Sue Smith

Writing

Sue Smith

Born

1959-01-01 (67)

Known for

Writing

Credits

6 titles

Sue Smith (born 1959) is an Australian screenwriter and playwright. She is best known for writing or co-writing Australian television productions including Mabo (2012), Bastard Boys (2007), RAN (2006), The Road from Coorain (2002), The Leaving of Liverpool (1993), and Brides of Christ (1991). Her screenwriting for film includes Peaches (2004) and co-writing Saving Mr. Banks (2013).

Known for

Saving Mr. Banks poster
7.3

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Saving Mr. Banks

2013

The Beautiful Life: TBL poster
5.8

The daily lives of young models living together in a models' residence in New York, while struggling to deal with the cutthroat competition and fleeting fame of the fashion world.

The Beautiful Life: TBL

2009

Peaches poster
5.0

This is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her pregnant mother Jass and Vietnamese father are killed in a car crash. The arrival of her late mother's diary reveals the colorful, sexy secrets of Jude and the foreman Alan that allow Steph to reinvent her vision of the world.

Peaches

2005

The Leaving of Liverpool poster
6.0

A poignant and forceful saga which traces the fortunes of two English children uprooted from their beloved Liverpool dockside to the alien environment of Australia in the years following World War Two.

The Leaving of Liverpool

1992

Mabo poster
7.1

The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the age of 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.

Mabo

2012

Number 13 poster
6.3

In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition. During the night, noise conspires to keep him awake and the historian is astonished to come face to face with door number 13. Continuing his work, a history of a reformation era witchcraft scandal emerges. The nocturnal disturbances escalate, leading Anderson with no choice but to open the door to room number 13...

Number 13

2006

Series credits

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