Nick Enright (1950-2003), playwright and screenwriter, attended Sydney University and the New York University School of the Arts before establishing himself as a dramatist with plays such as Summer Rain and Mongrels. His scripts for film and television included Come in Spinner (1990), a film adaptation of his own play Blackrock (1997), and an Oscar-nominated screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil (1992), co-written with director George Miller. After the success of that venture Enright was deluged by offers from Hollywood. However, he elected to remain in Australia, where he wrote the stage hit The Boy From Oz (1998), based on the life of Peter Allen and currently playing on Broadway in a revised version starring Hugh Jackman. He also wrote an acclaimed adaptation of Tim Winton's Cloudstreet (2001). His distinguished teaching career included a stint as the Head of the acting course at NIDA (1993-94). He died in March 2003 after a year-long battle with skin cancer.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Estate of Stuart Campbell 2012
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On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves.
Lee Tulloch remembers her great friend NIDA-trained actor turned photographer Stuart Campbell.
The late Australian photographer Stuart Campbell produced superb photographs of Australian actors of stage and screen.
