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name: "Cliff Green"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 December 1934"
died: "4 December 2020"
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average_as: "writer"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:20.462831+00:00"
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# Cliff Green

Writer. Born 6 December 1934 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died 4 December 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 December 1934, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Died:** 4 December 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2979051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0337730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430275

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Picnic at Hanging Rock*](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md) (88)

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## Biography

Cliff Green was an Australian screenwriter. His best-known work is the screenplay for the 1975 film *Picnic at Hanging Rock*, directed by Peter Weir and based on the novel by Joan Lindsay. The adaptation contributed to the revival of the Australian film industry in the 1970s.

Green began his career as a country schoolteacher, an experience reflected in his writing for the 1974 ABC series *Marion*. He wrote for numerous television series and mini-series, including *Power Without Glory*, *I Can Jump Puddles* (1981) and *Boy Soldiers* (1990), the latter the first Australian drama nominated for an International Emmy. He received the Order of Australia Medal in 2009 for services to the Australian film and television industry as a screenwriter and educator, and served on the board of the Victorian Film Corporation from 1977 to 1984.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, smh.com.au.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md)

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