---
name: "Joanna Murray-Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joanna-murray-smith"
fi1m_id: "joanna-murray-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0615341"
tmdb_id: 1242788
wikidata_id: "Q519827"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 April 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T03:06:52.010682+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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# Joanna Murray-Smith

## Identity

Joanna Murray-Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joanna-murray-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joanna-murray-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0615341
- **TMDB ID:** 1242788
- **Wikidata ID:** Q519827
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Murray-Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242788

Writer. Born 17 April 1962 in Mornington, Victoria, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 April 1962, Mornington, Victoria, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Murray-Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519827, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242788

## Biography

Joanna Murray-Smith is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist and newspaper columnist. She was born on 17 April 1962 in Mount Eliza, Victoria.

Her plays, including *Honour* and *Switzerland*, have been widely produced internationally. *Switzerland* (2014) was adapted by Murray-Smith into the screenplay for the film *A Talent for Murder* (2026), directed by Anton Corbijn and starring Helen Mirren. She has also written screenplays for *Georgia* (1988) and *Palm Beach* (2019), as well as novels and opera libretti.

Murray-Smith was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2025 for significant service to the performing arts as a writer. She studied at the University of Melbourne and has received several literary awards, including the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, joannamurray-smith.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Talent for Murder* (2026), Fi1m 68, Screenplay, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/a-talent-for-murder.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *A Talent for Murder* (2026), Screenplay, Theatre Play — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-talent-for-murder.md)
- *Berlin* (2021), Writer
- *Palm Beach* (2019), Writer
- *The Divorce* (2015), series, Writer
- *Janus* (1994), series, Writer
- *Georgia* (1989), Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Member of the Order of Australia 2025: Member of the Order of Australia (won)
- Mona Brand Award 2016: Mona Brand Award (won)

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

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