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’2019 AWGIE Winners Announced
August 28th, 2019
The 2019 AWGIE winners have been announced with Yellow’s Eliza and Hannah Reilly taking home the award for best writing for a Web Series with SHEILAS ‘Nancy Wake – WW2 Spy’ and ‘Mary Ann Bugg – Bushranger’. Yellow’s Samantha Strauss, Elise McCredie and Michele Lee also received nominations for THE END (Television – Series or Miniseries) […]
MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS, written by Samantha Strauss, premieres
November 17th, 2015
A new telemovie, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS, written by Samantha Strauss for FremantleMedia, aired on Channel 10 on November 15. Sam’s writing has been commended for keeping the production lighthearted and “completely charming.” Melinda Houston of the SMH commented of the production that “while certainly adhering firmly to the fairy tale template [it] feels consistently lively, […]
SHORTLIST: 2014 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
April 11th, 2014
Both Trent O’Donnell and Samantha Strauss have been shortlisted for the 2014 Premier’s Literary Award. Trent’s writing (with Phil Lloyd) for A MOODY CHRISTMAS ‘Separate Seats’ and Sam’s script for DANCE ACADEMY ‘Not for Nothing’ are nominated for the Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting. Winners will be announced at the State Library of NSW on […]
2013 AWGIE winners announced
October 8th, 2013
2013 AWGIE winners announced
2013 AWGIES Nominations Announced
August 30th, 2013
The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) has announced the nominees for the 46th Annual AWGIE Awards. Among the nominees are: Samantha Strauss, with two nominations for children’s television Nicholas Verso, for short film Lally Katz, for children’s theatre and Trent O’Donnell, with two nominations for comedy narrative “These prestigious accolades celebrate excellence in Australian writing for stage, […]
DANCE ACADEMY Season 3 launches tonight on ABC3
July 8th, 2013
DANCE ACADEMY Season 3 launches tonight on ABC3
Samantha Strauss Press
July 2nd, 2013
NY Magazine Article about DANCE ACADEMY Encore article about DANCE ACADEMY Sydney Morning Herald review of DANCE ACADEMY Australian Stories Interview on Samantha Strauss and DANCE ACADEMY
Samantha Strauss News
April 8th, 2013
Read news about Samantha Strauss.
DANCE ACADEMY awarded 2013 Logies
April 8th, 2013
DANCE ACADEMY and REDFERN NOW awarded 2013 Logies – Yellow Creative Management clients Samantha Strauss and Wayne Blair recognised
DANCE ACADEMY nominated for Best Children’s Series
December 4th, 2012
DANCE ACADEMY nominated for Best Children’s Series.
Samantha Strauss
May 5th, 2011
Samantha Strauss is a writer for television and film, she created the series DANCE ACADEMY which was nominated for an international Emmy in 2011.