Denis Whitburn

Denis Whitburn (born 13 September 1944) is an Australian film writer and producer. He was a copywriter and journalist who moved into screenwriting and theatre.^[1]

Whitburn often worked with Phil Avalon wrote wrote:

Denis is a real character. Stocky-built, bearded with a scattergun approach to life. Cigar hanging out of his mouth, think Orson Wells Oz version. I loved Dennis’ writing style, he had this ‘Tarantino’ way with dialogue, it was kooky, cool, he needed a good director to be on the same page.^[2]

Selected credits

Film and TV

• Crosstalk (1982) - writer
• The Last Bastion (1984) - writer, producer^[3]
• Breaking Loose (1988) - script editor
• Bodysurfer (1989) (mini series) - writer
• Blood Oath (1990) - writer, producer^[4]
• Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990) - writer
• Bony (TV series) (1992) - writer of episode
• Billy's Holiday (1995) - writer, producer^[5]
• Elephant Princess (1996) - writer
• Making Venus (2002) - himself

Theatre

• The Siege of Frank Sinatra