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Screenwriting

Behind the scenes of 'The Greenhouse' | Directed by Thomas Wilson-White | Photo: Nick Prokop

Explore Screenwriting: FOR OVER FORTY YEARS, AFTRS HAS CONSISTENTLY PRODUCED SCREENWRITING GRADUATES WHO HAVE ENJOYED CRITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS – AT HOME AND ABROAD.

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Why study Screenwriting at AFTRS

By the end of this course, you will have the ability to generate work that is audience-focused and distinctive – whether writing to a brief or developing original material. You will graduate a versatile storyteller, able to work across platforms in a rapidly evolving media landscape.

Hone your skill-set

Hone the complex skill-set demanded of screenwriters at the highest industry level.

Develop your screenplay

Develop a major creative work via intensive peer feedback, culminating in a developed screenwriting document.

Career opportunities

Each year Australian feature films, television and other screen media are testament to the impact of the AFTRS Screenwriting program. Screenwriting alumni include: Jane Campion, winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Piano (1994); Tony McNamara, BAFTA winner and Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay for The Favourite; Jacquelin Perske, Love My Way (2004-2005), Spirited (2010-2011), Seven Types of Ambiguity (2016); Michael Lucas, Offspring (2010-2014) and Not Suitable for Children (2012); and Julie Kalceff, Starting from Now (2014-2016) and First Day (2017).

Meet Your Lecturers

Kate Stone

Kate is a writer, developer and producer who worked as Head of Development at The Steve Jaggi Company from the…

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Dr Peter Cox

Peter Cox is an award-winning television writer and creator who works across a broad range of genres. Peter’s first series…

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