Sam Meikle

Australian writer and director (born 1971)

Sam Meikle
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Australia
Occupation(s)screenwriter, director
FatherRichard Meikle

Sam Meikle (born 1971) is an Australian writer and director best known for his work in television. He has won several Australian Writers' Guild Awards.[1][2] He is the son of actor Richard Meikle.

Filmography

Television

  • Home and Away as James Fraser (1997, 1 episode)

Writer

Film

  • Sunday (2000, short film)
  • Variety Show at the End of the World (2000, TV special)
  • Bound (2000, short film)
  • The Money Shot (2001, short film) - also director
  • Melancholly (2001, short film) - also director
  • The Easter Tide (2003, short film)
  • Fatbelly: Chopper Unchopped (2009, documentary film)

Television

  • All Saints (2003, S6E2: "Heroic Measures", S6E37: "Look Before You Leap")
  • All Saints (2003-08, 11 episodes)
  • Home and Away (2004-19, 228 episodes)
  • Out of the Blue (2009, 12 episodes)
  • Neighbours (2009-19, 83 episodes)
  • Rescue: Special Ops (2010-11, 5 episodes)
  • Crownies (2011, S1E19)
  • Wild Boys (2011, S1E11)
  • Vic the Viking (2013-14, 4 episodes)
  • Tashi (2014, 2 episodes)
  • Heidi (2015, S1E5: "The Treehouse Oath")
  • Vikings: Athelstan's Journal (2015, web series, 13 episodes)
  • Here Come the Habibs (2015, 3 episodes including: "Party Habibs Style")
  • Texas Rising: The Lost Soldier (2015, miniseries, 9 episodes)
  • House Husbands (2017, 1 episode)
  • The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill (2016-17)
  • The Secret Daughter (2016-17, 12 episodes) - also creator
  • Nate Is Late (2018-19, S1E20: "The Candy Factory", S1E27: "The Gremlins")
  • Wakefield (2021, miniseries, 2 episodes)
  • 100 Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone (2021, 2 episodes, S1E11: "Cherry, S1E24: "Swiss")
  • MaveriX (2022-23, 10 episodes) - also creator

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2009 AWGIE Awards Television Serial Out of the Blue (episode 4) Nominated[3]
2021 11th AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series Wakefield Nominated
2022 12th AACTA Awards AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series MaveriX Nominated

References

  1. ^ 2009 NSW Mentorships Announced
  2. ^ "Site Search Showing 5 results for "Sam Meikle"". Australian Writers' Guild. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "AWGIE Awards: 2009 Nominations". TV Tonight. 26 June 2009.