Keith has been writing for television for over 30 years, highlights include co-creating and writing two series of LOCKIE LEONARD based on books by Tim Winton. LOCKIE LEONARD won the 2008 50th Annual Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children’s Program and an AFI in 2007 for Best Children’s Television Drama. It was also nominated for a BAFTA Award in the Children’s Television International Category. Keith developed three series of SMALL CLAIMS which starred Rebecca Gibney and Claudia Karvan. Keith’s feature-length television documentaries include HE’S COMING SOUTH which was nominated for a 2006 Logie Awards and both THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN and HE’S COMING SOUTH won best documentary. Keith was script producer and writer on series 4 and 5 of DOCTOR DOCTOR for Easy Tiger and Channel 9.
Keith’s feature films include THE SAPPHIRES which had its world premiere at 2001 Cannes Film Festival (awarded Most Outstanding Script Australian Writers Guild Awards 2012, Best Feature Film Adaptation AWG Awards 2012, Best Film and Best Screenplay at AACTA Awards, Best Narrative Film at Evening Standard British Film Awards and Best Film at FCCA Awards, Audience Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival); CLUBLAND starring Brenda Blethyn premiering at 2007 Sundance Film Festival (awarded AWGIE Award for Outstanding Australian Script of the Year, Original and Major Winner 2007) and MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS based on the short story by Paul Gallico, starring Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert which was released in cinemas in 2023.
