David Williamson is Australia’s best known and most widely performed playwright.
Some of his 56 produced plays over the last 50 years include The Coming Of The Stork, The Removalists, Don’s Party, The Club, Travelling North, Money & Friends, Dead White Males, The Jack Manning Trilogy, Up For Grabs, Soulmates, Nothing Personal, When Dad Married Fury, Rupert, Cruise Control, Dream Home, Odd Man Out, Sorting Out Rachel, Nearer The Gods, The Big Time, Family Values and Crunch Time.
His plays (also in translation) have been performed internationally, including in London, Los Angeles, New York and Washington.
David has adapted many of his plays into feature films to great acclaim and his many original feature screenplays include Gallipoli, Phar Lap, The Year of Living Dangerously, and Balibo (as co-writer) and On The Beach (adapted for television).
David’s many awards include 12 Australian Writers’ Guild Awards, 5 Australian Film Institutes’ Awards for Best Screenplay and, in 1996, the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award. David’s memoir Home Truths was recently published by Harper Collins.
