Doug MacLeod (TV writer) facts for kids
Doug MacLeod (13 October 1959 – 22 November 2021) was an Australian writer of books, television and theatre.
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Television
MacLeod was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's The Comedy Company. He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs Fast Forward and Full Frontal. He was the script editor of Kath & Kim while the series aired on the ABC.
As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of SeaChange with Andrew Knight.
He co-wrote the animated children's series Dogstar which won him the inaugural John Hinde prize for science fiction in 2008. He also worked on series two in 2011 with co-writer Philip Dalkin.
In 2008 MacLeod won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the Australian Writers' Guild Awards.
Theatre
With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, titled The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom.
Books and published works
MacLeod wrote the following story books for children and young people:
- Sister Madge's Book of Nuns
- Siggy and Amber
- Tumble Turn
- Spiky Spunky, My Pet Monkey
- Leon Stumble's Book of Stupid Fairytales
- I'm Being Stalked by a Moon Shadow
- Kevin the Troll
- The Clockwork Forest
- My Extraordinary Life & Death
- The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher
- The Shiny Guys
- Tigers on the Beach
Death
MacLeod died in Melbourne on 22 November 2021, aged 62.
