Bevan Lee
Australian writer and executive (born 1950)
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::summary Australian writer and executive (born 1950) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Bevan Lee |
| honorific_suffix | OAM |
| birth_name | Bevan John Lee |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Western Australia, Australia |
| occupation | {{flatlist |
| years_active | 1978–present |
| known_for | Full list |
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| name = Bevan Lee | honorific_suffix = OAM | image = | caption = | birth_name = Bevan John Lee | birth_date = | birth_place = Western Australia, Australia | occupation = {{flatlist|
- Writer
- producer
- actor
- teacher | years_active = 1978–present | known_for = Full list
Bevan John Lee (born 7 November 1950) is an Australian writer and executive best known for creating the TV dramas All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, Winners & Losers and A Place to Call Home.
Career
Lee was an actor before turning to writing, working his way up to be script producer of the TV serial Sons and Daughters. He also rewrote the first episode of Home and Away, a show which he has script produced at various stages over the years. Lee was network script executive at Channel Nine for eight years in the 1990s before returning to Channel Seven, where he took part in the creation and development of such series as All Saints, Always Greener, Marshall Law and headLand, forming a notable creative partnership with Seven's head of network drama John Holmes. He also created 2012's A Place to Call Home, and the 2020 series Between Two Worlds for Seven.
Personal life
Lee is gay and in 2007 he was nominated as one of the 25 most influential lesbian and gay people in Australia by online digital media site SameSame.
Filmography
Television
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
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| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | Creator | Writer | Secret Valley | Sons and Daughters | Prisoner | A Country Practice | Home and Away | Family and Friends | The Flying Doctors | The Adventures of Skippy | Ship to Shore | Spellbinder | Halifax f.p. | All Saints | Always Greener | Marshall Law | headLand | Packed to the Rafters | Winners & Losers | A Place to Call Home | Between Two Worlds | Back to the Rafters |
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| 1980 | (1) | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–87 | (118) | Seven Network | Script editor (1982: 171 episodes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–86 | (8) | Network 10 | Story editor (1985–86; 70 episodes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Storyline (1985–86; 41 episodes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | (1) | Seven Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–2011 | (30) | Seven Network | Writer (1988–2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Story editor (1988-89: 118 episodes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Script producer (1989–2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Nine Network | Unknown episodes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | (5) | Nine Network | Story editor (7 episodes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–93 | (5) | Nine Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | ABC | Producer (2 episodes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Nine Network | Script consultant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–96 | Nine Network | Script executive (4 episodes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2009 | (4) | Seven Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–03 | (1) | Seven Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–03 | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–06 | (1) | Seven Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–13 | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–16 | (3) | Seven Network | Producer (1 episode) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–18 | (26) | Seven Network | Script producer (2013–14; 18 episodes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | (4) | Seven Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | (3) | Amazon Prime Video | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Acting credits
Film
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| Title | Year | Role | Notes | The Bucks Party | Harlequin | Touch and Go |
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| 1978 | Short film | |||||
| 1980 | Mr. Robinson | |||||
| 1980 | Fisherman | |||||
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Television
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| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Falcon Island |
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| 1981 | Vim Van Dorn | |||
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References
References
- [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/more-winners-than-losers-in-this-duos-resume/story-e6frg996-1226025043606 Sally Jackson, 'More winners than losers in this duo's resume', ''The Australian'' March 21, 2011]
- (22 September 2011). "David Knox, 'Seven reveals 2012 highlights' TV Tonight September 22, 2011".
- [https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/bevan-lee-s-between-two-worlds-shows-how-the-other-half-lives-20200714-p55bw9.html Bevan Lee's Between Two Worlds shows how the other half lives]
- [http://www.samesame.com.au/25/2007/BevanLee Danny Corvini 'Bevan Lee' Same Same] {{webarchive. link. (February 16, 2011)
- [http://www.backtothebay.net/features/scriptprocess.shtml Bevan Lee, 'Home and Away - the Script Process' Back to the Bay website]
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