Alison Nisselle

Alison Nisselle OAM (26 April 1943 - 15 November 2023) was an Australian writer and producer best known for co-creating the crime drama TV series Phoenix and Janus (with Tony McDonald), creating the children's TV series Zoo Family and writing the feature films Curtin, Healing and Parer's War.
==Career==
Before beginning her career as a filmmaker, Nisselle worked as a journalist for the Herald Sun and Channel 7 and then as a military researcher on period drama TV series The Sullivans. Nisselle has worked as a screenwriter, producer, script editor and script producer across a career spanning over four decades, drawing particular praise for the realism and accuracy she brought to her work. 
==Filmography==
===Film===
Title 	Year	Credited as	Notes 	 	 	 	
Title 	Year	Credited as	Notes 	The Interview	1998	Script editor	
Healing	2014	Co-writer 	with Craig Monahan	 	 	 	
===Television===
Title 	Year 	Credited as 	Notes 	 	 	 	
Title 	Year 	Credited as 	Notes 	The Box	1977	Writer (1 episode)	
The John Sullivan Story 	1979 	Researcher 	TV Movie 	 	 	 	
Carson's Law 	1983 	Writer (3 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Zoo Family 	1985 	CreatorWriter (3 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Prisoner 	1986 	Writer (9 episodes)Story editor (6 episodes) 	Series finale 	 	 	 	
Sons and Daughters 	1987 	Story editor (1 episode) 	Series finale 	 	 	 	
The Flying Doctors 	1985-1988	Writer (2 episodes)Story development (3 episodes)	 	 	 	 	
G.P. 	1990 	Story development (3 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Street Angels 	1991 	Writer 	TV movie 	 	 	 	
Phoenix 	1992-1993	Co-creatorWriter (6 episodes) 	with Tony McDonald 	 	 	 	
Janus 	1994-1995	Co-creatorCo-producerWriter (1 episode) 	with Tony McDonald 	 	 	 	
The Feds: Betrayal 	1996 	Writer 	with Tony McDonaldTV movie as part of The Feds (miniseries)	 	 	 	
The Feds: Deadfall 	1996 	Writer 	TV movie as part of The Feds (miniseries) 	 	 	 	
Ocean Girl 	1994-1996	Writer (3 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Ship to Shore 	1996 	Writer (3 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Thunderstone 	1999 	Writer (2 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Marshall Law 	2002 	Co-creatorWriter (17 episodes) 	with Rick Held and Bevan Lee 	 	 	 	
Blue Heelers 	2004 	Writer (1 episode) 	 	 	 	 	
headLand 	2005 	Writer (1 episode) 	 	 	 	 	
Home and Away 	1988-2006	Writer (39 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Curtin 	2007 	Writer 	TV movie 	 	 	 	
Bed of Roses 	2010 	Script editor (7 episodes) 	 	 	 	 	
Hawke 	2010 	Script editor 	TV movie 	 	 	 	
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab	2012 	Script editor 	TV movie 	 	 	 	
Reef Doctors 	2013 	Story producer 	 	 	 	 	
Parer's War 	2014 	Writer 	 	 	 	 	
Newton's Law 	2017 	Script executive (ABC) 	 	 	 	 	
Seven Types of Ambiguity 	2017 	Script executive (ABC) 	 	 	 	 	
Bloom 	2019 	Story editor (6 episodes)Writer (1 episode) 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and Legacy==
Awards and commendations for works created or written by Nisselle include TV Week Logie Awards for Phoenix, Janus (which also received a Human Rights TV Drama Award from the Australian Human Rights Commission) and Curtin and a Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Healing. In 2016, Nisselle received the inaugural Jan Sardi Award as part of Film Victoria's 2016 Screen Leader Awards for her significant achievement as a screenwriter and was recognised in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).Staff Writer, 'Film Victoria unveils Screen Leader Award winners', IF October 14, 2016 
Category:Australian screenwriters
Category:1943 births
Category:Australian television producers
Category:People from Western Australia
Category:People from Victoria
Category:2023 deaths