Stephen M. Irwin

Stephen M Irwin (born December, 1966) is an Australian screenwriter, producer and novelist,[1] best known for Harrow (2018) and Secrets & Lies (2014).

Biography

Irwin was born in Brisbane, Queensland and is the second youngest of six children. He graduated from the Queensland College of Art with tertiary qualifications in Film and Television production. [2] Irwin continues to live in Brisbane and centres many of his stories in fictionalised Brisbane settings.

Films & Television

TitleDateMediumNotes
Harrow Season 2 [3]TBC 2019TV Series - ABC/ABCSi.Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd
Tidelands[4]2018TV Series - NetflixWriter. Starring Charlotte Best, Mattias Inwood, Aaron Jakubenko, Elsa Pataky, Peter O'Brien
Harrow[5]2018TV Series - ABC/ABCSi.Writer/Producer. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Mirrah Foulkes Remy Hii
Wake in Fright[6]2017TV Mini-SeriesWriter. Silver World Medal – New York Festivals Film & Television Awards (2018)[7]
Australia Day[8]2017Feature - FoxtelWriter. Starring Bryan Brown, Shari Sebbens, Isabelle Cornish, Sean Keenan, Daniel Webber, Matthew Le Nevez.
Secrets & Lies (U.S. TV series)2015-2016TV SeriesBased upon the Australian television series created by Stephen M. Irwin. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Michael Ealy.
Secrets & Lies[9]2014TV SeriesWriter. Starring Martin Henderson, Anthony Hayes. Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Winner– Interactive Media (2015)[10]
Ascension[11]2008ShortWriter/Director. (Best Short, Sci-Fi-London 2008[12])
Car Pool[13]2006ShortWriter. Starring Kerry Armstrong. (Best Comedy, St Kilda Short Film Festival 2007[14]
Black Fury2005ShortWriter/Director.
The Kool-Sla Cover-up[15]2003TV DramaWriter/Director. SBS (S)truth.
Boggo Road 4102[16]2001DocumentaryWriter/Director.
Boulia 4829[17]2000DocumentaryWriter/Director.

Novels

Irwin is the author of two supernatural thrillers The Dead Path (2010)[18] and The Broken Ones (2011).[19] The Dead Path was named Top Horror Title in the American Library Association's 2011 reading list[20] and won the Doubleday Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award 2010.[21]

Short Stories & Poetry

Irwin has written several short stories and poems, winning awards both Australia and overseas including The Write Stuff and New Millennium Writings.[22]

TitleYearMediumPublicationNotes
24/7[23]2013Short StoryAnthology - A Killer Among DemonsDark Prints Press
Surprise[24]2013Short StoryAnthology - Warbirds of MarsQuickdraw Books
Tail the Barney2011Short StoryAnthologies - Rage Against the Night;[25] New Millennium Writings
Hive[26]2013Short StoryAnthology - Macabre - A Journey Through Australia's Darkest FearsWinner, Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award (2011)
Bones of the Hill2007PoetryAnthology - eclougesNewcastle Poetry Prize Anthology
The Jet2005PoetryAnthology - sunweightNewcastle Poetry Prize Anthology
She Lay Among Diamonds2005Short StoryN/AWinner, Katherine Susannah Pritchard Short Story Award
Emily's Breath2005Short StoryN/AWinner, Easter Writer's Group Short Story Competition

References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. ↑ Walking the dead path with Stephen M Irwin
  3. ↑ Harrow season 2
  4. ↑ Tidelands
  5. ↑ Harrow
  6. ↑ Wake in Fright
  7. ↑ New York Festivals Film & Television Awards 2018
  8. ↑ Australia Day
  9. ↑ Secrets & Lies
  10. ↑ AWGIE Winner
  11. ↑ Ascension
  12. ↑ Ascension - Best Short Film 2008
  13. ↑ Car Pool
  14. ↑ Car Pool
  15. ↑ (S)truth
  16. ↑ (Boggo Road)
  17. ↑ (Boulia 4829)
  18. ↑ The Dead Path, Hachette
  19. ↑ The Broken Ones, Hachette
  20. ↑ "Top genre fiction titles named to 2011 RUSA Reading List".
  21. ↑ "Doubleday Book of the Month Club First Fiction Award 2010".
  22. ↑ Ghosts, spiders and a dead cat are just in a paranormal day
  23. ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18039179-a-killer-among-demons
  24. ↑ Surprise
  25. ↑ Rage Against the Night
  26. ↑ Hive
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