Awards & Winners

Laura Jones

Date of Birth 1946
Place of Birth Australia
(Australasia, Oceania, Australia)
Nationality Australia
Also know as Laura McGill
Profession Writer, Screenwriter
Laura Jones is an Australian screenwriter. Jones started her career writing teleplays for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her first feature film credit was the original screenplay for High Tide, directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Judy Davis. This was followed by her adaptation of the Janet Frame autobiography, An Angel at My Table, which was directed by Jane Campion. She collaborated again with Campion, this time on The Portrait of a Lady. The following years saw her team up with Armstrong on Oscar and Lucinda, as well as work on other literary adaptations for Hollywood. She is the daughter of Australian author Jessica Anderson Jones is a strong supporter of Australian filmmaking and during the 1990s, served on the Australian Film Commission.

Awards by Laura Jones

Check all the awards nominated and won by Laura Jones.

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and Lucinda

1997


AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Honored for : The Well

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Well
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Portrait of a Lady

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay High Tide