Hi! I’m Mark Poole, a writer and director based in Melbourne, Australia.

My first feature film screenplay, A Single Life, won a Monte Miller Award nomination from the Australian Writers’ Guild awards (AWGIES) and was produced by Australian Film Theatre. It was released in more than 50 territories around the world and achieved huge acclaim when screened on the BBC. It also won an AFI Award.

I went on to write the feature Hammers Over The Anvil, directed by Ann Turner and starring Russell Crowe and Charlotte Rampling. It was an adaptation based on several short stories by Alan Marshall.

My work has been recognised with a number of awards. I was awarded the Richard Lane Award for screenwriting by the Australian Writers’ Guild and received a Certificate of Merit at the St Kilda Film Festival for the short film Basically Speaking as director/producer.

I worked for ABC TV in Melbourne as series producer, producer, director, writer and script editor on five different television series. I wrote an episode of a children’s series, called Pumped Up for the ABC which won an AWGIE Award nomination.

My documentary Fearless about 92-year-old playwright Julia Britton who went to London to put on a play was screened on ABC TV. It was co-produced with Rob George.

I was National Vice President of the Australian Writers’ Guild and currently serve as head of the Australian Director’s Guild in Victoria.

I am a published author and co-wrote Shining A Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute with Professor Lisa French. I am also a regular contributor to The Guardian and Screen Hub on screen sector issues. I teach screenwriting and hold a PhD in screenwriting from La Trobe University.

You can contact me at mark@markpoole.com.au

Check out my full credits on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690854/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1