Andrew Bovell
Andrew Bovell (born 23 November 1962) is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. Life. Bovell was born on 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and completed his secondary school education in Perth. He graduated from the University of Western Australia with a BA and followed that with a Diploma in Dramatic Arts at the Victorian College of Arts, in Melbourne. Writing career. His AWGIE award-winning play, "Speaking in Tongues",(1996) has been seen throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the US and Bovell adapted it for the screen as "Lantana" (2001). Both the  play and screenplay have been published by Currency Press along with "After Dinner" (1988), "Holy Day" (2001), "Scenes from a Separation" (written with Hannie Rayson) (1995) and "Who's Afraid of the Working Class?" (1998), written with Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela. "Who's Afraid of the Working Class?" was adapted to film as "Blessed". "When the Rain Stops Falling" (2008) won the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards. In 2010, a production of "When the Rain Stops Falling" opened in New York. "The New York Times" reviewed  the play describing it as "a fitfully moving but diagrammatic play about the long legacy of unnatural acts" and commenting that "the relationships eventually emerge with an emotional clarity that the play’s elliptical structure works against". Films. Bovell's film credits include "Lantana" (2001) and "Blessed" (2009) as mentioned above. Bovell also co-wrote the screenplay for "Strictly Ballroom" (1992) with Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce and "Head On" (1998) with Mira Robertson and Ana Kokkinos. His other film credits include "Edge of Darkness" (2010) starring Mel Gibson, "The Book of Revelation" (2006) and "Iris" (2016). He wrote the  thriller film "A Most Wanted Man", directed by Anton Corbijn, based on the novel "A Most Wanted Man" by John le Carré. Awards jury. Bovell is on the jury for the Feature Fiction and Documentary awards at the Adelaide Film Festival, scheduled for October 2020.