---
name: "Andrew Knight"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-knight"
fi1m_id: "andrew-knight"
imdb_id: "nm0460795"
tmdb_id: 137902
wikidata_id: "Q19609585"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 September 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:23:08.957214+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 Knight

## Identity

Andrew Knight

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-knight
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-knight
- **IMDb ID:** nm0460795
- **TMDB ID:** 137902
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19609585
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Knight_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19609585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137902

Writer. Born 29 September 1953 in Melbourne.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 September 1953, Melbourne
- **Also known as:**  Matthew Tilley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Knight_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19609585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0460795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137902

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hacksaw Ridge*](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md) (77)

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## Biography

Andrew Knight is an Australian screenwriter and producer. Born in Melbourne in 1953, he co-founded the production company Artist Services in 1989 with Steve Vizard. He has written extensively for Australian television, including co-creating *SeaChange* and contributing to *Rake* and the *Jack Irish* series.

His feature film credits include co-writing *The Water Diviner* (2014) with Andrew Anastasios and *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016) with Robert Schenkkan. He has received the AACTA Longford Lyell Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement and the Australian Writers’ Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Artful Dodger* (2023), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Bay of Fires* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Ride Like a Girl* (2019), Writer
- *Ali's Wedding* (2017), Writer
- *Hacksaw Ridge* (2016), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hacksaw-ridge.md)
- *The Kettering Incident* (2016), series, Writer
- *Jack Irish* (2016), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *The Water Diviner* (2014), Writer, Executive Producer
- *William Kelly's War* (2014), as ANZAC Prisoner · Editor, Associate Producer
- *Jack Irish: Dead Point* (2014), Script Editor
- *The Broken Shore* (2013), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Jack Irish: Black Tide* (2012), Executive Producer, Script Consultant
- *Jack Irish: Bad Debts* (2012), Writer
- *Lowdown* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *Tripping Over* (2006), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *CrashBurn* (2003), series, Writer, Creator
- *After the Deluge* (2003), series, Writer, Producer
- *After the Deluge* (2003), Screenplay, Producer
- *Siam Sunset* (1999), Writer
- *Mumbo Jumbo* (1999), Writer
- *Dead Letter Office* (1998), Executive Producer
- *SeaChange* (1998), series, Writer, Additional Writing, Creator
- *The Sound of One Hand Clapping* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Kangaroo Palace* (1997), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Kangaroo Palace* (1997), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Spotswood* (1992), Writer
- *Rikky and Pete* (1988), Script Consultant

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Longford Lyell Award 2015: Longford Lyell Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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