"...Each scene and every sentence of Needham's script is straightforward and direct; they fly to the mark, never leaving a feeling of frustration...." The Australian
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Kylie Needham
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Kylie is a writer for television and film, who has won two Australian Writers’ Guild Awards and received one nomination.
Kylie is currently part of the development and writing team for FIGHTING SEASON, a six-part character-driven drama series about Australian soldiers returning from Afghanistan from GOALPOST PICTURES commissioned by FOXTEL to air in 2018. She is also writing an original feature film screenplay about the coming of age of a female Australian artist called BLOOM.
Kylie’s essay on artist and filmmaker Warwick Thornton appeared in the exhibition publication for the 2014 ADELAIDE BIENNIAL OF AUSTRALIAN ART: DARK HEART curated by Nick Mitzevich, Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Kylie’s writing credits for television include series SECRETS AND LIES, CROWNIES, RUSH and OFFSPRING. She wrote many episodes of the medico-legal series MDA and also worked as Script Editor, Story Editor and Script Producer with Rick Maier (Series 3). Her episode Precious Little won an AWGIE Award for Best Television Series. MDA won an AFI Award for Best Drama Series and was nominated for an International Emmy Award.
Kylie adapted the screenplay THE SOCIETY MURDERS with Greg Haddrick, based on the book of the same name by criminal lawyer Hilary Bonney. THE SOCIETY MURDERS won an AWGIE Award for Best Adapted Telemovie and was nominated for a Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Drama Series, Miniseries or Telemovie.
Kylie has extensive experience as a television drama series writer for commercial networks and the ABC. She has worked as a writer and story consultant for leading independent drama companies including Screentime and Southern Star. She was Screentime’s Head of Development (Drama).
Kylie scripted the contemporary art project THE DRESS directed by Ben Quilty with Ralph Baydoun, shot in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, about a young female Syrian refugee. THE DRESS is currently on exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Kylie has recently completed a Master of Arts in English Literature. She has a Bachelor of Arts/Communications (Theatre/Media). She won the English Association Prize for first place in NSW in HSC 3Unit English.
