Tim Winton has worked with Ellen Fontana to translate the funny, sprawling saga of Cloudstreet into a brilliantly written TV miniseries.
Tim Winton has worked with Ellen Fontana to translate the funny, sprawling saga of Cloudstreet into a brilliantly written TV miniseries.
Tim Winton has worked with Ellen Fontana to translate the funny, sprawling saga of Cloudstreet into a brilliantly written TV miniseries.Twenty years after its publication, Australia's favourite novel has finally come to life on the screen. Adapted for television by Tim Winton and Ellen Fontana, Cloudstreet is a rambunctious saga of haunting, loving and letting go.This companion to the miniseries includes the complete shooting script, an essay by producer Greg Haddrick on the process of adaptation, and scores of evocative photographs from the production.
Tim Winton (Author)Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.Ellen Fontana (Author)Ellen Fontana grew up in a small seacoast town near Boston, before migrating west to California. Over the past twenty years, she has held various positions in the motion picture industry and has developed, written and produced a wide range of feature film and television projects. She is also the author of Audrey 100, and the co-author of the New York Times-bestselling biography The Audrey Hepburn Treasures. Ellen lives Los Angeles.
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