{{Short description|Australian television screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}{{Use Australian English|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Kristen Dunphy | occupation = Television screenwriter and producer | credits = ''Wakefield'' | awards = Foxtel Scholarship, 2012 }}
'''Kristen Dunphy''' is an Australian television screenwriter and producer. She is best known as creator, co-writer and co-executive producer of ''Wakefield'', which screened on ABC TV in 2021.
== Career == Dunphy's career in film and television began when producer Sandra Levy employed her to work as assistant to Gillian Armstrong, who was directing the 1987 film, ''High Tide''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|title=Kristen Dunphy|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A128894|access-date=2022-01-13|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en}}</ref> When Levy became head of drama at ABC TV she employed Dunphy as a screenwriter on ''G.P.'' (1992–1996), ''The Ferals'' (1995) and ''Heartbreak High'' (1995–1997).<ref name=":0"/>
Dunphy, as creator, co-writer and joint executive producer, began developing the eight-part serial, ''Wakefield'' in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=Balancing humour and pathos: Kristen Dunphy and Chloe Rickard on the controlled chaos of 'Wakefield'|url=https://if.com.au/balancing-humour-and-pathos-kristen-dunphy-and-chloe-rickard-on-the-controlled-chaos-of-wakefield/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=IF Magazine|language=en-AU}}</ref> During its production in 2020 she worked as joint showrunner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Screen News Podcast – Wakefield showrunners Kristen Dunphy and Sam Meikle|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2021/03-26-podcast-wakefield-showrunners|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Screen Australia}}</ref> ''Wakefield'' screened on ABC TV in 2021<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knox|first=David|date=2021-03-04|title=Airdate: Wakefield|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/03/airdate-wakefield.html/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU}}</ref> and received five AACTA Award nominations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-08|title=Full winners announced for the 2021 AACTA Awards|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2021/12/09/full-winners-announced-for-the-2021-aacta-awards/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=TV Blackbox|language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Awards and recognition == Dunphy won her first AWGIE in 2003 for Best Television Series Episode for episode 14 of ''White Collar Blue'' (Network 10/Knapman Wyld).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Television: White Collar Blue: articles|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/whitecollarblue/articles/showgetsgong.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.australiantelevision.net}}</ref> She won the 2008 AWGIE for Best Television Series Drama for ''Eastwest 101'' (SBS/Knapman Wyld) and the 2012 AWGIE for Best Mini-Series Television Drama for ''The Straits'' (ABC/Matchbox) 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kristen Dunphy|url=https://www.awgpathways.com.au/writer/kristen-dunphy/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Pathways|language=en}}</ref> She was awarded the Foxtel Fellowship in 2012 for her "significant contribution to the Australian cultural landscape made by television writing".<ref name=":0" />
== Selected filmography ==
=== Television series === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role |- |1992–1995 |''G.P.'' |writer |- |1994 |''Heartland'' |writer |- |1995 |''The Ferals'' |writer |- |1995–1997 |''Heartbreak High'' |writer |- |1996 |''Fallen Angels'' |writer |- |1997 |''Mirror Mirror II'' |writer |- |1997–1998 |''Murder Call'' |writer |- |1998–1999 |''Wildside'' |writer |- |1999 |''All Saints'' |writer |- |2000 |''Water Rats'' |writer |- |2002–2003 |''White Collar Blue'' |writer and script editor |- |2006 |''Blue Water High'' |writer |- |2007–2009 |''East West 101'' |writer |- |2012 |''The Straits'' |writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Television: The Straits|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/the-straits/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Australian Television Information Archive}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' |writer and script editor |- |2015 |''The Principal'' |co-creator and writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Television: The Principal|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/the-principal/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Australian Television Information Archive}}</ref> |- |2016–2017 |''Secret Daughter'' |co-creator<ref>{{Cite web|title=Australian Television: The Secret Daughter|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/secret-daughter/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Australian Television Information Archive}}</ref> |- |2021 |''Wakefield'' |creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer |}
=== Films === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Title !Role |- |1987 |''High Tide'' |director's assistant<ref name=":0"/> |- |2004 |''Blackjack: Sweet Science'' |writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=BlackJack: Sweet Science (2004)|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/blackjack--sweet-science-2004/19784/|access-date=2022-01-13|website=The Screen Guide – Screen Australia}}</ref> |- |2005 |''Small Claims: White Wedding'' |script editor |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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