---
name: "Andrew Bovell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-bovell"
fi1m_id: "andrew-bovell"
imdb_id: "nm0100597"
tmdb_id: 57835
wikidata_id: "Q503841"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 November 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:57:18.645627+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Andrew Bovell

## Identity

Andrew Bovell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-bovell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-bovell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100597
- **TMDB ID:** 57835
- **Wikidata ID:** Q503841
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bovell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57835

Writer. Born 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 November 1962, Kalgoorlie
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bovell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503841, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57835

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lantana*](https://film.one/film/lantana.md) (78)

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## Biography

Andrew Bovell is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. He was born on 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, and studied at the University of Western Australia before completing a Diploma in Dramatic Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

Bovell began his career as a playwright. His play *Speaking in Tongues* (1996) was adapted by him into the screenplay for the film *Lantana* (2001). His other screen credits include co-writing *Strictly Ballroom* (1992) and *Head On* (1998), and the screenplays for *Edge of Darkness* (2010) and *A Most Wanted Man* (2014). He has received multiple AWGIE awards and Australian Film Institute awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, aso.gov.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lantana* (2001), Fi1m 78, Theatre Play, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Things I Know to Be True* (2017), Screenplay
- *In the Shadow of Iris* (2016), Screenplay
- *A Most Wanted Man* (2014), Screenplay
- *Edge of Darkness* (2010), Screenplay
- *Blessed* (2009), Writer
- *The Book of Revelation* (2006), Writer
- *Lantana* (2001), Screenplay, Theatre Play — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)
- *Dogwoman: The Legend of Dogwoman* (2001), Writer
- *Head On* (1998), Screenplay
- *Chaos*, Writer

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