Gabriel Dowrick (born 4 September 1983) is an Australian born screenwriter and editor.
Gabriel Dowrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Editor (Film & TV) |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Notable work | Preppers, Skin Trade |
| Website | www.gabedowrick.com |
Screenwriting edit
Gabriel co-wrote and created the Australian ABC TV comedy series Preppers with Nakkiah Lui in 2021.[1] Preppers was nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series and Best Comedy Performer (Nakkiah Lui) at the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards.[2]
Feature film credits include Skin Trade, directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham and starring Dolph Lundgren and Tony Jaa[3] and Terminus, directed by Marc Furmie and exec-produced by Shane Abbess.[4]
Gabriel has twice been a finalist in the Script Pipeline screenwriting contest, in 2012 and 2016, for scripts co-written with Ben Phelps.[5]
Editing edit
TV edit
Gabriel has worked as an editor on many Australian TV series', including Bali 2002, Preppers, Total Control, Wakefield, Barons, Informer 3838, Black Comedy, Doctor Doctor, Squinters, Kiki and Kitty, The Other Guy, The Family Law, Soul Mates, No Activity, Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am and The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting.
Film edit
Gabriel edited the feature film Terminus and worked on the anthology drama The Turning.
Awards edit
Gabriel was nominated for Best Editing in Television at the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for his work on Wakefield.[6]
Other awards include "Best Young Talent" at Tropfest in 2005;[7] "Best Action Sequence" at the Action On Film International Film Festival in 2007 with the short movie "The razor's edge" starring Nicholas Rogers; plus nominations for "Best Achievement in Editing" at the 2013 St Kilda Short Film Festival for the short The One Who Broke Your Heart; and an Australian Film Institute / Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) nomination for his work on the anthology film The Turning.
Gabriel has been nominated for six Australian Screen Editors awards and won twice, for the ABC TV series Wakefield[8] and for the Stan original series The Other Guy.[9] He was nominated twice for his work on Soul Mates,[10][11] as well as for The Family Law and Nakkiah Lui's short film Brown Lips.
References edit
- ^ "Production on ABC comedy 'Preppers' begins in Sydney". 6 May 2021.
- ^ "FINAL NOMINEES AND DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2021 AACTA INDUSTRY AWARDS PRESENTED BY FOXTEL GROUP". 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Dolph Lundgren Taps BEAUTIFUL BOXER Director for SKIN TRADE | Twitch". Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "Why Shane Abbess returned to Australia to make Infini after years away in Hollywood". 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Aussie screenwriters in final of Script Pipeline Contest". 22 July 2016.
- ^ "FINAL NOMINEES AND DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2021 AACTA INDUSTRY AWARDS PRESENTED BY FOXTEL GROUP". 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Catalogue - Tropfest - the World's Largest Short Film Festival". Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ^ "Australian Screen Editors Guild Awards 2021: winners".
- ^ "'Breath,' 'Backtrack Boys,' 'Blue Murder: Killer Cop' win Ellie Awards". 17 December 2018.
- ^ "2015 ELLIE NOMINEES - Australian Screen EditorsAustralian Screen Editors". 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Awards 2016 - Australian Screen EditorsAustralian Screen Editors". 2 March 2017.
