2022 nominated Logie Awards Most Popular Drama Program
2021 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Best Television Drama Series
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