John Dingwall (13 July 1940 â€" 3 May 2004) was an Australian
journalist, writer and director of film and television, best known for
his screenplay Sunday Too Far Away (1975).Dingwall was born in
Rockhampton, Queensland where he commenced his career as a journalist
with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, The Morning Bulletin.
He then moved onto Sydney where he worked as a police reporter for the
The Sydney Morning Herald before going to Crawford Productions as a
television writer, working on programs such as Homicide and Division
Four. He moved into features with Sunday Too Far Away based on his
brother in law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a
producer and director. He died on the Gold Coast on 3 May 2004.
journalist, writer and director of film and television, best known for
his screenplay Sunday Too Far Away (1975).Dingwall was born in
Rockhampton, Queensland where he commenced his career as a journalist
with a cadetship at the city's daily newspaper, The Morning Bulletin.
He then moved onto Sydney where he worked as a police reporter for the
The Sydney Morning Herald before going to Crawford Productions as a
television writer, working on programs such as Homicide and Division
Four. He moved into features with Sunday Too Far Away based on his
brother in law's experiences as a sheep shearer. He later became a
producer and director. He died on the Gold Coast on 3 May 2004.
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