Douglas Netter

Selected other projects:  Executive Producer -- Babylon 5, The Wild West

Additional information:  Nicknamed "Rattlesnake".  Served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios from 1970-1975. Founded Rattlesnake Productions (the production company for Five Mile Creek) in 1978.  Received an "Outstanding Informational Series" Emmy nomination in 1993 for The Wild West.

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Henry Crawford

Selected other projects:  Producer --  A Town Like Alice, Eureka Stockade, Against the Wind

Born:  1947
Birthplace:  Victoria, Australia

Additional information:  Currently operates the five star resort, Vatulele.  His daughter played an infant (aged 6 months) in his Emmy award winning miniseries A Town Like Alice, as well as appearing in several episodes of Five Mile Creek. Michael Caton (Paddy Malone) and Crawford started as actors in theatre together in their late teens.

Read Henry Crawford's Q&A sessions to find out more about his work on Five Mile Creek.

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John Copeland

Selected other projects:  Producer -- When Dinosaurs Roamed America, The Wild West, Babylon 5

Born:  October 13, 1950
Birthplace:  San Diego, California

Additional information:  One of the first three film school graduates at Chapman College (now Chapman University).  Earned a BA with a double-emphasis -- Major in Theater and a Major in Film.  Began working with Douglas Netter in 1978. Received an "Outstanding Informational Series" Emmy nomination in 1993 for The Wild West. Won the 1997 Hugo award for "Best Dramatic Presentation" for Babylon 5.

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Graham Foreman

Selected other projects:  Executive Story Consultant -- The Adventures of Skippy

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Kevin J. Dobson

Selected other projects:  Director -- Ponderosa, Thorn Birds: The Missing Years, Babylon 5

Born:  1952

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Frank Arnold

Selected other projects:  Director -- Josh Kirby . . . Time Warrior (Chapters 2, 3, and 6)

Born:  May 9, 1938
Birthplace:  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Gary Conway

Selected other projects:  Director -- Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors

Born:  February 4, 1936
Birthplace:  Los Angeles, California

Additional information:  His wife was Miss America 1957.

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Di Drew

Selected other projects:  Director -- All Saints, Hildegarde

Born:  1948

Additional information:  2001 Australian Film Institute nomination for "Best Episode in a Long Running Television Drama Series"

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Michael Jenkins

Selected other projects:  Director -- Young Lions, Blue Murder

Born:  1946
Birthplace:  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Additional information:  Nominated for three Australian Film Institute awards.  Won the "Best Screenplay, Adapted" award in 1983 for Careful, He Might Hear You.

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Brendan Maher

Selected other projects:  Director -- After the Deluge, Farscape, The Flying Doctors

Additional information:  Won the 1997 Australian Film Institute award for Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama for Good Guys Bad Guys.

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George Miller

Selected other projects:  Director -- Journey to the Center of the Earth, NeverEnding Story II, The Man from Snowy Creek

Born:  1945
Birthplace:  Scotland, UK

Additional information:  Not to be confused with the director, George Miller, of the Mad Max movies. Nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for In the Doghouse.

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David Stevens

Selected other projects:  Director -- The Clinic, A Town Like Alice.  Writer -- Jackie, Ethel, Joan:  The Women of Camelot, The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

Born:  1940
Birthplace:  Tiberias, Palestine

Additional information:  In 1981, nominated for a "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium" Oscar.  In 1980 and 1994, won the Australian Film Institute award for "Best Adapted Screenplay".  Nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or a Movie

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Rob Stewart

Selected other projects:  Director -- The Flying Doctors, Mission: Impossible

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Chris Thomson

Selected other projects:  Director -- State Coroner, The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy, The Flying Doctors

Born:  1945
Birthplace:  New Zealand

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Brian Trenchard-Smith

Selected other projects:  Director -- Seconds to Spare, Mission: Impossible

Born:  1946
Birthplace:  England

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David Boutland

Selected other projects:  Writer -- Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors

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Sarah Crawford

Selected other projects:  No information is available at this time.

Additional information:  Former wife of Henry Crawford.

Tom Hegarty

Selected other projects:  Writer -- The Flying Doctors, A Town Like Alice

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Michael Joshua

Selected other projects:  No information is available at this time

Peter Kinlock

Selected other projects:  Writer -- Ocean Girl, Snowy River: The McGregor Saga, The Flying Doctors

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Gwenda Marsh

Selected other projects:  Producer -- Ship to Shore  Writer -- The Flying Doctors

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Greg Millin

Selected other projects:  Writer -- The Clinic  Story Editor -- The Flying Doctors

Additional information:  Nominated in 1983 for the Australian Film Institute's "Best Screenplay, Original" award for The Clinic

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Denise Morgan

Selected other projects:  Writer -- The Water Rats, The Flying Doctors, An Indecent Obsession

Additional information:  Nominated in 1985 for the Australian Film Institute award for "Best Screenplay, Adapted" for An Indecent Obsession

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Keith Thompson

Selected other projects:  Writer -- Sheena, Seven Deadly Sins (segments Envy and Gluttony)

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Kevan Lind

Selected other projects:  Director of Photography -- Seconds to Spare, The Lost World, Dead Calm.

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Jenny Arnott

Selected other projects:  Costume Designer -- Return to Snowy River, Running From the Guns, The Humpty Dumpty Man

Additional information:  Married to actor Brian Dennehy.

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Bruce Smeaton

Selected other projects:  Composer -- Eureka Stockade, Iceman, A Town Like Alice

Born:  March 5, 1938
Birthplace:  Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Additional information:  Nominated five times for Australian Film Institute award for Best Original Music Score.  He won in 1978 with the score for The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.

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