---
name: "David Williamson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-williamson"
fi1m_id: "david-williamson"
imdb_id: "nm0932011"
tmdb_id: 121634
wikidata_id: "Q968980"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 February 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:35:29.268125+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."
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# David Williamson

## Identity

David Williamson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-williamson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-williamson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0932011
- **TMDB ID:** 121634
- **Wikidata ID:** Q968980
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968980, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121634

Writer. Born 24 February 1942 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 February 1942, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Williamson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q968980, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121634

## Biography

David Williamson is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. Born in Melbourne in 1942, he studied mechanical engineering before turning to writing in the late 1960s. His early plays, including *The Removalists* (1971) and *Don's Party* (1971), established him as a leading dramatist of contemporary Australian life.

Williamson has written numerous screenplays and teleplays. He received the Australian Film Institute award for best screenplay for *Gallipoli* (1981), *The Year of Living Dangerously* (1982) and *Balibo* (2009). Other credits include the teleplay for *On the Beach* (2000). He has won multiple AWGIE Awards and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gallipoli* (1981), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Hostage* (2023), series, Cinematography
- *Face to Face* (2011), Author, Producer
- *The Voynich Code: The World's Most Mysterious Manuscript* (2010), as Narrator (English)
- *Balibo* (2009), Writer
- *On the Beach* (2000), Teleplay
- *On the Beach* (2000), series, Teleplay
- *Brilliant Lies* (1996), Theatre Play
- *Sanctuary* (1995), Writer
- *Emerald City* (1988), Writer
- *A Dangerous Life* (1988), series, Writer
- *The Four Minute Mile* (1988), Writer
- *Touch the Sun: Princess Kate* (1988), Writer
- *Travelling North* (1987), Writer
- *The Perfectionist* (1985), Writer
- *Phar Lap* (1983), Screenplay
- *The Year of Living Dangerously* (1982), Screenplay
- *Duet for Four* (1982), Screenplay
- *Gallipoli* (1981), Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)
- *The Club* (1980), Writer
- *The Adventures of Eliza Fraser* (1976), Writer
- *Don's Party* (1976), Writer
- *The Removalists* (1975), Writer
- *Libido* (1973), Writer
- *Stork* (1971), Theatre Play, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Australian playwright David Williamson (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/117646/gallery-5388279f98ac.jpg) Australian playwright David Williamson (1972) — Australian Information Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/David_Williamson_1972.jpg/1280px-David_Williamson_1972.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Williamson](https://film.one/media/person/117646/gallery-38572c5b7432.jpg) David Williamson — Australian Information Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/David_Williamson_1972_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson at the AACTA Festival in February 2026](https://film.one/media/person/117646/gallery-e616702c857f.jpg) Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson at the AACTA Festival in February 2026 — SkywalkerEccleston, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/David_Williamson_AACTA_2026.jpg/1280px-David_Williamson_AACTA_2026.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson at the AACTA Festival in February 2026](https://film.one/media/person/117646/gallery-7c1c2c1a2d36.png) Australian playwright and screenwriter David Williamson at the AACTA Festival in February 2026 — SkywalkerEccleston, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/David_Williamson_AACTA_2026_%28cropped%29.png/1280px-David_Williamson_AACTA_2026_%28cropped%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A plaque in the Sydney Writers Walk series at Circular Quay (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/117646/gallery-c6a206a765af.jpg) A plaque in the Sydney Writers Walk series at Circular Quay (2019) — Snapandrattle33, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/David_Williamson_Sydney_Writers_Walk_plaque.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of Australia 1983: Officer of the Order of Australia (won)

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

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